Cookies policy
1. Preamble
Afyren SAS, Simplified Joint Stock Company with capital of: 349,513.30 Euros, registered in the Clermont Ferrand Trade and Companies Register under number 750 830 457 and whose head office is located at 9-11 rue Gutenberg – 63100 Clermont- Ferrand
The site accessible at afyren.com (hereinafter “the Site”) is published by the company Afyren SAS.
Afyren SAS attaches great importance to compliance with regulations on the protection of privacy, applicable in the context of the use of cookies. This Cookie Policy (hereinafter “the Cookies Policy”) describes the conditions under which Afyren SAS uses Cookies on its site.
For more information on the processing of your personal data, you can consult our Privacy Policy.
2. Definitions
For the interpretation and execution of this Policy, the terms used below are defined as follows:
« Cookies » : designate the files, deposited and / or read during a consultation of the Site on the User’s Terminal, which record information relating to the User’s navigation on the Site.
« Terminal » : refers to any equipment of the User allowing access to the Site, namely in particular a fixed or mobile computer, a smartphone, a tablet, but also a video game console, a connected television, a voice assistant or any other terminal equipment connected to a telecommunications network open to the public.
« User » : refers to any person browsing the Site.
3. What is a cookie ?
Cookies are small text files, placed and stored on the User’s Terminal or any other device allowing internet browsing, when consulting the Site. Cookies make it possible in particular to collect information, thanks to the IP address, on the User’s navigation.
When the User consults the Site and browses it, Cookies may be installed on his Terminal.
When connecting to the Site, the User is asked to express their choice regarding the use of Cookies. The User has the choice to accept all the Cookies used on the Site, to refuse them all, or to accept them granularly, by purpose or by Cookie. The User who has accepted the use of one or more Cookies can withdraw their consent at any time, in accordance with the terms described in this Policy.
4. Strictly necessary technical cookies
These Cookies are necessary for the Site to function. Their sole purpose is to allow or facilitate communication by electronic means, or are strictly necessary for the provision of an online communication service, at the request of users. They allow the User to use the main functionalities of the Site. Without these Cookies, the User cannot use the Site normally. These Cookies only require information from the User to be placed and / or read on the User Terminal and do not allow any behavioral or identification tracking. They are, according to the regulations in force, exempt from obtaining the User’s consent to be placed on his Terminal.
The Cookies strictly necessary for the operation of the Site are as follows:
Multilingual : recording of your preferences concerning the version of the site
Cache : cache optimization for faster browsing
Wordfence : Wordfence verification cookie for site security
5. Purpose of cookies used on the site
Afyren SAS uses Cookies and other trackers on the Site. Cookies may be installed on the User’s Terminal subject to the choices and options made by the latter when connecting to the Site, or subsequently, except for Cookies strictly necessary for the operation of the Site.
Cookies, other than those strictly necessary for the operation of the Site, used on the Site are as follows, and are implemented for the following purposes:
Google Analytics : site traffic monitoring
Google Tag Manager :conversion tracking
Google Conversion Linker : ad tracking
6.Audience measurement cookies
Afyren SAS uses audience measurement cookies in order to establish statistics concerning visits to its Site. Audience measurement cookies help to establish statistics of attendance and use of the various elements making up the Site (sections and content visited, routes). They allow Afyren SAS to improve the interest and ergonomics of the Site.
Afyren SAS thus uses Google Analytics. To learn more about Google Analytics, you can visit the third party website https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/.
Google also offers a browser add-on for opting out Google Analytics, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=fr.
The lifespan of these Cookies is limited to thirteen (13) months, and this duration is not automatically extended when the User visits the Site again.
The information collected by these cookies is kept for a maximum period of twenty-five (25) months.
7. “Social Network” Cookies
These cookies make it possible to share content from our site with other people or to let these other people know your consultation or your opinion concerning content on the Site.
This is, in particular, the case of the “share” and “I like” buttons from the “facebook”, “linkedin” or “twitter” social networks. The social network providing such an application button is likely to identify you through this button, even if you did not use it when visiting our site.
We invite you to consult the privacy protection policies of these social networks in order to be aware of the purposes of use, in particular advertising, of the browsing information that they can collect using these application buttons.
The lifespan of these Cookies does not exceed 13 months.
8. Consent
The use of Cookies not necessary for the operation of the Site is subject to the consent of the User.
The User’s consent is materialized by the manifestation of his will, in a free, specific, enlightened and unequivocal manner, by a declaration or by a clear positive act. This manifestation of the acceptance of the use of Cookies by the User is expressed in the Cookies banner that appears from the User’s first connection to the Site. The User also has the option of consenting to the use of Cookies or withdrawing their consent by using the setting tool accessible at any time at the bottom left of their screen (Axeptio module)
In the absence of a clear positive act demonstrating the User’s consent to the use of Cookies, the User is presumed to have refused such use. Thus, the User who continues to browse the Site, who closes the Cookies banner or who clicks outside this banner in order to make it disappear is considered to have refused the use of Cookies on the Site.
The consent given by the User is strictly limited to the use of Cookies on the Site.
The User can, at any time, withdraw the consent he would have previously given, or else given his consent to the use of Cookies on the Site if he had previously refused, by referring to the provisions and the mechanism of article 11 of this Policy.
No consequence is attached to the refusal by the User of the use of Cookies on the Site, to which the User retains global access.
9.Retention of user choice
The choice expressed by Users on the Site, whether it is consent or refusal, is recorded by afyren.com so as not to solicit Users again for a certain period of time. This choice is kept for a maximum period of six (6) months after their manifestation. At the end of this period, the User’s consent will again be required for Afyren SAS to be able to place Cookies on their Terminal
10. Cookie settings
afyren.com offers, at the User’s first connection to its Site, a Cookies banner displaying a functionality allowing the User to accept or refuse the use of all Cookies, or to accept this use of granular way, by purpose or by Cookie. By clicking on “Refuse all cookies”, the User can therefore deactivate the use of all cookies.
A “Cookies” button is also made available to Users on the Site, permanently accessible on all pages of the Site, allowing direct access to the Cookie settings module.
11. Your rights
In addition to your right to revoke your consent at any time to such or such Cookie being placed on your Terminal, you have the right to access, rectify, erase or port your data. You can oppose the processing of your data (or request that it be limited), or you can define the fate of your data after your death.
These rights can be exercised by mail addressed to Afyren SAS at the following postal address 9-11 rue Gutenberg – 63100 Clermont-Ferrand.
12. Policy update
Afyren SAS reserves the right to make changes to the provisions of this Policy and invites the User to regularly consult it in order to become aware, if necessary, of the new provisions.
The link in the Site’s Cookies banner directs the User to the Cookies Policy in its most recent version and therefore that applicable to the User’s session.