Cookies policy

 

1. What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files or information stored on your computer or mobile device (e.g. smartphones and tablets) when you visit our Sites. A cookie usually includes the name of the website it came from, the cookie’s ‘lifetime’ (i.e. how long the cookie will be stored on your computer) and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number.

 

2. Why do we use cookies?

We use cookies to facilitate the use of our sites and better customize both the sites and our products depending on your interests and needs. Cookies allow us to do so because web sites can read and write the files, which enables them to recognize you and remember important information, thus making your use of a website more convenient (for instance by remembering your preferences).

Cookies may also be used to accelerate your future activities and visits of our sites. We also use cookies to collect anonymous aggregated statistics that allow us to understand the way users use our Sites and help us improve the structure and content of our Sites.

 

3. What type of cookies do we use?

Two type of cookies may be used on the Sites: ‘session cookies’ and ‘persistent cookies.’ Session cookies are temporary cookies that stay on your device until you leave the Site. A persistent cookie stays on your device for a much longer period of time, or until you manually delete it (depending on the cookie’s ‘lifetime.’)

 

4. What cookies do we use?

Below are listed the different type of cookies we may use on the 7S sites. Please note that as the information collected by cookies is considered private data, the provisions of the Charter relative to the protection of personal data apply and complement the present Cookie policy.

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are necessary for the site to function and allow you to navigate it and use its services and functionalities. Without these cookies, which are absolutely necessary, the site will not work as well as we would like it to; we would then be unable to run the Site and provide some of the requested services and functionalities.

 

Cookie Type Description How to manage cookies
Session Session cookies are used to keep track of login information. Accept / refuse through browser settings
Load balancers Load balancers are used to distribute traffic across the globe and ensure no single server bears too much demand. Accept / refuse through browser settings
User ID User ID cookies are used to ensure that users only see their own information. Accept / refuse through browser settings
Safety Safety cookies are used for safety checks and inspections. Accept / refuse through browser settings

 

Preference Cookies

Preference cookies collect information regarding your choices and preferences and enable us to remember the language or other local parameters and customize the Site accordingly.

 

Cookie type Description How to manage cookies
Language Language cookies are used to keep the language chosen by the user and offer the correct options. Accept / refuse through browser settings
Location The user’s general location (city, state, country, zip code), as defined by the IP address, is stored in order to automatically select the right country and display the details and demo days in the correct area. Accept / refuse through browser settings
Reference site The reference site is saved in order to better understand the user’s preferences. Accept / refuse through browser settings
Last visit and last activities The date of the last visit and the last activities, along with other information, is saved in order to provide the users with an update on ‘what has changed on the site since your last visit,’ and to better understand the user’s preferences. Accept / refuse through browser settings
Recently watched videos The date and title of the recently watched videos are saved in order to better understand the user’s preferences. Accept / refuse through browser settings
Flash Cookies Flash cookies are used to allow the execution of audio and video content. Accept / refuse through browser settings
Page history Page history cookies are used to follow the sequence of the pages visited by the user. If the user gets an error message when they are visiting the Site, the cookie’s information is saved in a log for error reporting and resolution purposes. Accept / refuse through browser settings

 

Social network plugin tracking cookies

These cookies are used to track the members [and non-members] of social networks for purposes of market research and product analysis and development.

Cookie type Description How to manage cookies
Facebook The cookies are used to track Facebook members [and non-members] for purposes of market research and product analysis and development. Accept / refuse through browser settings
Twitter The cookies are used to track members [and non-members] for purposes of market research and product analysis and development Accept / refuse through browser settings
LinkedIn The cookies are used to track members [and non-members] for purposes of market research and product analysis and development Accept / refuse through browser settings
AdRoll The cookies are used to track members [and non-members] for purposes of market research and product analysis and development Accept / refuse through browser settings
Olark The cookies are used to track members [and non-members] for purposes of market research and product analysis and development Accept / refuse through browser settings

 

Analytic Cookies

Analytic cookies collect data regarding your use of the site and allow us to improve its functioning. For instance, analytic cookies provide us with information regarding the most visited pages of the site, help us keep a record of all the difficulties that we may have with the site and tell us whether our advertising is effective. This allows us to get overall trends regarding the use of the site, rather than the pattern of use for a single person.

Cookie type Description How to manage cookies
Google Analytics

 

Google Analytics cookies collect aggregated statistics in order to improve the site presentation and user navigation. Google completes the aggregated data with information about our visitors’ demographics and interests, so that we can understand better who our visitors are.

 https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Hubspot Hubspot cookies collect aggregated statistics in order to improve the site presentation and user navigation. https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy

 

Marketing Cookies

Advertising cookies are used for marketing purposes.

Cookie type Description How to manage cookies
Advertising Provide behavioral/targeted advertising Accept / refuse through browser settings
Market research Conduct market research Accept / refuse through browser settings
Campaign / promotion Measure the efficacy of a campaign Accept / refuse through browser settings
Fraud detection Detect click fraud Accept / refuse through browser settings

 

Third Party Cookies

We use a number of providers that may also place cookies on your device on our behalf when you visit our sites to allow them to provide their services. For more information on these cookies and how to refuse them (opt out), please refer to their own charter relative to the protection of personal data.

 

5. How to manage cookies?

Although most Internet browsers are initially set to automatically accept cookies, most Internet browsers allow you to change the parameters in order to block cookies or warn you when cookies are being sent to your device.

In addition to the options specified above, you may refuse, accept and delete cookies from the site at any time by activating or accessing your browser’s parameters. Information regarding the procedure to activate, deactivate and delete cookies is available on the website of your Internet browser provider via the help menu.

You should know that if cookies are deactivated or deleted, some of the site’s functionalities may not be able to work properly – for instance you may be unable to visit some parts of our Site or to receive customized information when you visit the Site.

If you use several devices to visit and access the Sites (for instance your computer, your smartphone, your tablet, etc.), you need to ensure that the browser on each device is set to coincide with your preferences in terms of cookies.

If you wish to delete all the cookies placed by the websites you visit, the links below will allow you to download three programs to delete tracking cookies:

 

6. Beacons

Some of the pages that you visit on the Site may also collect data through the use of beacons (also referred to as pixel tags) which may be share with third parties that directly support our promotional activities and the development of the website. For instance, the data regarding the use of websites by the visitors of our Sites may be shared with our third-party advertising agency in order to better target the ads run on our websites through Internet banners. However, the data collected by the use of these beacons does not constitute information that can be used to identify you directly, even if it might be linked to your personal data.

 

7. Contact Us

For all questions regarding this policy, please contact [email protected]

Telephone: +33 (0)1 44 75 09 77

Address: 7SPEAKING – Tour Europe – 33 Place des Corolles – 92400 Courbevoie, France

Please note that email communication is not always secure; you should thus avoid mentioning any information regarding your payment card and any sensitive information in the emails you send us.

 

8. Useful links

Information regarding the cookies specific to your browser: