Cookie policy
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a text file that is automatically saved in your browser and on your hard drive after visiting a website. It allows your computer to store various technical data such as number of visits, frequency of exposure to a banner ad, and when you sign in to other websites. It also allows you to personalise your next logins by storing your login information, preferences, etc.
What types of cookies do we use?
ACE ENERGY has identified three (3) categories of cookies described below, whose uses depend on their nature. These are the cookies that we are aware of. Please, note that the installation and use of third-party cookies is subject to their own privacy policies. Therefore, if you wish to learn more about how these third parties use your personal data, you are advised to visit their websites.
Why do we use cookies?
STRICTLY NECESSARY AND FUNCTIONALITY COOKIES
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies make it easier for you to browse between pages on our website and are necessary to help you benefit from certain features such as creating your user account, and securing your login when you wish to access pages that are reserved for you. They expire when you close your web browser.
These cookies are exclusively set by NC.
Functionality cookies
These cookies store the choices you make to improve your experience on our ACE ENERGY website and to make your visit more personalised. The information that these cookies collect may be anonymised and cannot be used to track any activity you may undertake on websites other than our own.
These cookies are set by NC.
Included below is a non-exhaustive list of cookies, as well as information concerning their type, use and lifespan.
COOKIE | TYPE | DESCRIPTION |
NID | first party | These cookies contain a unique identifier to store your preferences and other information, such as language choice, number of search results to display per page (e.g., 10 or 20), and the desired state of Google’s SafeSearch filter (enabled or disabled). They expire six months after their last use. |
PERFORMANCE COOKIES – ANALYTICS
These cookies collect anonymous information about your use of our ACE ENERGY website. The information collected by these cookies is only used to ensure a better experience when using our website and never for identification purposes.
It is a tracker that collects information such as the time you spent on our website, which buttons you clicked, how you got to on the website (referral sites, social media, search engines, etc.)
By using these cookies, we assess the effectiveness of our interactive content via traffic statistics and improve our services.
These cookies may sometimes be set by third-party providers such as Google Analytics. As a result, we would like to inform you that data transfers outside the European Union may occur. However, we assure you that these personal data transfers are made in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), i.e., we ensure that these countries provide a sufficient and appropriate level of data protection.
Included below is a non-exhaustive list of cookies, as well as information concerning their type and use. Lifespan: 26 months.
SOCIAL MEDIA COOKIES
These cookies enable you to share your activity on our website with social media companies.
Our website may contain sharing links to Facebookand other similar media that will allow you to share content from our website with other users of these platforms.
When you use these share buttons, a third-party cookie is set. Also, if you sign in to the social media platform in question while browsing our website, the share buttons allow you to link the content viewed directly to your user account.
Cookies set by social media websites are their sole responsibility. For this reason, we urge you to read their data protection policy, also known as ‘Privacy Policies’, by clicking on the different hyperlinks.
COOKIE | TYPE | DESCRIPTION |
csrftoken | first party | – |
datr | first party | Facebook Pixel |
ds_usr_id | first party | – |
ig_cb | first party | – |
ig_did | first party | – |
mid | first party | – |
rur | first party | – |
sessionid | first party | – |
shbid | first party | – |
shbts | first party | – |
Managing cookies?
We provide you with all the necessary means to manage your consent regarding cookies. Thus, we offer you two possibilities:
Modification by changing your browser settings
Most browsers (Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox and Opera) accept cookies by default. However, you can choose to block these cookies or have your browser notify you when a website attempts to store a cookie on your device.
To change the way your browser manages cookies, you can change the privacy settings.
Please, note that some features of the website may no longer work.
The configuration of each browser is different. In the help menu of your browser, you will be guided through changing your cookie preferences.
Modification through the cookie banner
ACE ENERGY has set up a cookie banner that complies with the new recommendations of the CNIL (French Data Protection Authority). Thus, you have the possibility to accept, personalise or refuse cookies from our website by expressing your choice directly on the banner that pops up at the bottom of your screen.
Updating the cookie policy
This cookie policy may change over time.
It was last updated on 03/08/2020.