Cookie Policy

What is the purpose of this policy?

We attach great importance to the confidentiality of your data, which we consider a mark of reliability and trust, whether it concerns cookies or personal data.

The purpose of the cookie policy is to explain to you why we use cookies and other types of trackers when you browse our site www.episto.uk.

On the other hand, this cookies policy only concerns the processing related to the deposit of cookies and tracers. For the other treatments that we carry out, please consult our data confidentiality policy, accessible at any time on our site www.episto.uk.

What is a cookie and what is its purpose?

Cookies and other trackers are small 'text' files placed and hosted by a server on your smartphone, tablet, or computer when you visit a website.

Cookies do not identify you personally but identify your terminal (e.g. smartphone, tablet, etc.) via your IP address, as well as various information related to your browsing behaviors (e.g. browsing time, pages viewed, etc.) in order to:

• to memorise your identifier in order to recognise you when you connect again to a website and to keep your choices (e.g.: languages, refusal of cookies, keeping your basket, etc.)
• Track and analyse your use of a website for statistical purposes to improve your experience and provide you with a service tailored to your needs.
• to enable navigation and use of a website under optimal conditions.
• analyse your use of a website in order to provide you with advertising tailored to your needs either on that website or on other websites.

For more information on this subject, you can consult the following websites: www.cnil.fr, www.allaboutcookies.org, and www.youronlinechoices.eu.

Why do we use 'cookies' and for how long?

When you log on to our website www.episto.uk, we may place cookies on your terminal for the following reasons and purposesonly:

• Technical cookies that allow you to use our website www.episto.uk safely based on our legitimate interest in providing you with a quality website.
• Statistical cookies that allow us to know the use you make of our site www.episto.uk (e.g.: duration of viewing a page, pages consulted, etc.) on the basis of your prior consent, in order to provide you with an adapted and quality service.
• Third-party cookies that allow us to identify the source of your arrival on our website to improve our daily service, based on your prior consent.

In all cases, cookies placed, regardless of their nature, are retained for a maximum period of 13 months from their installation and are only renewed upon a new connection to our website after this period expires. If you would like more details on the retention periods of our cookies, please do not hesitate to contact us at dpo@episto.fr.

However, the data collected with the help of these cookies may be kept for a longer period of time. For more information on this subject, you can consult our privacy policy, which can be accessed at any time on our website www.episto.uk.

What control do you have over these 'cookies'?

You cannot object to the placement of technical cookies as they are necessary for the proper functioning of our website www.episto.fr. Otherwise, our site would potentially be unusable.

However, in addition to the rights detailed in our privacy policy, you naturally have the right to refuse or withdraw your consent for all other types of cookies to be installed on your device.

The right to refuse cookies can be exercised at any time using our cookie banner. Should the cookie banner no longer appear, you can also configure cookies directly in your browser by following these instructions: Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari, Firefox, and Opera.

Who can you contact for more information?

Our Data Protection Officer ('DPO') is always available to explain in more detail how we use cookies and to answer your questions regarding personal data at dpo@episto.fr.

How can you contact the CNIL (the French equivalent of the ICO - Information Commissioner Office)?

You may at any time contact the French data protection supervisory authority (the "Commission Nationale de l'informatique et des libertés" or "CNIL") at the following address CNIL Complaints Department, 3 place de Fontenoy - TSA 80751, 75334 Paris Cedex 07 or by calling at 00331.53.73.22.22.

Can the policy be modified?

We may modify our cookie policy at any time to adapt it to new legal requirements and to new processing operations we may implement in the future. You will, of course, be informed of any modification to this policy.

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