When you visit a website belonging to the SystemX Institute of Technological Research, information relating to your browsing may be recorded in text files called “cookies” installed on your computer or mobile device.
A cookie is a text file containing small amounts of information, in particular an identifier in the form of a number (a session for example, a choice of language, a code to protect navigation, the name of the server that deposited it and possibly an expiry date) and likely to be recorded temporarily, subject to the choices made by the Internet user for the management of cookies not necessary for the operation of a website, on the hard disk of a terminal when a website is consulted from a browser. Cookies are managed by a web browser and the user can read them by right-clicking on the web page and “Inspect Code”.
Only the issuer of a cookie can modify the information contained in it. A cookie can be a session cookie or a permanent (or persistent) cookie.
A session cookie persists only during the browsing session and is deleted when the browser is closed. A permanent cookie is installed for a specific period of time. This type of cookie remains in the terminal until it expires or until it is deleted from the computer via the browser settings or extensions.
The cookie does not identify a person but only the terminal’s browser. Some cookies require the prior consent of the user before being installed on the terminal.
Mandatory cookies: these are cookies that are placed exclusively by the website publisher. They are essential for navigation on the site. These cookies cannot be deactivated or configured, otherwise you will no longer be able to access the website, its services and/or alter its display. They allow the use of the main features of the site and secure the connection of an Internet user. Thus, the deposit of these cookies does not require prior consent. Their lifespan generally does not exceed the duration of the session.
Functional cookies: these cookies are necessary for the operation of the website. The deposit of these cookies does not require prior consent. These cookies allow:
The websites published by the SystemX Institute of Technological Research use the Google Analytics audience analysis tool, which complies with the RGPD specifications. Google Analytics may deposit several cookies with a lifetime ranging from a few tens of minutes to 11 months.
Some websites are likely to include computer applications from third parties that may deposit “social” and advertising, targeting and tracking cookies; in particular the services:
The cookies deposited by these third parties can memorize the pages and the internal sites visited by the Internet user and can collect personal data such as the IP address and share them with third parties. These cookies allow advertising agencies to present targeted and personalized ads. Their lifespan is variable, ranging from the time of a session or a few dozen minutes to several years.
The websites of the SystemX Institute of Technology Research have no control over the process used by these content hosts and social networks to collect information relating to the browsing of Internet users, and associated with the personal data they hold. It is however possible to manage the deposit of these cookies. Finally, to view certain content offered by the SystemX Institute of Technological Research, it will probably be necessary to accept cookies from these third parties.