Corman

1. DEFINITIONS

Cookies consist in information placed in a user’s device by the server of the website visited. They are used by the website to send information (such as a session identifier or choice of language) to the user’s internet browser which the browser can then send on to the originating website.

Only the issuer of a cookie can read or modify the information contained in the cookie.

Various types of cookie exist:

  • Session cookies which disappear as soon as you leave the website;
  • Permanent cookies which remain on your device until the end of their lifetime or until such time as you delete them using your browser’s functionalities.

When you connect to our Site, we may be led, subject to your choices, to install various cookies in your terminal allowing us to recognize the browser of your terminal during the validity period of the cookie concerned. This duration is 13 months. The data processed via cookies is kept for 13 months.

The cookies we issue are used for the purposes described below, subject to your choices, which result from the settings of your browser software used during your visit to our Site.

2. THE PURPOSES OF COOKIES USED

Certain cookies used by Corman are exclusively designed to allow or facilitate electronic communication (by detecting connection errors, identifying connection points etc.).

Other cookies are strictly necessary for the supply of online communication services (such as a shopping basket, screen display preferences etc.) expressly requested by the user.

Other cookies may also be designed to:

  • Analyse website frequentation and use in order to improve your future browsing experience;
  • Improve the relevancy of advertising diffused via the website;
  • Render the website more convivial and interactive.

3. WHAT COOKIES DO WE USE?

The cookies used on the website are:

  • Cookies developed by Corman;
  • A limited number of third party cookies chosen by Corman for specific purposes.

A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first-party cookies. We also use third-party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts. More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Cookie SubgroupCookiesCookies usedLifespan
corman.proOptanonAlertBoxClosed, OptanonConsentFirst Party180 Days, 180 Days

Performance Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.

Cookie SubgroupCookiesCookies usedLifespan
corman.pro_gid, _ga, _gat_UA-First Party1 Day, 730 Days, A few seconds

Targeting Cookies

These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

Cookie SubgroupCookiesCookies usedLifespan
corman.pro_fbpFirst Party90 Days
youtube.comVISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, YSC, CONSENTThird Party180 Days, Session, 6143 Days
doubleclick.nettest_cookieThird PartyA few seconds
www.facebook.comThird PartySession

4. IMPROVING THE USABILITY AND INTERACTIVITY OF THE SITE

To allow you to access certain features of the site, Corman uses services offered by third parties, such as:

  • sharing buttons (Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, LinkedIn);
  • videos posted on its INSTAGRAM or YOUTUBE channels
  • social connect (Facebook)

These functionalities are based on third-party cookies which are directly deposited by the service providers.

5. CONSENT

When you first visit our website, we propose that you accept or refuse the use of certain cookies.

If you do not wish cookies to be deposited or read on your device, a refusal cookie will be deposited to enable the Corman to record the fact of your refusal. If you delete the refusal cookie, it will no longer be possible to identify you as having refused.

If you accept the use of cookies, a consent cookie is installed in the same way.

Both consent and refusal cookies must remain on your device, but you may change your wishes at any time in accordance with the following section on cookies management.

6. COOKIES MANAGEMENT

You dispose of several options for deleting and managing cookies and other tracers.

6.1 BROWSER PARAMETERS

If most browsers are set by default to accept the installation of cookies, you may if you wish choose to accept all cookies, to reject them systematically or to select certain cookies depending on their issuer. You may also regularly delete cookies from your device via your browser.

Do not however forget to configure all the browsers of your various devices (tablets, smartphones, computers etc.).

Browser configuration of cookies and other choices varies from one browser to another, but is always described in your browser’s help menu. For example:

However we draw your attention to the fact that by configuring your browser to refuse cookies, certain functionalities, pages and spaces of the website will not be available to you, for which we can accept no liability.

6.2 OPPOSAL PLATFORMS

Several advertising platforms also offer you the possibility of refusing or accepting the cookies used by the companies using the platforms, via mechanisms which do not prevent any display of advertising but prevent the installation of cookies in such a way as to adapt the platforms’ advertising to your centres of interest.

You may, for example, use www.youronlinechoices.com to prohibit the installation of such cookies on your device. The website is offered by the digital advertising professionals of the European association EDAA (European Digital Advertising Alliance).

By consulting the website of this association at the page https://edaa.eu/participating-companies/ you will be able to know the companies registered on this platform and which offer you the possibility of refusing or accepting the cookies thus used by them to adapt the advertisements likely to be displayed on your terminal.

This European platform is shared by hundreds of Internet advertising professionals and constitutes a centralized interface allowing you to express your refusal or your acceptance of cookies that may be used in order to adapt to the navigation of your device the advertisements likely to be displayed on it.

6.3 COOKIES MANAGEMENT MODULE

Finally, a module allows you to choose which website cookies you wish to accept and which you wish to refuse.

At any time, by clicking on this link you will be able to access the module and modify your preferences.

7. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA

Within the framework of the definitions given by article 4 of the GDPR, SA Corman considers that all non-anonymized data collected is considered to be “personal data” and, as such, SA Corman has taken all measures to comply with the GDPR. We therefore invite you to consult our Personal data protection charter, which will provide you with more information on this and explain the rights you have and which you can exercise via our contact point: donnees.personnelles@corman.be or SA Corman, Legal Department, rue de la Gileppe, 4, 4834 Limbourg. You can also contact the Data Protection Authority via its site https://www.autoriteprotectiondonnees.be/citoyen/agir/demander-une-mediation

The data collected is essential to achieve the objectives pursued by each cookie and is never kept longer than necessary to achieve the purpose of said cookie, and in no case longer than 13 months.