Cookie policy

When you visit   V4CURE website at https://www.v4cure.com (the “Website”), a banner at the bottom of your screen informs you that your browsing data may be stored in files known as cookies. This cookie policy helps you understand the provisions we make for browsing on our Website. In particular, it gives you information about all the cookies collected on our Website and their purpose (part 1), and explains how to manage them (part 2).

1. General information about the cookies on the Website

Cookies are small text files which enable to recognize your computer, tablet, or other mobile device in order to personalize the services we offer.

First-party cookies are cookies set by the website you’re visiting. Only that website can read them. In addition, a website might potentially use external services, which also set their own cookies, known as third-party cookies.

Persistent cookies are cookies saved on your computer and that are not deleted automatically when you quit your browser, unlike a session cookie, which is deleted when you quit your browser.

1.1 First-party cookies

V4CURE, as editor of this Website, may install cookies on the hard disk of your device (computer, tablet, mobile, etc) to ensure optimal navigation of the Website.

The data collected by cookies does not in any way allow us to identify you personally. They are used with the sole purpose of improving the interactivity and performance of our Website.

To help you understand what data is identified by the cookies, see below for a list of first-party cookies which are used on the Website.

Cookie’s name

Purpose

Type

Retention (when appropriate)

CookieConsent

Retaining your choice of authorizing the cookies

First-party

Persistent 1 year

 1.2 Third-party cookies

Some of our pages display content from external providers. To view this third-party content, you first have to accept their specific terms and conditions. This includes their cookie policies, which we have no control over.

But if you do not view this content, no third-party cookies are installed on your device.

The use and installation of such third-party cookies are subject to their own privacy policies, to which you will find a link below. This cookie family may include audience measurement cookies (mainly from Google Analytics), advertising cookies (which V4CURE does not use), as well as social network cookies (usually from social media websites, however which V4CURE does not use).

  • Audience measurement cookies provide statistics about the number of visits to and use of certain elements of the Website (such as the content/pages visited). These data help improve the ergonomics of our Website. An audience measurement tool is used on this Website Google Analytics, whose cookie policy may be consulted by clicking on the following link: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en
  • Social network cookies are issued and managed by the respective editors of the social networks. Subject to your consent, these cookies allow you to easily share some of the content published on the Website, especially via the use of social network application sharing buttons.

To help you understand what data is identified by the cookies, see below for a list of the third-parties cookies which are used on the Website.

Cookie’s name

Purpose

Type

Retention (when appropriate)

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Recording a unique user ID to generate statistics data on how the user use the website

Third-party Google

Persistent 2 years

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Used by Google Analytics to collect data on how many times a user has visited the website, as well as the first data and the most recent date

Third-party Google

Persistent 2 years

_ga

Used by Google Analytics to reduce the number of requests

Third-party Google

Persistent 1 day

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Recording a unique user ID to generate statistics data on how the user use the website

Third-party Google

Persistent 1 day

2.1 Cookies exempt from consent 

Depending on the type of cookie (strictly necessary or essential cookie), your consent to the installation and reading of cookies on your device may be obligatory.

Indeed, in accordance with the recommendations of the French Data Protection Authority (Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés – CNIL), certain cookies are exempt from prior consent insofar as they are strictly necessary for the functioning of the Website, or if they have the sole purpose of enabling or facilitating electronic communication. This mainly applies to session ID, authentication, and load-balancing session cookies, as well as user interface customization cookies.

V4CURE does not use cookies exempt from consent for the Website.

2.2 Cookies requiring your prior consent

Other than strictly necessary or essential cookies, other types of cookies are known as non-necessary or non-essential cookies. These cookies are not necessary for a website for its basic functionality. If these cookies are disabled, the website will still function smoothly and the user can access its services. These often have a different purpose that is unrelated to the functionalities of the website.

They mostly include third-party cookies, i.e. cookies used by a service, tool, or website other than the website the user visits. Another party that uses these cookies often has their own purpose or they are in a contractual or technical agreement with the website the user visits. For e.g. When you search for a product on an e-commerce store, you will likely receive ads about it on another, unrelated website. Such cookies track and monitor your online behavior for targeted advertising, marketing research, or third-party analytics.

At your first visit of the Website a banner giving brief information about the installation of cookies appears at the bottom of your screen. You are considered to have consented to the installation of cookies after having clicked on the “Accept” button on the right-hand side of the banner.

2.3       Removing cookies from your device

You can delete all cookies that are already on your device by clearing the browsing history of your browser. This will remove all cookies from all websites you have visited. Be aware though that you may also lose some saved information (e.g. saved login details, site preferences).

2.4       Managing site-specific cookies

For more detailed control over site-specific cookies, check the privacy and cookie settings in your preferred browser (Mozilla, Firefox, etc…)

2.5       Blocking cookies

You can set most modern browsers to prevent any cookies being placed on your device, but you may then have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site/page. And some services and functionalities may not work properly at all (e.g. profile logging-in).

3. Revision

V4CURE reserves the right to amend this Cookies Policy. For this reason, V4CURE invites you to regularly consult the Website and read this Cookie Policy.

 Updated 2024 04 20