Version updated on March 4, 2026

Pursuant to the amended Statute No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files, and civil liberties, as well as the law “on confidence in the digital economy” No. 2004-575 of June 21, 2004 (hereinafter, the “French Data Protection Act”) and the regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 on protection of physical data with regard to the processing of personal data and the free movement of such data (hereinafter, the “GDPR”), as well as any applicable national laws on the protection of Personal Data, the Company informs any User accessing the services offered on the Site of its commitment to comply with the confidentiality, integrity and security of the data that the User will be required to communicate to it through the Site or in stores.

Any personal data identifying the User directly or indirectly (in particular his or her surname, first name, postal, electronic or telephone details, etc. as well as their image captured by surveillance cameras) are considered as confidential data and are treated as such, subject to changes in the legal framework on the qualification of personal data (hereinafter, the “Personal Data”).

This Privacy Policy applies to all Personal Data relating to: (i) Users who access the Site; (ii) the Company's Customers on the Site or in Stores as defined in the Terms of Use and Terms and Conditions of Sale; and (iii) individuals who access the Stores but do not qualify as Users or Customers (the “Visitors”).

For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, when all three categories are concerned, they will be referred to as “Data Subjects.”

It explains how the Company uses Personal Data, how long it is retained, with whom it may be shared, and what measures it takes to ensure its confidentiality, integrity, and security.

Words, terms and expressions hereafter, when used in singular or plural with initial capital letters shall have the meanings set forth in the TOU and/or the TOS, if not otherwise defined elsewhere herein.

ARTICLE 1. IDENTITY OF THE CONTROLLER

The controller which collects the User’s data on the Site and in stores is Jacquemus La Mode, a limited liability corporation with sole shareholder (“société par actions simplifiée à associé unique”) duly organized under the laws of France, with a capital of €86,975.00, whose registered office is located at 64, rue de Lisbonne, 75008, Paris, France, registered with the Paris Companies Register under identification number 793 555 368 (hereinafter the “Company”).

ARTICLE 2. PERSONAL DATA LIKELY TO BE COLLECTED

2.1       All collected Personal Data

When browsing the Site, visiting the Stores and/or using the various services offered by the Company, the Data Subject is informed that the Company may collect the following categories of data:

2.1.1     Regarding the User

• Identification Personal Data: title (Mrs., Mr. (M(x), no opinion), last name, first name, date of birth, postal address, email address, telephone number, citizenship, language;
• Connection and browsing Personal Data: IP address, password, GPS position, where applicable, navigation behavior;
• Personal data such as the geographical area of connection, the day and time of consultation of the Site, the services consulted and/or used;

2.1.2     Regarding the Customer on the Site or in Store, where applicable:

• Identification Personal Data: title (Mrs., Mr. (M(x), no opinion), last name, first name, date of birth, postal address, email address, telephone number, citizenship, language;
• Connection and browsing Personal Data: IP address, password, GPS position, where applicable, navigation behavior;
• Personal Data related to an Order: gender, size preferences;
• Personal Data such as the geographical area of connection, the day and time of consultation of the Site, the services consulted and/or used;
• Banking Personal Data related to payment in the event of a Purchase, if applicable;
• Preference Personal Data: Customer preferences and interests, such as product preferences or other luxury brands, size, lifestyle, or summary information about the Customer's family circle;
• Personal Data related to a Purchase: Purchases made on the Site or in Stores (product categories, quantity of products purchased, price, etc.).
• In Stores only: Indirect identification Personal Data: images captured by video surveillance cameras or voice recordings if the Customer calls the Company's customer service department, as the call may be recorded;

2.1.3     Regarding the Visitor:

• Indirect identification Personal Data: images captured by video surveillance cameras or voice recordings if the Visitor calls the Company's customer service department, as the call may be recorded;

Where applicable, the Data Subject undertakes to provide updated and valid Personal Data, within the framework of the information required on the Site or visiting a Store or required in case of Purchase and guarantees not to make any false declaration or provide any erroneous information.

ARTICLE 3. PERSONAL DATA COLLECTION METHODS

The Data Subject is aware to the collection of their Personal Data may occur by the Company when their provide information during the following processes:

• User Account creation form;
• Subscription to the Company’s newsletter;
• Order form;
• Delivery form;
• In-store form;
• Reservation of a product in stores;
• Subscription to a waitlist for a product;
• Creating a basket of Products;
• Account creation form with third party partners and providers such as Facebook, or Instagram;
• Form to participate in games or events organized by the Company in its Store or any other place;
• On third-party websites or social media, for information published by individuals about the Products.

In addition, in Stores, the Data Subject is informed and consents to the Company collecting their Personal Data through the Company's store video surveillance system via the installation of surveillance cameras.

In other cases, the Data Subject's Personal Data may be collected passively, in particular through third parties and/or service providers. This is particularly the case when geolocation functions are accepted or when the Data Subject clicks on sponsored links or third-party advertisements.

The Company may also use web beacon Cookies, flash Cookies, and other tracking technologies for these purposes. Cookies are small files that are downloaded when the Data Subject accesses certain websites. The Company's Cookie policy is provided in Article 16 below. The Company obtains personal information from third parties and may collect personal information from third parties (such as fraud detection and prevention service providers) or public sources in order to comply with legal and regulatory requirements and for fraud detection and prevention purposes. The Company may also obtain information from advertising networks, Internet service providers, data analytics providers, government entities, operating systems and platforms, and social networks.

The Personal Data collected through these various means is combined for each Data Subject.

ARTICLE 4. LEGAL BASIS FOR COLLETING AND PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA

Data Subject’ Personal Data are collected on the basis of the following legal grounds:

• The specific, free, and informed consent of the Data Subject(in particular for the creation of the User account, and the subscription to the newsletter and special offers from partners of the Company, etc.);
• The performance of a statutory obligation by the Company;
• The performance of a contract concluded between the Company and the Data Subject (in particular for the performance of the TOU/TOS, managing after sales services, etc. );
• The legitimate interest of the Company (in particular to ensure the security of transactions, security in the Stores when it comes to video surveillance, fighting against counterfeiting, analysis and statistics, etc. ).

Under no circumstances will the Personal Data of Data Subjects be processed in a manner incompatible with these purposes, unless prior consent is obtained from the Data Subject.

ARTICLE 5. PURPOSES OF PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING

Only Personal Data strictly necessary for processing or for the requests of Data Subjects will be collected by the Company.

Mandatory Personal Data is strictly necessary for the processing or the requests of the Data Subject. Should such data not be provided, the Data Subject is informed that certain services offered by the Company may not be provided or available.

The compulsory nature of the information requested is made known to the Data Subject at the time of collection.

Optional Personal Data is data collected by the Company in accordance with the principle of proportionality in order to better understand the Data Subject and improve their browsing experience on the Site and/or during their visit to Stores.

Data Subject’s Personal Data is collected and processed for the following purposes, when applicable:

• Creation of the User Account;
• Subscription to the Company’s newsletter;
• Contact and assistance, notably by phone, email, WhatsApp, etc. or directly when in Store;
• Management of the commercial relationship;
• Commercial prospecting and sending newsletters;
• Service improvement: better understand the interests of Data Subjects, improve and personalize the customer experience to their needs and preferences;
• Management of operations related to any order (confirmation, follow-up, delivery, etc.);
• Access to the User Account on the Site (accessible by login and password);
• Managing online appointments;
• Managing contacts with the Company through the online form;
• Managing after-sales service requests;
• Ensuring the security of the Company's online and offline activities;
• Fighting against counterfeiting and sales of the Company's products in violation of the TOS;
• Analyses and statistics on the Company and its Products by measuring the effectiveness of online or in-store campaigns and events.

With regard to video surveillance, the Personal Data of Customers and/or Visitors is collected and processed for the following purposes:

• Ensuring the safety of property and persons accessing the Stores;
• Preventing malicious acts in the Stores.

Other purposes: the Company keeps a history of transactions and other commercial documents to meet legal and administrative requirements, the needs of its insurers, where applicable, or for audit purposes.

Data Subject is informed that, subject to their prior, specific and affirmative consent, the Personal Data transmitted may be transferred to the Company’s business partners and/or companies belonging to the same group as the Company, so that the latter can inform Data Subject about their offers and services.

ARTICLE 6. RETENTION PERIOD OF PERSONAL DATA

Personal Data is kept by the Company for the period during which such data is necessary to meet the above-mentioned purposes, or for the retention period permitted by law, including to meet legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

The following criteria are taken into account when determining the retention period for Personal Data:

• The relationship with the Data Subject;
• Requests made by the Data Subject to the Company regarding their Personal Data;
• Any legal obligation to retain Personal Data or for the Company's own legal purposes;
• Technical considerations and the level of protection in place for Personal Data.

In particular:

• Personal Data of Data Subjects collected through video surveillance in Stores is retained for a maximum period of one (1) month, except in the event of an incident requiring a specific investigation;
• Telephone conversations with the Company's customer service department are retained for the applicable legal retention period;
• Customers' Personal Data relating to file management (order tracking, invoicing) is deleted or archived at the end of a period of five (5) years after the end of the relationship with the Company;

Users' and/or Customers' Personal Data relating to customer and prospect relationship management (loyalty and prospecting operations, relationship monitoring, newsletter distribution, etc.) is deleted or archived at the end of a period of three (3) years after the end of the relationship with the Company.

At the end of these periods, Personal Data will then be archived with restricted access in order to (i) comply with the Company's legal and regulatory obligations, and/or (ii) enable it to assert a right in court during the applicable limitation period or until all legal remedies have been exhausted, before being permanently deleted and archived within the limits permitted by law.

Personal Data is then destroyed or anonymized.

ARTICLE 7. ACCESS AND DESTINATION TO PERSONAL DATA

7.1       Recipients of Personal Data

The Data Subject’s Personal Data is intended for use by the persons duly authorized to process it within the Company and/or its subsidiaries (whose list is accessible here: ) and whose activities justify access, in particular, and depending on the nature of the processing and the type of data, the persons in charge of the sales department, customer service, marketing, administrative, logistics and IT departments, but also persons in charge of security and maintenance with regard to video surveillance.

As Personal Data is confidential, the Company limits access to it to only those of its employees, agents, or service providers who need such Personal Data in order to perform their duties. This is particularly the case for service providers acting on behalf of the Company, such as technical service providers responsible for sending emails for the Company, hosting the Site, or suppliers who help the Company operate the Site.

This is also the case for organizations responsible for managing credit cards or any other means of payment.

Furthermore, the Company may, where applicable, transmit information if it acquires another company or is the subject of a takeover, merger, absorption, consolidation, or reorganization of any kind.

Subject to the prior consent of the User/Customer and to the extent permitted by law, the Company may also share Personal Data with business partners, including for marketing, analysis, and advertising purposes. This applies in particular to the situations described below:

• Events and promotions. The Company may share Personal Data with third parties who jointly sponsor an event or promotion with the Company, such sharing being governed by a Personal Data Protection Agreement;
• Advertising and marketing. The Company may share Personal Data with third-party marketing and advertising partners in order to understand how the Site is used, track its use by Users/Customers, and offer them advertisements based on their interests. The Company's third-party partners may receive information about this use of the Site by placing Cookies or other trackers, as described above and in the Terms of Use. The information disclosed to third parties for these purposes includes basic identification information, device information and other unique identifiers, Customer/User activity on the Site, such as pages viewed, and commercial data.
• Social media platforms. The Company may share Personal Data with social media platforms that help it deliver advertisements to Users/Customers on those platforms.
• Measurement and analytics. The Company may share Users'/Customers' Personal Data with companies that provide aggregate reports on the performance of the Site and information about the effectiveness of its advertising services.

Finally, the Company may transfer or allow access to the Personal Data of Data Subjects to administrative or judicial authorities in order to comply with the requirements of any law, regulation, legal proceeding, or enforceable government request, or if necessary, to protect its rights and interests or, more generally, to comply with any request from an authorized authority.

7.2       Transfer of Personal Data

While carrying out its activities and providing its services, the Company may use of subcontractors and may transfer Personal Data outside of the European Union, notably to its subsidiaries located in the UK and the US and/or its foreign partners located in the US and in the Middle East.

The Company may also transfer Personal Data to service providers involved in the maintenance of its Site or social networks or any other tool used for the processing of Personal Data of Data Subjects.

These subcontractors:

• Process the Data Subject’s Personal Data on their behalf and on their instructions;
• Present sufficient guarantees as to the implementation of appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the security and confidentiality of the Data Subject’s Personal Data.

The Company shall ensure that the subcontractors and employees offer and warrant the same level of protection as the Company, and represents that such subcontractors and employees process the Personal Data exclusively for the authorized purposes, and with the required discretion and level of security.

In cases where the Company uses subcontractors located in countries offering levels of protection that are not equivalent to the level of protection of personal data in the European Union, the Company undertakes to ensure that the said transfer is governed by the data protection agreement concluded between the European Union and countries of destination, pr by an adequacy decision by the European Commission regarding countries ensuring an adequate level of protection, or by the signature of standard contractual clauses established by the European Commission (“SCC”) or adopted by a control authority and approved by the European Commission, or by the implementation of internal binding company rules (“BCR”), or by an approved code of conduct, an approved certification mechanism or an administrative arrangement or legally binding and enforceable text adopted to enable cooperation between public authorities.

ARTICLE 8. MEASURES IMPLEMENED BY THE COMPANY TO ENSURE THE SECURITY AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE PERSONAL DATA

The Company undertakes to process the Data Subject’s Personal Data in a manner that is:

• Lawful;
• Fair;
• Transparent;
• Proportionate;
• Relevant;
• Within the strict framework of the purposes pursued and announced;
• For the duration necessary for the processing operations put in place;
• Secure.

The Company implements and updates the appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure the security and confidentiality of the Data Subject’s Personal Data, preventing such data from being altered, damaged or provided to unauthorized third parties.

ARTICLE 9. DATA SUBJECT’S RIGHTS ON PERSONAL DATA

Pursuant to Articles 12 et seq. of the GDPR and Articles 104 and 116 of the French Data Protection Act, Data Subjects may, upon written request, depending on the circumstances, access their Personal Data, request its modification or correction, demand to be removed from the Company's database, or object to the processing of their Personal Data.

9.1       The right to access Personal Data

As part of the right of access, provided that the Personal Data is still being processed by the Company, the Data Subject is authorized, in accordance with article 15 of the GDPR, to request the Company in order to obtain: (i) communication of the Personal Data concerning them in an accessible form; (ii) confirmation that their Personal Data is or is no longer being processed; (iii) communication of the purposes of the processing, the categories of Personal Data processed and the recipients to whom their Personal Data is provided; and (iv) the retention period for their Personal Data or the criteria used to determine this duration.

In particular, with regard to video surveillance, subject to respect for the privacy of other persons appearing in the images, the Customer/Visitor may request:

• A copy of the video recording in which they appear;
• To view the video recording(s) in which they appear.

In this regard, a request may be rejected if it is unfounded or excessive, for reasons related to national defense, or when the Customer/Visitor's Personal Data has been deleted.

The Company may also be unable to identify the Customer/Visitor on the records in its possession, in which case it will inform the Customer/Visitor accordingly.

9.2       The right of rectification of Personal Data

In accordance with article 16 of the GDPR, the right of rectification gives the Users/Customers the right to require the Company to rectify, complete or update their Personal Data when it is inaccurate, incomplete, equivocal or out of date.

9.3       The right to delete Personal Data

Under the conditions set forth in article 17 of the GDPR, provided that the Personal Data is still being processed by the Company, the Data Subject has a right to the deletion of their Personal Data, allowing them to ask the Company to delete their Personal Data as soon as possible, in particular when it is no longer necessary with regards to the purposes for which it was collected.

With regard to video surveillance, it shall be specified that when images are blurred or scrambled without it being possible to retroactively recover the Personal Data they previously contained, said Personal Data shall be considered deleted, of which the Company shall inform the Customer/Visitor, where applicable.

In accordance with Article 19 of the GDPR, where possible, in the event of the erasure of Personal Data, the Company will inform any person to whom said Personal Data has previously been disclosed.

9.4       The right to limit Personal Data processing

The Users/Customers also have the right to limit the processing of their Personal Data in the cases listed in article 18 of the GDPR. They may thus request that their Personal Data be kept only for the purposes of:

• Verifying the accuracy of the Personal Data that they dispute;
• Being used for the purpose of ascertaining, exercising or defending their rights in court, even though the Company no longer has any use for it;
• Verifying whether the legitimate reasons pursued by the Company prevail over their own in the event that they oppose processing based on the legitimate interest of the Company;
• Satisfying their request for limitation of the use of their data—rather than deletion—in the event that the processing of his/her data is unlawful.

9.5       The right to withdraw the consent

When the processing of Personal Data is based on consent (for example, in the case of receiving commercial communications), the Data Subject has the right to withdraw their consent at any time. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing already carried out on the basis of consent given prior to withdrawal.

9.6       The right to portability of Personal Data

In the circumstances provided for in article 20 of the GDPR, the Dat Subject has a right to the portability of their Personal Data, allowing them to recover from the Company the Personal Data they have provided, in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, for the purpose of forwarding them to another data controller.

9.7       The right to object to Personal Data collection and processing

In accordance with article 21 of the GDPR, the User has the right to object, at any time, to the processing of his Personal Data for commercial prospecting purposes. 

In the Store, the Customer/Visitor may at any time object, on grounds relating to their particular situation, to the processing of their Personal Data if they consider that it is being collected and processed without legitimate interest.

In such circumstances, the Company is required to respond to the Data Subject's requests without undue delay and at the latest within one (1) month. The Company must therefore demonstrate that the legitimate grounds for collecting and processing Personal Data override the rights and interests of the Data Subject.

9.8       The post-mortem right on Personal Data

In accordance with article 85 of the French Statute no. 78-17 of January 6, 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms, the Data Subject have the possibility to define specific directives relating to the conservation, deletion and communication of their personal data post-mortem. These specific directives will only concern the processing carried out by the Company and will be limited to this scope only.

9.9       General provisions

In order to exercise the aforementioned rights, the Data Subject need only send their request:

• By email to the following address: legal@jacquemus.com ; or
• By post mail to the following address: Jacquemus La Mode – 64, rue de Lisbonne, 75008 Paris, France.

The Company will provide the person exercising one of these rights with information on the measures taken, as soon as possible and in any event within one (1) month of receipt of the request. This period may be extended by two (2) months, depending on the complexity and number of requests. The Company may verify the identity of the person before responding to their request.

If the Company does not comply with the request, it will inform the person as soon as possible, and at the latest within one (1) month of receipt of the request, of the reasons for its inaction and of the possibility of lodging a complaint with a supervisory authority and of lodging a judicial appeal.

The exercise of these rights shall be free of charge. However, pursuant to Article 12(5)(a) and (b) of the GDPR, in the event of a manifestly unfounded or excessive request, the Company reserves the right: (i) to require payment of a fee taking into account administrative costs; or (ii) to refuse to comply with such requests.

In the event of an unsatisfactory response or no response from the Company within the aforementioned time limits, the Data Subject may refer the matter to the CNIL under the conditions set out below.

ARTICLE 10. REMEDIES IN CASE PERSONAL DATA’S VIOLATION

In the event of a violation of the Personal Data that may create a risk to its rights and freedoms, the Company shall notify the CNIL, French independent administrative authority on personal data, of the violation as soon as possible, and, if possible, seventy-two (72) hours at the latest after becoming aware of such violation. The Company will also inform the User as soon as possible in accordance with the provisions of article 34 of the GDPR.

Without prejudice to any other administrative or jurisdictional remedies, the Users who considers that the processing of their Personal Data constitutes a violation of the provisions of the legislation in force, may file a complaint with a competent supervisory authority such as the CNIL regarding France following this link: www.cnil.fr/plaintes.

Data subjects also have the right to appeal in the event of non-compliance with applicable provisions regarding video surveillance or abnormal use of a camera by filing a complaint with the CNIL under the conditions mentioned above.

ARTICLE 11. PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION AND SECURITY

The Company will ensure an adequate level of protection for Personal Data and will ensure that appropriate technical and organizational security measures (including awareness and training of personnel involved in processing operations) are in place to protect Personal Data against accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss or alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access, and against all other forms of unlawful processing.

However, as the internet is not completely secure, the Company cannot guarantee that Personal Data stored and sent in connection with access to or use of the Company's Services or an online Purchase will be completely secure. Therefore, Users/Customers of the Site are encouraged to exercise caution and vigilance when using the internet to access the Company's Site, applications, and social media.

ARTICLE 12. MINORS

The Site and applications or social media are not intended for children. The Company does not knowingly collect information about children without the consent of a parent or guardian, except as permitted by law.

The User/Customer must be at least sixteen years of age to provide the Company with their Personal Data and eighteen years of age to make transactions in the Stores or on the Site. By making such transactions, the Customer warrants that they are at least eighteen years of age and fully capable of entering into and being legally bound by such transactions.

If the Company is informed or learns that a minor has submitted information about themselves via its media or otherwise, it undertakes to delete such information.

ARTICLE 13. THIRD PARTIES’ WEBSITES

Links may be provided by third-party websites or services that are not controlled by the Company and are governed by their own privacy policies. This Privacy Policy does not apply to such third-party websites. The Company encourages Users/Customers to review the privacy policies of such third-party websites, if applicable, to learn how they handle their Personal Data.

ARTICLE 14. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION

For any questions concerning the processing of their Personal Data and the exercise of their rights, Users may contact the dedicated service, specifying “RGPD information request” in the subject line of their request:

• By email at the following address: legal@jacquemus.com; or
• By post mail to the following address: Jacquemus La Mode – 64, rue de Lisbonne, 75008 Paris, France.

ARTICLE 15. MODIFICATION OF THE PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING POLICY

This Privacy Policy is effective as of the date of its publication.

The Company reserves the right to modify this privacy policy in order to comply with obligations under privacy laws or to adapt it to its practices. The Company will ensure that the User/Customer/Data Subject is informed of any significant changes and will also publish an update to the Privacy Policy on the Site. Therefore, the Data Subject is invited to consult it regularly in order to be aware of any changes and adaptations.

ARTICLE 16. COOKIES

When consulting the Site, in order to improve the User’s experience, the technical data that may be saved in connection with access to or use of the Site are the User’s Internet Protocol (IP) address and information relating to the User’s configuration (type of machine, browser, etc.) and Browsing (date, time, pages consulted, occurrence of errors, etc.).

The latter information may be stored, through the User’s browser software, in short text files (cookies), subject to the User’s choice, in a dedicated space on the Company’s storage device and/or that of its partners, who may process this technical data in a completely anonymous manner, not linking it to any information that would allow the User to be identified, and are not transmitted to third parties.

The word “Cookie(s)” refers to a text file that may be saved, subject to the User’s choices, in a dedicated space on the hard drive of the User’s Terminal, when consulting an online service through his/her/its browser software. A Cookie file allows its issuer to identify the Terminal in which it is saved, for the duration of the validity or saving of the Cookie. Each cookie is assigned an anonymous identifier.

No Personal Data is collected or connected to the anonymous user identifier and the User may oppose the use of such cookies or by sending an email to the following address: legal@jacquemus.com.

The Users can set their browser to know when a cookie is going to be activated. This allows the Users to reject the use of the Cookie or to ask the browser to delete the Cookie at the end of their visit on the Site. The Company’s online store accessible on the Site cannot be used if cookies are rejected by the User.

The retention period for cookies depends on their purpose and is detailed below. If a Cookie is renewed on each visit, its retention period restarts within the maximum period authorized by the CNIL.

16.1      Purpose of cookies issued on the Site

Depending on their category, the Cookies are used for the following purposes:

• Cookies of an essentially technical nature

A first category of cookies is those that are strictly necessary for the use of the Site. They are required to Browse the Site while taking advantage of all its functionalities (support of the Internet user’s operating system, display, etc.). They allow certain functionalities and the presentation of the Site to be adapted to the browser and the hardware of the Users. They are essentially technical cookies that do not identify the User as an individual.

These Cookies are stored for the duration necessary for browsing. They are deleted when the browser is closed or at the end of the session.

• Cookies of a functional nature

A second category of Cookies concerns functionality. They allow for simplification of the User’s Browsing. Indeed, they can save some of the User’s choices (language, User name, country, information relating to a previously entered form, etc.).

If these Cookies are not accepted by the User, some or all of these services may not function properly.

These Cookies are stored for the duration necessary for the functionality concerned. They are deleted when the browser is closed or at the end of the session.

• Cookies for Targeted advertising

These Cookies may be placed on the Site by the Company’s advertising partners. They may be used by these companies to profile the User’s interests and serve you relevant advertisements on other websites. They do not store Personal Data directly but are based on the unique identification of the User’s browser and device. If the User does not allow these Cookies, the User’s advertising will be less targeted.

These Cookies allows to offer the Users advertising content that is targeted with regard to their centers of interests. These Cookies are deposited by the Company’s partners.

The Company does not manage its partners’ Cookies and has no control over them.

These Cookies are stored for a maximum period of six (6) months from the User's initial consent.

• Cookies for audience measurement

These Cookies allow the Company to establish the number of visits and the sources of the traffic, to measure and improve the performance of the Site. They can also help identify the most/least visited pages and assess who the User navigates through the Site. All information collected by these Cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymized. If the User does not accept these Cookies, the Company will not be informed of the User’s visit to the site.

These Cookies are stored for a maximum period of thirteen (13) months from the first connection.

• Cookies from social networks

Another category of Cookies comes from social networks: these Cookies, issued by third parties, allow the User to share the content of the Site with other people. This is the case, for example, of the “Share” or “Like” buttons from social networks such as “Facebook”, “Instagram”, “Twitter”, “LinkedIn” “Snapchat” and “Tiktok”.

The Company draws the attention of Users to the identification that such a button allows. Indeed, the social network that provides this type of Site button is likely to identify the User through this button, even if the User has not clicked on it when consulting the Site. Indeed, certain Cookies allow the social network concerned to follow the Users’ Browsing on the Site, as long as the Users account with this social network is activated on their Terminal during their Browsing on the Site.

The Company has no control over the process used by the social networks to collect information relating to the User’s browsing on the Site and associated with the Personal Data they may already have. The User is invited to consult the privacy protection policies of these social networks in order to be understand the purposes of use, in particular advertising, of the browsing information that they may collect through these Site buttons.

These protection policies must in particular allow the Users to exercise their choices with these social networks, in particular by setting up their user accounts for each of these networks.

These Cookies are stored for a maximum period of six (6) months from the User's initial consent.

16.2     The User’s choices regarding Cookies

The Users may, at any time, set their browser to modify their choices regarding Cookies through the Cookies manager at the following address: Manage cookies.

16.2.1   Consent to Cookies

The registration of a Cookie on a Terminal is essentially subject to the will of the Terminal User, which the Users may express and modify at any time and free of charge through the choices offered by their browsing software or by the cookie manager available here: Manage cookies. If the Users have accepted in their browsing software the saving of Cookies on their Terminal, the Cookies integrated in the pages and contents that they have consulted may be temporarily stored in a dedicated area of the relevant Terminal. They can only be read there by their sender.

The validity term of the consent to the deposit of Cookies is thirteen (13) months. At the end of this period, the User’s consent is collected again.

16.2.2   Refusal of Cookies

If the Users refuse to save Cookies in their Terminal, or if the User deletes those saved there, they will no longer be able to benefit from a certain number of functionalities that are nevertheless necessary to Browse certain areas of the Site.

This would be the case if the Users try to access content or services that require the Users to identify themselves.

This would also be the case if the Company (or its service providers) cannot recognize, for technical compatibility purposes, the type of browser used by the User’s Terminal, its language and display settings or the country from which the Terminal in question appears to be connected to the Internet.

Where applicable, the Company declines any and all responsibility and legal liability for the consequences related to the degraded operation of its services resulting from the impossibility for it to save or consult the Cookies necessary for their operation and which the User has refused or deleted.

16.2.3   How to exercise the choices according to the Browser used by the User

The settings for Cookie management depend on the User’s browser.

As an indication, the User may oppose the saving of Cookies by configuring his browser as follows:

• For Internet Explorer:
  • Go to Tools > Internet Options.
  • Click the Privacy tab, and under Settings, select Advanced.
  • Choose whether he/she wants to allow, block, or be prompted to set the desired configuration for internal and third-party cookies.
  • To find out more: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d#:~:text=In%20Internet%20Explorer%2C%20select%20the,box%2C%20and%20then%20select%20Delete
• For Firefox:
  • At the top of the Firefox window, click on the shield, located on the left in the address bar.
  • Select protection setting.
  • Select the tracking protection he/she prefers.
  • To find out more: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox and https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-websites-storing-cookies-site-data-firefox
• For Chrome:
  • Click on the wrench icon in the browser toolbar.
  • Select Settings.
  • Click on Show Advanced Settings.
  • In the Privacy section, click the Content Settings button.
  • In the “Cookies” section, he/she can block cookies and data from third-party sites.
  • To find out more: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid
• For Safari:
  • Go to Settings > Preferences
  • Click on the Privacy tab
  • In the “Block Cookies” area, check the “always” box.
  • For more information: https://support.apple.com/en-us/105082
• For Opera:
  • Go to Settings > Preferences
  • Click on the advanced tab and click on “Privacy & security”.
  • In the “cookies” area, check the box “Never accept cookies”.
  • To find out more: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/fr/cookies.html