Cookie Management Policy
COOKIES BANNER
We use cookies to customise and enhance the content presented to you, so that you can enjoy the best experience using our website. We may provide you with content that is customised to your preferences. You can also choose to accept "necessary cookies only". However, please note that refusing certain types of cookies may affect the customised content we present to you.
By clicking on "Accept all", you agree to the use of cookies that are essential for the proper functioning of the website, for customisation, statistics and targeted advertising, including third-party cookies.
WHAT IS A COOKIE?
A cookie is a small piece of data that a website stores on the visitor's computer or mobile device (smartphone, tablet, etc.). This information notice allows the User (hereinafter referred to as "the User" or "you") to find out more about the operation of existing cookies and other tracers, those that we use, and the various ways in which he or she can exercise and configure his or her choices.
Cookies are deposited and kept for a maximum period of thirteen (13) months from the date of their deposit.
The information collected through these cookies is kept for a maximum period of twenty-five (25) months from the date of collection.
We use these techniques to improve the usefulness, usability and performance of our tools, to make them work optimally, to find out how many people come online and how often they visit, and to improve our services.
Specifically, cookies allow us to :
- To remember your preferences and some of your personal settings: your choices, your searches or certain data you have previously given us
- Collect and analyse site statistics and marketing: traffic volumes and usage patterns, content visited, product performance analysis, ad and content performance metrics, clickstream etc.)
- Actively query device properties for identification; Use accurate and valid location data
- Easily access your restricted areas, such as your personal account, with credentials that are recognised, even after a set period of time
- Implementing various security measures, identification devices to thwart fraud and identity theft
YOUR CHOICES AND YOUR CONSENT
You can choose the cookies you authorise to be deposited, except for functional cookies whose presence is necessary for your navigation on the site.
It is specified that any settings you may make will be likely to modify your navigation on the Internet and your conditions of access to certain services requiring the use of these cookies.
WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF COOKIES WE USE?
Several categories of cookies are used on our Site, for the purposes we describe below.
We care about your right to privacy. As such, you can choose not to allow certain types of cookies. See each category below and change our default settings as you see fit. Please note, however, that blocking certain types of cookies may affect how our services are offered to you and how they are enhanced. When you are ready, click on "Confirm my choices" and remember that you can always change your mind later.
The main cookies are the following :
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary. They are essential to the operation of the Site and your browsing on it: they allow you to use its main features and to secure your connection. Without these cookies, you would not be able to browse our Site normally. These cookies do not store any information that could identify you personally.
Performance and functionality cookies
These are cookies used to optimise the operation of the Site. They allow you to have a smooth and personal browsing experience, and aim to improve your user experience. They are used to remember the choices you make on our Site. To do this, we use Google Analytics performance cookies.
Google Analytics performance cookies allow us to gain information about the use and performance of the Site. They enable us to compile anonymous statistics, particularly on the volume of visits, the paths taken and the rate of use of the content, sections and articles consulted. These cookies are also used to count the number of visitors to a page and to correct any navigation problems encountered. Their use aims to improve the interest and ergonomics of our services.
This data is transmitted to and stored by Google on its servers. Google will analyse this information and compile reports on the website's activity for its publisher. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties have entered into an agreement with Google.
As with other types of cookies, you can disable their use by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. Please note, however, that such deactivation may prevent the use of certain features of the Site
For more information on the privacy policy relating to the use of Google Analytics, but also in case you wish to disable this tool by installing the Google add-on for this purpose, click here
Social media cookies
These cookies come from the social media sites we have associated with our website. They allow you to track your browsing on other sites, identify your contacts on the networks, share content with them and build up a profile of your interests. This may affect the content and messages you see on other websites you visit.
If you do not allow these cookies, you may not be able to use the sharing tools that your social media outlets make available to you.
We invite you to carefully consult the privacy policies of these social networks, and to become aware of their purposes of use, in particular advertising, but also to inform yourself about the browsing information they may collect thanks to these application buttons. The cookie policies of the social networks are, for example, accessible via the following links:
- Facebook : https://en-us.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
- Twitter : https://twitter.com/privacy
For your information, the table below lists in detail all the cookies we use on our website:
| Name of the cookie | Category / Description | Retention period |
|---|---|---|
| ... | ... | ... |
You can choose to accept the deposit of all cookies, to refuse them all, or to accept them only partially, by clicking on the icon at bottom left.
In addition to the choices made on our site, you can :
- Activate the "Do Not Track" function on your browser. This allows visitors to tell websites that they do not wish to be tracked
- Configure/customise your browser so that cookies are stored in your terminal or, on the contrary, that they are rejected, either systematically or according to their sender.
- Configure/customise your browser so that you are offered the option of accepting or rejecting cookies from time to time, before a cookie is likely to be stored on your terminal.
As the configuration of each browser is different, it is up to you to follow the instructions of the editor of your browser (for example: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies for Internet Explorer, https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en for Google Chrome, http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042 for Safari, https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/third-party-cookies-firefox-tracking-protection for Firefox, https://blogs.opera.com/news/2015/08/how-to-manage-cookies-in-opera/ for Opera)
For more information on cookies, you can visit the CNIL website at https://www.cnil.fr/fr/cookies-les-outils-pour-les-maitriser.
CONTACT
Any specific question concerning the storage and use of data by our services or any request for additional information on the present Cookie Policy can be sent by e-mail to the following address support@smsbox.net or by post to the following address SMSBOX - DPO - 20, avenue Élie Gautier - 83320 CARQUEIRANNE - FRANCE.