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Cookie Policy

What is a Cookie?

This France Machines Outils website (francemachinesoutils.com) uses cookies to identify your machine and browser.

A cookie is a dataset file. It is sent by a website to be stored by the user’s browser on their hard disk drive while browsing on said website. If the user ever comes back to the same website, the cookie dataset can be collected by the website to detail their previous browsing session, thus identifying the user. There are other tracking technologies aside from cookies such as pixel tags and JavaScript code. The most commonly used technology at the moment is the HTTP cookie. It consists in a small text file stored by the user’s browser on the hard drive of their device (computer/tablet/smartphone) and it is used to store user data in order to improve their overall experience while browsing our website.

For more information about cookies and how to manage them on your web browser, please check out the http://www.allaboutcookies.org/

For more information about the cookie-related EU regulations, please check out the European Commission Handlet: https://wikis.ec.europa.eu/display/WEBGUIDE/04.+Cookies

What does the EU regulations say about cookies?

The Directive 2012 of the European Union on digital privacy requires for all websites which are available to users based within the European Union to explicitly ask for their consent to use cookies when browsing their website.

This Directive was implemented on the francemachinesoutils.com website as a pop-in banner. It shall appear at the bottom of the browser to all EU-located users, regardless of their browsing device.

How do we use the francemachinesoutils.com cookies?

The francemachinesoutils.com website uses cookies to store information about the user browsing to be retrieved if they come back on the website. Cookies are used to:

  • produce statistics and assess traffic volumes, website use and features,
  • adapt this website layout based on the current device and personal interests of the user,
  • speed the search and display results,
  • identify a previous user when they come back on the website by recording their former data (login access, shopping cart content, etc.),
  • access the administration panel (personal account) on this website using their credentials,
  • implement safety measures (for instance, in order to avoid account hacks),
  • share your information with advertisers from other websites to forward targeted advertising to you,
  • share information on social medias (such as social network likes).

Please note that the collected statistical data about the browsing actions and patterns of our user base do not identify any specific user.

Third-party Cookies

When accessing the francemachinesoutils.com website, some of our pages or displayed ads may have your browser store one or several partner cookies (‘third party cookies’) on your hard drive.

These third party cookies aim at:

  • identify the interests of the user by recording which products they checked out or bought on this website,
  • produce audience measurement data,
  • collect browsing data to tailor the ads displayed to users outside the francemachinesoutils.com website.

They can be issued by our partners to custom the  adverts we may display to you outside this website, depending on the cookie options the user selected (these can be changed at any time).

What are the francemachinesoutils.com cookies?

The cookies used on the website are:

  • the strictly necessary cookies are necessary for the website to function. These include cookies required for users to log in to their administration panels, check their shopping carts or use electronic invoicing and payment systems, for instance. These cookies are necessary for the website to function.
  • Performance cookies help us segregate and count the amount of users and visited pages, access patterns and various information about incoming users in order to better monitor the browsing experience on our website. These cookies help us improve the overall website performance. For instance, to make sure each user can easily find their resources. These cookies do not store any personal information data that may reveal or help inferring your identity.

You may disable Google Analytics tracking using the available add-on from https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

  • Feature cookies are used to identify particular users whenever they come back to our website. These cookies do store non-essential information regarding their interaction with our company. It allows us to custom-tailor our home page contents, granting them by their login credentials and save their preference such as user interface language and used currency. Although such cookies are non essential to properly run the website, they are useful to adapt the user experience when browsing our website.
  • Advertising and targeting cookies: This type of cookie stores website pattern data, in particular displayed pages and links that the user might have clicked on. These information help adding consistency to all adverts and results on our website. They can also be shared to third party companies such as Google Adwords, Eperflex, Doubleclick, Lengow and Criteo to suggest each user consistent ads throughout their own networks.

Social media integration such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Google+ and Pinterest is also supported by francemachinesoutils.com to allow users to share product pages and URLs with their friends.

Social networks also record browsing cookies whenever a session is initiated on their websites. Should the user decline data collection from social networks via their francemachinesoutils.com user account, they must log out from their social network account prior to access this website. France Machines Outils has no control over this type of cookie, meaning that should they wish to know more, the user must study the privacy policy regarding data collection on the website of the third party company to know more about the end use (one of which being advertising) of browsing data collected by means of script-triggering buttons.

Cookie management

As per Act No.78-17, Article 32, Point II, the francemachinesoutils.com website requires your consent prior to saving advert cookies on your device, assess the traffic and letting you share pages on social networks.

At any time, you can change or express your wish to change your cookie management using the means hereafter listed.

The cookie banner along with this page specify the purpose of the use of cookies and other tracking technologies. By using this website after displaying the cookie banner pop-in, you hereby accept the processing of said cookies to the aforementioned purposes.

You can block cookies by disabling entirely or in part cookie installation in your browser Settings. However, this website may be in part or entirely unable to run properly if your browser prevents the setting of all cookies (in particular, the strictly necessary cookies).

Cookie refusal

Browser Settings
The cookie management and set of options for cookies differ based on each browser. The Help menu of your browser should tell the user how they can change their cookie settings.

For Safari™ users:
https://support.apple.com/en-euro/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

Fro Chrome™ users:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en

For Internet Explorer™ users:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

For Firefox™ users:
http://mzl.la/1BAQyo7

For Opera™ users:
https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies

Setting your smartphone OS to manage cookies
You can manage cookie settings on your smartphone by using the General Settings of your Operating System.
iOS: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265
Android: https://support.google.com/chrome/topic/3434352

The Doubleclick tracking system can be disabled using the following tools: http://www.google.com/settings/ads/onweb and http://www.google.com/settings/ads/plugin

You can disable Google Analytics tracking with the following add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
You can disable or obtain further information on Criteo Display by going to: http://www.criteo.com/fr/privacy

You can also decline the installation of cookies using an Unwanted list as described at: https://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/five-top-tips

For more information about your rights, please go to the French CNIL website: www.cnil.fr/fr/comprendre-vos-droits