Cookie management

When you first access the website: https://www.apacfrance.com/, a banner at the bottom of the page informs you that data relating to your browsing will be recorded on specific files called “cookies” or connection files.

In order to better inform you about their role, the constraints related to their acceptance or refusal and the steps to follow to block their installation on your computer, APAC presents its cookie management policy.

1° THE ROLE OF COOKIES OR CONNECTION FILES

Cookies allow us to collect information about your visit to the website (https://www.apacfrance.com/) with the aim of adjusting and orienting your browsing in the best possible way. Managed by the browser, connection files make it possible to determine precisely the services and information you are looking for from the sections and pages you consult.
For optimal use of the website and its services, different types of cookies are used depending on their purpose:

session cookies are mainly installed on commercial sites to save certain data entered beforehand during the entire navigation sequence,
functional cookies take into account browsing preferences (language, screen resolution, etc.) or manage information entered during previous browsing sessions (connection identifiers, subscribed services, data entered, etc.)
Analytical cookies are used to count Internet users while analyzing their behavior during their visit to the website in order to generate traffic statistics,
Third-party cookies are placed on the user’s browser by advertising agencies or website partners, as well as by social networks and video platforms linked to the website.
The data collected by the connection files do not allow you to be identified by name; they are only used for the proper functioning of the website and are never communicated by APAC to other organizations.

2° COOKIES PRESENT ON THE APACFRANCE.COM SITE

Depending on their nature and the type of data they collect, the cookies used on the hhttps://www.apacfrance.com/ website require your consent for their use or are exempt from it.

2.1° Functional cookies

The Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) recommends exempting from consent the cookies that are necessary for the proper functioning of the website or whose sole purpose is to facilitate communication by electronic means.

This mainly concerns session identifier cookies, session cookies for multimedia players, authentication cookies, load balancing or created session cookies as well as cookies for personalizing your user interface.

2.2° Tracking cookies

According to current legislation confirmed by the RGPD, all cookies that allow targeting or profiling require, before they are sent to your browser: the collection of your consent, the possibility of objecting to their use, the information that continued browsing means agreement to the deposit of cookies on your terminal.

This concerns both audience measurement cookies (Analytics) and sharing cookies on social networks (Facebook…), these cookies are therefore subject to the privacy policies of the publishers of these software applications.

2.2.1° Audience measurement cookies

Google Analytics cookies are used to compile statistics on the use of the website: https://www.apacfrance.com/.

They have been configured to collect data making it optional to obtain your consent:

the deposited cookies are only used for the production of anonymous statistics, the IP address allowing to geolocate you is not more precise than the scale of the city, concretely the last two bytes of the IP address are deleted,
the cookies allowing to establish your traceability as well as your IP addresses are not kept beyond 13 months from the first visit.
The Google Analytics privacy policy is available at the following address: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=fr

2.2.2° Data sharing cookies

The sharing cookies on social networks (Facebook…) are issued and managed by the publishers of the applications. Subject to your consent, these cookies allow you to easily share content published on the website: https://www.apacfrance.com/ using the dedicated application buttons.

The privacy policies of the social networks are available on the following pages:

Facebook: https://fr-fr.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
Twitter: https://twitter.com/fr/privacy#update
Pinterest: https://policy.pinterest.com/fr/privacy-policy
Instagram: https://help.instagram.com/519522125107875

2.2.3° Video platform cookies

Cookies related to the viewing of videos on YouTube are issued and managed by the publisher of the video platform. Subject to your consent, these cookies are sent to your browser of the Internet user when playing videos published on the website: https://www.apacfrance.com/ and hosted on the platform.

YouTube’s privacy policy is available at the following address: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=fr-CA

3° ACCEPTANCE OR REFUSAL OF COOKIES

When you first visit the website https://www.apacfrance.com/, a banner is displayed at the bottom of the page to allow you to accept or refuse cookies. This banner also includes information on the purpose of sending cookies to your Internet browser.

You can also set your Internet browser to warn you when cookies are going to be deposited with the possibility of accepting or refusing them. Depending on the browser used, the cookie management configuration (acceptance or refusal) differs.

Below are the addresses of the dedicated pages for each of the main browsers:

Microsoft Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/fr-FR/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
Google Chrome : https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=fr
Safari: https://support.apple.com/fr-fr/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/fr/kb/autoriser-bloquer-cookies-preferences-sites
Opera : https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
Please note: Refusing cookies may prevent the personalization of your navigation on the website: https://www.apacfrance.com/, it is therefore important that you configure your browser with full knowledge of the facts.

4° REVOCATION OF CONSENT TO COOKIES

It is possible at any time to revoke your consent to third-party cookies and analytical cookies.

5° THE PRIVACY POLICY

To learn more about APAC’s privacy policy : click here.