POLICY RELATING TO COOKIES

When you first log on to the ERN website, you are warned by a banner at the bottom of your screen that information about your browsing may be stored in files called “cookies”. Our cookie policy allows you to better understand the provisions that we implement in terms of navigation on our website. It informs you in particular about all the cookies on our website, their purpose (part A.) and gives you the procedure to follow to configure them (part B.)

A. GENERAL INFORMATION ON COOKIES ON THE ERN SITE

ERN, as publisher of this website, may proceed to the implementation of a cookie on the hard drive of your terminal (computer, tablet, mobile etc.) to ensure a smooth and optimal navigation on our site Internet.

“Cookies” are small text files that allow us to recognize your computer, tablet or mobile device in order to personalize the services we offer.

The information collected through cookies does not in any way identify you by name. They are used exclusively for our own needs in order to improve the interactivity and the performance of our website and to send you contents adapted to your centers of interests. None of this information is disclosed to third parties except where ERN has obtained your prior consent or where the disclosure of such information is required by law, by order of a court or any administrative authority or judicial authority to know.
To better inform you about the information that cookies identify, you will find below a table listing the different types of cookies that may be used on the ERN website, their name, purpose and their retention period.

B. CONFIGURING YOUR PREFERENCES ON COOKIES

You can accept or refuse the deposit of cookies at any time.
When you first log in to the ERN website, a banner briefly outlining information about cookies and similar technologies will appear at the bottom of your screen. This banner warns you that by continuing your navigation on the ERN website (by loading a new page or by clicking on various elements of the site for example), you accept the deposit of cookies on your terminal. You are also deemed to have consented to the deposit of cookies by clicking on the “X” icon to the right of the banner at the bottom of your screen.
Depending on the type of cookie involved, collecting your consent to deposit and read cookies on your device may be imperative.

b-1. Cookies exempt from consent

In accordance with the recommendations of the Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés (CNIL), some cookies are exempt from the prior collection of your consent to the extent that they are strictly necessary for the operation of the website or have the exclusive purpose of allowing or facilitating electronic communication. These include session ID, authentication, load balancing session cookies as well as cookies for customizing your interface. These cookies are fully subject to this policy insofar as they are issued and managed by ERN.

b-2. Cookies requiring the prior collection of your consent

This requirement applies to third-party cookies that are termed “persistent” as long as they remain in your device until they are deleted or expired.
Because such cookies are issued by third parties, their use and deposit are subject to their own privacy policies, which you will find below. This cookie family includes audience measurement cookies, advertising cookies (which ERN does not use) and social network sharing cookies (including Facebook, Vimeo and Twitter).
Audience measurement cookies provide statistics about the use and use of various elements of the website (such as the content / pages you visited). These data contribute to improving the ergonomics of the ERN website. An audience measurement tool is used on this website:

o Jetpack, whose privacy policy is available from the following link: https://jetpack.com/support/privacy/

Social network sharing cookies are issued and managed by the publisher of the social network concerned. Subject to your consent, these cookies allow you to easily share some of the content published on the ERN website, including via a “button” application sharing according to the social network concerned. There are three types of social sharing cookies on the ERN website:

o Facebook, whose cookie policy can be consulted by clicking on the following link: https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/

o Twitter, which you will find the options dedicated to controlling or restricting the use of cookies and the policy for the use of cookies: https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170518

o Vimeo, whose cookie policy can be viewed by clicking on the following link: https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy

b-3. You have various tools for setting cookies

Most Internet browsers are configured by default so that cookies are allowed to be posted. Your browser offers you the opportunity to change these standard settings so that all cookies are rejected systematically or that only part of the cookies is accepted or refused according to their issuer.

ATTENTION: We draw your attention to the fact that the refusal of the deposit of cookies on your terminal is nevertheless likely to alter your user experience as well as your access to certain services or functionalities of this website. Where appropriate,
ERN declines any responsibility concerning the consequences related to the degradation of your browsing conditions that occur because of your choice to refuse, delete or block cookies necessary for the operation of the site. These consequences can not constitute damage and you can not claim any compensation for this fact.

Your browser also allows you to delete existing cookies on your device or to notify you when new cookies may be placed on your device. These settings do not affect your navigation but you lose all the benefit of the cookie.

Please find below the many tools available to you so that you can set the cookies on your device.

b-4. The setting of your Internet browser

Each Internet browser has its own cookie management settings. To find out how to change your cookie preferences, please find below the links to the help you need to access your browser’s menu provided for this purpose :

Chrome : https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en

Firefox : https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

Internet Explorer : https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies – ie=ie-11

Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/ – cookies

Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

For more information, you can consult the website of the CNIL: https://www.cnil.fr/en/home