What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website (when visited by a user) asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you. Cookies permit to “remember” your actions or preferences on a limited period. Depending on the type of cookies, cookies will:

• Be stored temporarily in your browser’s memory, and destroyed when it is closed down (“Session Cookies”).
• Be saved on your computer so that when you close it down and start it up again, it can still be there (“Persistent Cookies”). The Persistent Cookies are created by giving them a limited lifespan, provided for each cookie in the tables below.

We use internal cookies, allowing us to memorize information like your language choices or your connection information. These cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies, which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting. These third-party cookies allow other organizations to generally help us to analyze how our site is being used, measure the number of visitors to the site, and display advertising. Third parties operating on our website and storing cookies on your device through it are listed in the tables below for each category of cookies. To obtain more information on these third-party cookies, consult the cookies and/or privacy policies of these third parties. Descriptions of each category of cookie as well as the cookies used on this website are shown below. No cookie which is not strictly necessary for the website to function will be stored on your device without your prior consent. You can consent globally for all cookie categories or individually or withdraw your consent at any time on the “Cookie Settings” page, by clicking on the following button below.

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