Cookie Policy

DEFINITION

 

A "cookie" is a small information file sent to the User's browser and saved within the User's terminal (eg computer, smartphone), (hereinafter "Cookies"). This file includes information such as the User's domain name, the User's Internet access provider, the User's operating system, as well as the date and time of access. Cookies do not in any way risk damaging the User's terminal.

 

HOW COOKIES WORK

 

Cookies do not directly identify a User since they contain neither surname nor first name. The terminal browser takes care of it. In addition, the term "cookies" can refer to different technologies, such as beacons or invisible digital images embedded in web pages or in emails. As a general rule, the lifetime of a cookie is a maximum of thirteen months after its recording in the storage space of the machine. It cannot be extended during new visits to the platform.

Online platforms collect information about Internet users using their IP address and cookies. The IP is used to determine where visitors are coming from, whether it is the city, region or country. To ensure the regularity of the way cookies operate, the National Commission for Computing and Liberties ou CNIL has established a law helping to strengthen the protection of website visitors (Article 82 of the Data Protection Act).

 

WHY WE SET COOKIES?

 

Basically, cookies are used to memorize information entered in a form filled out on the site. This information may be the user's name, address and password. In this way, the latter will no longer have to enter this information during his next visit. He remains the only one who can access the cookie file. Some cookies can store a shopping cart, while others can store other settings, such as site language or targeted advertising.

 

To better understand the usefulness of cookies, it is necessary to distinguish their variants, in particular cookies:

 

• Audience measurement;

• Techniques ;

• Advertising;

• Sharing.

 

 

Technical cookies

 

This type of cookie allows Internet users to access the platform while securing their personal data. They are essentially necessary for navigation and are essential for mobile applications. They give access to all the features of the site or application and recognize users each time they visit. They help memorize passwords as well as information entered in a form filled out on the site.

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Technical cookies have the particularity of securing navigation. To this end, they can for example ask visitors to reconnect to the member area after a long period of inactivity. However, access to the site is not conditioned by the use of cookies, which meansire that it is possible to delete cookies while accessing the platform.

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These cookies do not last long. They can be deleted through browser settings. In this case, the user risks no longer accessing the site, the application or the services of the web platform. Their lifespan can be limited to a few hours or a year at most.

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Audience measurement cookies

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These cookies analyze the rate of use of Internet users and identify any browsing problems. It is thanks to them that online platforms can improve the quality of their services as well as their accessibility. Audience measurement cookies are practically used to measure the effectiveness of commercial actions.

It is also possible to refuse the use of these cookies. Their lifespan is limited to thirteen months.

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Advertising cookies

Advertising cookies facilitate the adaptation of advertising media to the interests of visitors. They give them access to the various advertisements and sponsored links of the site taking into account the profile, the browser, the information sought and the geographical position. Advertising content can be improved through the use of site partner technologies.

Thanks to advertising cookies, the platform's business partners direct their visitors to sponsored links or advertising sites corresponding to areas of interest. The collection of information is carried out using technologies provided by the partners. Each page visited contains cookies, in order to measure the interaction with each advertisement as well as the effectiveness of a campaign.

In addition, advertising cookies limit the number of views of the same advertising poster on the same medium.

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Sharing cookies

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These sharing cookies are used to optimize interactivity on social networks. They promote the sharing of content and opinions on the site or application. They are displayed as soon as certain parameters are activated, such as the “like” and “share” buttons on Facebook and Twitter. Some buttons even make it possible to identify users, as long as they did not use them during their last visit.

Internet users must however remain vigilant on this type of site, because their privacy is often threatened by the various forms of piracy. Therefore, it is advisable to consult the privacy policies  before browsing the site and accepting sharing cookies.

 

USE OF COOKIES BY AIMHR

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AIMHR is likely to process the User's information concerning his visit to the Site, such as the pages consulted or the searches carried out. This information makes it possible to improve the content of the Site, the navigation of the User.

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Cookies facilitate navigation and/or the provision of services offered by the Site. The User can configure his browser so that he can decide whether or not he wishes to accept them so that Cookies are saved in the terminal or, on the contrary, that they are rejected, either systematically or according to their transmitter. The User can also configure his browser software so that the acceptance or refusal of Cookies is offered to him from time to time, before a Cookie is likely to be saved in his terminal.

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If the User refuses the registration of Cookies in his terminal or his browser, or if the User deletes those which are registered there, the User is informed that his navigation and his experience on the Site may be limited. This could also be the case when or one of its service providers cannot recognise, for technical compatibility purposes, the type of browser used by the terminal, the language and display settings or the country from which the terminal seems connected to the internet.

If necessary, AIMHR declines all responsibility for the consequences linked to the degraded functioning of the Site and the services possibly offered by AIMHR, resulting (i) from the refusal of Cookies by the User (ii) from the impossibility for recording or consult the Cookies necessary for their operation due to the choice of the User. For the management of Cookies and User choices, the configuration of each browser is different. It is described in the help menu of the browser, which will allow you to know how the User can modify his wishes in terms of Cookies.

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USER RIGHTS

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At any time, the User can choose to express and modify his wishes in terms of Cookies. AIMHR may also use the services of external service providers to help it collect and process the information described in this section.

Finally, by clicking on the icon dedicated to the LinkedIn social network appearing on the AIMHR Site and if the User has accepted the deposit of cookies by continuing to browse on the AIMHR Website, LinkedIn may also deposit cookies on your terminals. (computer, tablet, mobile phone).

These types of cookies are only placed on your terminals if you consent to them, by continuing to browse the AIMHR Website. At any time, the User can nevertheless revoke his consent through a new connection to the site.

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SECURITY AND RESPECT OF PRIVACY

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Cookies are NOT viruses. Cookies use a plain text format. They are not pieces of compiled code, so they cannot be executed or run automatically. Thus, they cannot create copies of themselves. Since they cannot perform these actions, they fall outside the standard definition of viruses.

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At AIMHR, we guarantee the security of your personal data collected by being against the use of cookies as spyware. Everything the cookies collect is for informational purposes only.