What is a cookie? A cookie is a small text file placed on your device when you visit the Site. Istec uses cookies in order to:

• To offer a tailored user experience: adapting the content and display of our Service to your device to improve your browsing;
• To remember information related to a form already filled out, or related to products, services, or information from our Service;
• To personalize our content and advertisements based on the user’s interests;
• To compile statistics and audience measurements on the traffic to our Site;
• To enable sharing on social networks;
• To optimize the distribution and evaluate the effectiveness of the advertising messages we send.

 

We use a cookie management platform (CMP): Axeptio, which allows users to view all the cookies we use and to consent to or refuse, at any time, all or some of the cookies used when they are not necessary for the Site to function.

Indeed, some cookies are strictly necessary for our Site to function. Due to their essential nature, the CNIL (French Data Protection Authority) considers them exempt from requiring your consent. Users have the option to accept or refuse other cookies using the mechanism integrated into the CMP (Customer Management Platform), available at any time at the bottom left of the screen. Your consent applies to cookies placed from the domain istec.fr.

What types of cookies do we use?

 
We use cookies to collect information about our Site’s users, either for the duration of your visit (session cookies) or for repeat visits (persistent cookies). There are also third-party and first-party cookies. A first-party cookie is one installed by the website the user is currently visiting. Conversely, a third-party cookie is one installed by a domain other than the one hosting the website the user is visiting. Therefore, when a user visits a website or platform, and another entity installs a cookie through that website or platform, the cookie is a third-party cookie. We use several types of cookies on our Site, the characteristics of which are described below.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the operation of the Site. They allow the User to use its main features. Without these cookies, your experience on the site may be degraded. In accordance with the latest recommendations of the CNIL (French Data Protection Authority), they only require the User’s consent to be placed on their device and do not allow for any behavioral tracking or identification.

Therefore, these cookies do not store any information that would allow us to personally identify you. The recipients of the data collected by cookies and technical trackers are strictly authorized members of the ISTEC services, as well as its service providers involved in the maintenance, hosting, and proper functioning of the site. Furthermore, if required by law, ISTEC may transmit data to the competent authorities to respond to complaints filed against ISTEC and to comply with administrative and judicial procedures.

A regulated body authorized to receive data to fulfill legal and regulatory obligations may also have access to the data, such as, in particular, auditors, experts, or any auditor from a competent authority. You can configure your browser to block the use of these cookies and trackers on your device, but some essential site features will not function normally. Indeed, technical cookies and trackers do not require your consent, as they are strictly necessary for the proper functioning of the site.

 

Audience Measurement Cookies

Audience measurement cookies are used to compile statistics on the traffic and use of the various elements of our Site (sections and content visited, browsing patterns). They allow us to improve its relevance and usability. We use the following services:

Service name	Link to privacy policy
Google Analytics	https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=fr-CA
Google Tag Manager	https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=fr-CA
Google Ads	https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=fr-CA

 

Marketing and Advertising Cookies

Marketing and advertising cookies allow us to determine which advertisements to display based on your browsing activity on our Site. This includes limiting the number of times you see an ad, measuring the effectiveness of an advertising campaign, and tailoring ads to your preferences. These cookies also allow us to send you personalized emails. We use the following services:

Service Name	Link to Privacy Policy
Iadvize	https://www.iadvize.com/fr/politique-de-confidentialite
Sendinblue	https://www.brevo.com/fr/legal/privacypolicy/
Hubspot	https://legal.hubspot.com/en/privacy-policy

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