7-SHAPES uses cookies and other tracers (hereinafter “cookies”) on this website (hereinafter “the website”) and wishes to inform you thereof in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the French Data Protection Act. This policy is also drawn up by virtue of deliberation n °2020-092 of September 17, 2020, adopting a recommendation proposing practical procedures of compliance in the event of use of “cookies and other tracers”.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file placed on your terminal (computer, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when you visit a website. It allows its issuer to identify your terminal in which it is registered, during the validity period of the cookie. Only the issuer of the cookie is likely to read or modify the information contained therein.

What are the purposes of the cookies used on this website?

The cookies we use have the following purposes:

• Remember information that you have entered or requested via forms that you fill out on our website
• Act your consent and memorize your preferences in relation to the cookies used
• Track the performance of pages viewed by website users
• Analyze how visitors use the website
• Distinguish website users
• Save your preferences and other information as your preferred language
• Carry out statistics and analyzes of frequentation and use, navigation, and audience measurements of the website with a view to its improvement
• Optimize the user experience according to your preferences

What categories of cookies do we use?

We use functional, technical, and analytical cookies on this website. We group them into two categories:

• Strictly necessary cookies, grouping together functional and technical cookies (Uncode: WordPress plugin).
• Analytical cookies, grouping together third-party cookies and audience measurement (Google Analytics, Google Ads, LinkedIn Tracking, Facebook).

What is the legal basis for the cookies used?

The cookies used on the website are based on:

• On your consent for analytical cookies in accordance with the French Data Protection Act and the “Privacy and Electronic Communications” Directive (2001/58/CE). These instruments provide, especially, the obligation, with some exceptions, to obtain the consent of Internet users before any writing or reading operation of cookies and other tracers. You can withdraw your consent at any time or set your preferences using the button at the bottom left of the website.
• On the pursuit of alegitimate interest of the website editor for the category of strictly necessary cookies. Your consent is not required for these cookies. It is therefore not possible to activate or deactivate them individually. You can do this only for cookies that require your consent, i.e. the category of analytical cookies. However, you can deactivate cookies at any time from your browser.

How long are cookies stored on your devices?

The retention period of cookies varies depending on the type of cookie used. hus, this duration can range from 1 minute to more than 12 months. On the other hand, the storage period of cookies for which you have given your consent cannot exceed 13 months. However, you can delete cookies even before the expiration of their storage period using the button at the bottom left of the website.

Can you object to cookies?

You can object to cookies in several ways. If you do not want our website to place cookies on your computer, you can block them:

• By using a browser which, by default, refuses cookies
• By configuring your browser appropriately or by installing an additional component on your browser, specifically designed for cookie management
• By deleting the cookies used from your browser at any time (to find out how to do this, see the help section of your browser)
• By configuring your browser so that it transmits to the website your wish not to be “tracked”

Please note that opting out of cookies may prevent the site editor from learning from your actions and creating a better experience for you and other users.

We draw your attention to the fact that if you use different terminals to access our website (smartphone, tablet, computer, etc.), your preferences must be configured on each of them.