Société Française d'Assainissement ("SFA"), data controller (hereinafter "we", "us", "our"), wishes to inform you in a clear and transparent manner about the use of cookies when you visit the website www.sfasaniflo.co.uk (hereinafter the "Site").
1. PREAMBLE
When you visit the Site, information about your browsing habits on your device (computer, tablet, smartphone, etc.) may be stored in text files called “cookies”, which are installed on your browser. Cookies are used to recognize your browser for the duration of the cookie’s validity and to send certain information back to the Site (e.g., your language preference).
There are different types of cookies:
- session cookies, which disappear as soon as you leave the Site;
- permanent cookies, which remain on your terminal until their lifetime expires, or until you delete them using your browser's functions.
The applicable cookie regulations make a distinction between cookies requiring your prior consent and technical cookies that are strictly necessary for the provision of a service or Site functionality and do not require your consent.
You can deactivate the cookies to which you have consented at any time, free of charge, using the deactivation options provided below.
2. DEFINITIONS
Personal Data: any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.
Applicable regulations on the protection of Personal Data: refers to French and European regulations applicable to the protection of Personal Data. This includes, in particular:
- applicable European regulations, in particular Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector and Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 (General Data Protection Regulation - GDPR) repealing Directive 95/46/EC;
- recommendations, guidelines and deliberations issued by supervisory authorities, notably the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS).
3. COOKIES USED BY OUR SITE
The cookies used on our Site may be:
- our own cookies ;
- cookies placed by partners on our behalf (data processors);
- cookies placed by partners, third-party companies and data processors selected by us for specific purposes
4. PARTNERS
The following partners, who are responsible for their own processing, may place cookies on our Site:
- Youtube, with regard to certain cookies for marketing purposes(privacy policy).
- Google, with regard to certain cookies for marketing purposes(privacy policy).
- Facebook, with regard to certain cookies for marketing purposes(privacy policy).
- Bing, with regard to certain cookies for marketing purposes(privacy policy).
- LinkedIn, with regard to certain cookies for marketing purposes(privacy policy).
5. PURPOSES OF COOKIES
Our Site uses cookies for the following purposes:
Statistical trackers/cookies | |||
Tracker name/cookies | Purpose | Retention period | Legal basis |
_ga_# | Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as the dates of the first and last visits. | 6 months | Consent |
_ga | Stores a unique identifier that is used to generate statistical data on how the website is used. | 6 months | Consent |
Marketing trackers/cookies | |||
Tracker name/cookies | Purpose | Retention period | Legal basis |
TESTCOOKIESENABLED | Cookie used by Youtube | 1 day | Consent |
remote_sid | Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video content on the website. | Session | Consent |
Audience measurement cookies | |||
Tracker name/cookies | Purpose | Retention period | Legal basis |
Matomo Analytics version 4 | Audience measurement | 13 months | Exempt from consent You can disable tracking by the Matomo server by clicking here. |
Targeted advertising cookies | |||
Tracker name/cookies | Purpose | Retention period | Legal basis |
Google Ads | Google code specifically for remarketing/retargeting based advertising. | 24 months | consent |
Facebook Pixel | Identifies visitors from Facebook postes. | 3 months | consent |
Bing | Measures and improves personalized advertising. | 390 days | consent |
LinkedIn Insight Tag | Identify LinkedIn visitors | 6 months | consent |
6. CONSENT
6.1 Cookies used for strictly necessary purposes
In accordance with the Applicable regulations on the protection of Personal Data, we do not ask for your consent to use these cookies, as they are strictly necessary for the proper operation of the Site.
6.2 Cookies used for purposes that are not strictly necessary
We will only store or read on your device cookies that are not strictly necessary and process the associated Personal Data (or authorize our partners to do so) if you have given and not withdrawn your consent.
6.3 How to provide your consent for cookies not strictly necessary
On your first visit to our Site, you will be asked to consent to cookies. You have three options:
- "Accept all": if you accept all cookies, the cookies strictly necessary for the proper functioning of the site as well as non-essential cookies will be deposited on your terminal;
- "Refuse all": if you refuse all cookies, only those strictly necessary for the proper operation of the site will be deposited on your terminal;
- "Choose": you can choose, cookie by cookie, which cookies you wish to activate and which you wish to deactivate.
Your choice is preserved, by the deposit of a cookie on your terminal, for a period of 6 months. If you delete this cookie, it will no longer be possible to identify you as having accepted or refused the use of cookies. As a result, your choice concerning cookies will be offered again the next time you visit the Site.
It is specified that the simple fact of continuing navigation without clicking on one of the options proposed by this Cookies banner is akin to a refusal of consent.
If you refuse consent for cookies that are not strictly necessary, no cookies will be deposited and we will not process any related personal data.
Any use of a cookie or associated Personal Data prior to the withdrawal of your consent will be valid and legal.
6.4 Consequences of refusing / withdrawing your consent to cookies
If you refuse or withdraw your consent to the use of strictly necessary cookies from your browser, the corresponding functionality or features of the Site may not function properly or at all, including those intended to ensure that your visit is safe and secure.
Your use of the central functionalities of the Site will not be affected by the refusal or withdrawal of your consent to cookies that are not strictly necessary.
7. COOKIE MANAGEMENT
The cookie management panel is a module that allows you to choose which cookies you accept or reject on our Site.
You can manage and modify the use of cookies at any time:
- directly on our Site, via the cookie management panel, accessible at all times on all Site pages in the bottom left-hand corner of your screen; or
- from your Internet browser; or
- opposition platforms.
7.1 Internet browser settings
You can configure your Internet browser so that cookies are stored on your terminal or rejected, either systematically or depending on the sender. You can also regularly delete cookies from your terminal via your Internet browser.
The configuration of each Internet browser is different. For example :
- for Internet Explorer™;
- for Safari™;
- for Chrome™;
- for Firefox™;
- for Opera™.
If you set your browser to reject cookies, certain functionalities, pages and areas of the Site, which require the use of technical cookies, will not be accessible, for which we cannot be held responsible.
To find out more about how to configure your Internet browser, please visit the website of the local data protection authority.
7.2 Opposition platforms
Many professional advertising platforms also offer you the option of refusing or accepting cookies used by their member companies. These centralized mechanisms do not block the display of advertisements, but only prevent the installation of cookies used to tailor ads to your interests and behavior.
For example, you can visit www.youronlinechoices.com to prevent these cookies from being installed on your terminal. This site is proposed by digital advertising professionals grouped within the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance.
In this way, you can find out which companies are registered with this platform and offer you the option of refusing or accepting the cookies they use to adapt the advertising that may be displayed on your browser, based on the data they collect your browser.
This European platform is shared by hundreds of Internet advertising professionals and constitutes a centralized interface enabling you to express your refusal or acceptance of cookies as specified above.
8. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
In connection with the use of cookies as described above, we may process Personal Data about you as the data controller.
For further information on how we process your personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy.
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