1. Définitions
When you visit a website, information may be stored on or retrieved from your browser, usually in the form of "cookies." This information may relate to you, your preferences, or your device and is primarily used to ensure the site functions as expected. The recorded data does not usually allow you to be directly identified, but it can provide you with a personalized web experience.
Cookies are therefore pieces of information placed on a user's device by the server of the website visited. They are used by a website to send information to the user's browser and allow that browser to send information back to the originating website (for example, a session ID or language preference).
Only the issuer of a cookie can read or modify the information it contains.
There are different types of cookies:
- Session cookies, which disappear as soon as you leave the website;
- Persistent cookies that remain on your device until their expiration date or until you delete them using your browser's settings.
Please be advised that cookies may be installed on your device when you visit this website.
- First-party cookies placed by www.citeduchocolat.com
- Third-party cookies placed on the Site by a third party.
2. Purposes of cookies used
Some of the cookies used by the Publisher are solely for the purpose of enabling or facilitating electronic communication (detecting connection errors, identifying connection points, etc.).
Others are strictly necessary for providing online communication services at your express request (shopping cart, display preferences, etc.).
Others are used for the following purposes:
- to analyze website traffic and usage in order to improve the user experience ;
- to improve the relevance of advertisements displayed on the website ;
- to make the website more user-friendly and interactive.
3. What cookies do we use ?
The cookies used on the website are:
- Publisher cookies ;
- third-party cookies, specifically chosen by the Publisher to achieve certain objectives.
3.1 Publisher Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be disabled in our systems. They are usually set in response to actions you have taken that constitute a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling out forms. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
The cookies placed by the Site's tools are detailed in the table below (end of section 3.2).
3.2 Third-party cookies
The Publisher also uses services offered by third parties; see the list at the end of section 3.2.
3.2.1 Technical or functional cookies
These cookies primarily aim to facilitate user navigation and enable the Site to offer you certain features. These cookies allow us to improve and personalize the website's functionality. They may be activated by our teams or by third parties whose services are used on our website pages. If you do not accept these cookies, some or all of these services may not function correctly.
3.2.2 Audience measurement cookies
The Publisher uses third parties to measure the Site's audience.
For your information, the Publisher uses, among other things, the Google Analytics service, which allows us to count visitors and identify how they use the site. This statistical tool allows the Publisher to improve its website by taking into account the needs of visitors.
The data generated by these cookies concerns:
- your use of the site, such as the pages you have visited;
- your IP address in order to determine the city of connection. This data is immediately anonymized after geolocation and is not shared with Google.
Here is a list of our different cookies and their uses.
4. Improving the Site's Usability and Interactivity
To allow you to access certain site features, the Publisher uses services offered by third parties, such as:
- sharing buttons (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, LinkedIn);
- Videos posted on its Vimeo or YouTube channels.
These features rely on third-party cookies that are directly placed by the service providers.
The Publisher is in no way responsible for the content or operation of any social network, including those that may be linked to the Site.
5. Obtaining Your Consent
During your first visit to our site, you will be asked to accept or refuse the use of certain cookies.
If you do not wish cookies to be installed or read on your device, an opt-out cookie will be placed on your device so that the Publisher can record that you have objected to the use of cookies. If you delete this opt-out cookie, it will no longer be possible to identify you as having refused the use of cookies. Similarly, when you accept the use of cookies, a consent cookie is installed. Consent and opt-out cookies must remain on your device. You can change your preferences at any time as described in the following section entitled "Managing Cookies."
6. Managing Cookies
You have several options for deleting and managing cookies and other trackers.
6.1 Computer Settings
While most browsers are set by default to accept cookies, you can choose to accept all cookies, reject them all, or select which cookies you accept based on their origin. You can also regularly delete cookies from your device via your browser. However, remember to configure all the browsers on your different devices (tablets, smartphones, computers, etc.). Each browser has a different configuration for managing cookies and your preferences. This is described in your browser's help menu, which will explain how to modify your cookie settings. For example:
- for Internet Explorer™ ;
- for Safari™ ;
- for Chrome™ ;
- for Firefox™ ;
- for Opera™.
Please note, however, that by configuring your browser to refuse cookies, certain features, pages, and areas of the site will not be accessible, for which we cannot be held responsible.
6.2 Opt-out Platforms
Several advertising industry platforms also offer you the option to refuse or accept cookies used by their member companies. These centralized mechanisms do not block the display of advertisements but only prevent the installation of cookies that allow ads to be tailored to your interests.
For example, you can visit this website to block the installation of these cookies on your device : www.youronlinechoices.com. This website is provided by digital advertising professionals within the European Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA) and managed in France by the Interactive Advertising Bureau France.
You can then see the companies registered on this platform that offer you the option to refuse or accept the cookies they use to tailor the ads displayed on your device to your browsing information: https://www.youronlinechoices.com/fr/controler-ses-cookies/. click here. This European platform is shared by hundreds of online advertising professionals and provides a centralized interface allowing you to express your refusal or acceptance of cookies that may be used to personalize the ads displayed on your device based on your browsing activity.
6.3 Cookie Management Module
Finally, a module allows you to choose which cookies you wish to accept and which you wish to refuse on this site.
7. Personal Data Protection
In the context of the use of cookies as described in this document, the Publisher may process your personal data, acting as the data controller.
The data collected is essential to achieve the objectives pursued by each cookie. It is intended solely for the authorized departments of the Publisher and/or the company issuing the third-party cookies.
Your personal data may be transferred to a subcontractor located in the United States, in the context of social media cookies or Google Analytics. This subcontractor will have access to the following categories of data: pages visited, IP addresses, device data, etc.
Personal data collected via cookies is never kept longer than necessary to achieve the purpose of the cookie, and in no case longer than 13 months.
In accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), individuals have the right to request information about, access, rectify, erase, object to processing for legitimate reasons, and obtain a copy of their personal data. When consent is the legal basis for processing, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
After the death of the individual, the collected data is retained for the period necessary for the Publisher to comply with its legal and regulatory obligations. Upon expiry of this period, the data will be deleted, unless the individual decides that it be disclosed to a third party of their choice, in accordance with the provisions of Article 85 of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 on Data Processing, Data Files and Individual Liberties, as amended in 2018.
These rights can be exercised first by contacting the person responsible for data processing and privacy policy, whom you can reach electronically via our contact form or by mail at the following address: Communications Department, Cité du Chocolat, 37 avenue du Président Roosevelt, 26600 Tain l'Hermitage, France.
To ensure better protection of your rights, the Publisher has appointed a Data Protection Officer whom you can contact as needed at the following address: dpo@savencia.com
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the National Commission for Information Technology and Civil Liberties (CNIL), the competent supervisory authority.
For more information, please refer to the Privacy Policy.