Policy on cookies

What is a cookie or tracker?

A cookie is a file that may be stored on your device, including your computer, smartphone or tablet, when you visit a website.

The applicable regulations also cover other technologies that store information on your device or access information already stored on it. These may include browser local storage (“localStorage”) and session storage (“sessionStorage”).

In this policy, these different technologies are collectively referred to as “trackers”.

Responsibility for the use of trackers

Pending the incorporation of the dedicated management entity for Lelink, the Site is published by:

Leaid, a French simplified joint-stock company (société par actions simplifiée) with share capital of EUR 1,000 74 avenue Jean Jaurès 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine, France SIREN: 931 736 235 Créteil Trade and Companies Register: 931 736 235

For any questions about trackers used on the Site or the protection of your personal data, you can write to:

contact@lelink.ai

Trackers currently used

The Site uses a limited number of storage mechanisms for exclusively functional purposes.

They are not used to create an advertising profile, track your browsing on other websites or measure your behaviour for commercial purposes.

Display preference

The Site lets you choose between light and dark display modes.

This preference may be saved in your browser’s local storage so that your chosen display mode is retained on subsequent visits.

This information remains stored on your device until it is deleted through your browser settings or changed by the Site.

It is not used to identify users or track their browsing.

Interface operation

The Site may use temporary session storage to remember certain information strictly related to the display of the interface during your browsing, in particular to avoid unnecessarily repeating certain animations.

Information saved in session storage is intended to disappear at the end of the browsing session.

It is not used for audience measurement, profiling or advertising.

Administration area

An authentication mechanism is used to secure access to the Site’s administration area.

This area is intended exclusively for people authorised to administer Lelink and consult enquiries received through the contact form.

The corresponding cookie or authentication mechanism is set only when logging in to this area and is not used to track visitors to the Site.

Choice recorded through the banner

The banner on the Site records your “Accept” or “Decline” response concerning possible audience measurement, which is not currently enabled.

This response and its date are saved in your browser’s local storage under the “lelink-consent” key to remember your choice and avoid displaying the banner on every visit. They remain on your device until deleted through your browser settings or changed by the Site.

This choice does not activate any advertising or audience measurement tracker and is not advance authorisation for new trackers. The conditions for their possible introduction are set out below.

Trackers exempt from consent

Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act provides that certain trackers may be used without obtaining the user’s prior consent where their exclusive purpose is to allow or facilitate electronic communication or where they are strictly necessary to provide a service expressly requested by the user.

Depending on their purpose and configuration, this category may in particular include:

• mechanisms necessary for authentication and the security of a service;
• mechanisms that remember certain interface choices made by the user;
• certain mechanisms essential to the technical operation of the Site.

The trackers currently used by the Site are limited to functional purposes of this nature.

These functional trackers do not depend on acceptance through the banner. The banner’s role and the scope of the recorded choice are explained below.

No advertising trackers or audience measurement

As of the date of this policy, the Site uses:

• no targeted advertising tools;
• no advertising trackers;
• no advertising pixels;
• no advertising retargeting system;
• no audience measurement tools based on trackers;
• no social media modules using trackers for tracking purposes;
• no trackers intended to follow a user’s browsing across multiple websites.

In particular, the Site does not use Google Analytics or any equivalent tool intended to analyse visitors’ journeys individually or statistically using trackers.

Information banner and user choice

In its current configuration, the Site uses no trackers requiring visitors’ prior consent.

A banner is nevertheless displayed to inform you about the functional mechanisms used and allow you to record a choice concerning possible audience measurement, which is currently inactive. The “Accept” and “Decline” buttons save this choice locally and close the banner without activating or deactivating any audience measurement tracker.

Access to the Site’s content does not depend on your choice. You can delete the saved response through your browser settings; the banner will then be displayed again.

If new trackers requiring consent are introduced, appropriate information and a new consent collection mechanism will be provided before they are activated. The choice recorded today will not be used as authorisation for these new trackers.

If the Site were to use trackers requiring consent in the future, including for certain forms of audience measurement, advertising, third-party content or social media integration, these trackers would be activated only after:

• updating this policy;
• clearly informing users of their purposes;
• identifying the third parties concerned, where necessary;
• obtaining prior consent that is freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous;
• providing a mechanism that makes it as easy to refuse these trackers as to accept them, and to withdraw consent subsequently.

Managing trackers through your browser

You can view, block or delete cookies and other locally stored information through your browser settings.

Deleting the storage used by the Site may in particular:

• reset your preference between light and dark themes;
• reset certain temporary display preferences;
• delete the choice recorded through the banner, which will then be displayed again;
• log you out of the administration area if you are authorised to access it.

For ordinary visitors, deleting these items does not prevent access to the Site’s essential content.

The way you manage this information depends on the browser and device used.

Changes to the trackers used

The technologies and services used by the Site may change.

Before introducing a new tracker requiring consent, Lelink will analyse the applicable legal requirements and, where necessary, adapt the information and user choice collection mechanisms.

This policy will be updated accordingly.

The date shown at the top of this page identifies its latest version.

Contact

For any questions about the use of cookies and other trackers on the Site, you can contact:

contact@lelink.ai

For more information about the processing of personal data through the Site and the exercise of your rights, you can also consult the Privacy policy.