COOKIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES  

The website, phode.com, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Website’, is published by PHODÉ (hereinafter referred to as ‘PHODÉ’ or ‘We’), whose registered office is located at Avenue de la Martelle ZI Albipôle 81150 TERSSAC, France. 

This policy (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Policy’) applies to any person accessing the Website (hereinafter referred to as ‘the User’, ‘You’) regardless of the terminal used (for example: computer, smartphone and tablets). 

The purpose of the Policy is to provide the User with information concerning the deposit of cookies and other tracers when consulting the Website. The Policy may be updated at any time, so We therefore recommend that You refer to it regularly for the latest version. 

The Website may use and deposit cookies depending on the choices that You make when connecting to the Website for the first time or at any time thereafter.  

 WHAT IS A COOKIE? 

Cookies are small files that are stored on any communication device such as a computer, smartphone, tablet, etc., used by the User when browsing the Website. These files enable status information to be exchanged between the Website and the User’s terminal.  

This data may indicate the type of terminal used, the date and time of the visit, the IP address, the choices made on the Website and allow us to record the User (anonymously) as well as its browsing history in order to: 

• retain the settings and parameters that enable You to access on the Website in an appropriate manner, 

• improve security, quality of services and navigation on the Website, 

• measure the audience and frequency of visits to the Website, by means of analysis and statistics, 

• allow You to authenticate yourself on the Website and connect to Your customer account, 

• send and display targeted advertising based on Your interests on other websites and/or social networks. 

  

 WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES ARE USED ON THE WEBSITE? 

We use the following categories of cookies on the Website: 

• Cookies that are strictly necessary: 

These cookies are essential to enable You to browse on the Website and make the best use of all its features. Without these cookies, the functions and information linked to the products you wish to consult cannot be provided. These cookies also record the choices You have made, such as the country from which You are browsing the Website.  

They may therefore be used to offer an experience that is more adapted to Your device and to make your visits more pleasant and personalised (such as displaying Website’s pages adapted to Your device or loading pages more quickly).  

They are also used to save Your authentication identifiers, allowing you to remain connected to Your customer account throughout Your browsing. Finally, they retain the contents list of your favourites (Your consent is not required for this type of cookie). 

 

• Cookies to measure the audience: 

Google Analytics: The Website also uses Google Analytics to measure its performance and enable us to optimise Your online experience. These cookies collect information on how Users browse the Website in order to gather information such as the frequency of visits, the pages consulted and the other websites visited by Users before they visit the Website. 

The information we collect through Google Analytics is used for the sole purpose of improving the Website and the services offered on it. If you do not want Google Analytics’ cookies to be stored when you visit our Website, you can refuse them on the cookies banner that appears when you first log on and at any time via the ‘Cookie Management’ module at the bottom right-hand corner of our Website. In addition, if you do not want Google Analytics to track your activities across all websites, please visit http://tools.google.com/dl page/ gaoptout. 

 

• Social network plugins 

This Website uses several social network plugins, such as facebook.com and linkedin.com. When browsing on the Website and subject to the choice expressed concerning this type of cookie, browsing data may be transferred directly to the social networks concerned, even without any direct interaction on Your part. The use made of these cookies is not entirely under the control of PHODÉ, so We invite You to consult the privacy policy of each of these social networks in order to find out how these cookies work.  

PARTNERS WITH WHOM DATA IS SHARED (VIA COOKIE COLLECTING)? 

– Google – Facebook – Linkedin 

HOW TO SET UP COOKIES? 

The User’s prior consent is required before reading or depositing any cookies that are not strictly necessary for the operation of the Website, i.e. audience cookies, social networking plugins and targeted advertising cookies. In accordance with the applicable guidelines of European Regulation n°2016/679, PHODÉ obtains the User’s consent by means of a platform accessible when the User first browses the Website and at any time by means of the ‘Manage your cookie preferences’ link appearing in the bottom left-hand corner of every page of the Website. 

This platform enables users to:  

• directly accept the deposit of all types of cookies; or 

• directly refuse the deposit of all types of cookies for which consent is required; or 

• choose on a granular basis the purposes of cookies for which the User wishes to give or refuse consent; and/or 

• Precisely choose each of PHODÉ’s partners who may use cookies and the purposes for which they wish to use them.