As we place great importance on protecting your privacy, we want to inform Internet users using the Website https://www.bioderma.ie/ and/or the mobile application of the deposit and use of cookies, as well as the means at their disposal to set up their functioning.

Our Policy is likely to be updated at any time and these changes will take effect immediately. We therefore invite you to refer to it regularly for the latest version available. By continuing to browse the Website, you accept the use of cookies, unless you have disabled them.

1. What is a cookie?

A "cookie" or "plotter" is a file of limited size, generally made up of letters and numbers, created and stored in the memory of your browser located on the hard disk of your device (computer, tablet, mobile, etc.) when consulting a Website, opening an email, installing or using software or mobile application. Cookies can temporarily store information about the use and users of a Website. Cookies have an essential role and allow us to improve and personalize your browsing on our Website, for example by offering you the content that corresponds most to your interests. Cookies do not compromise the security of the Website.

2. What data can we obtain?

Although the precise details of the data we collect through cookies vary according to specific needs, we generally collect the following data on our Website:

  • Connection data
  • Navigation data on our Website (pages viewed, length of visit, products sought ...)
  • Browser data
  • Device data
  • Advertisements clicked on
  • Location (country only)

3. How do we use them?

We use cookies to provide content, services and advertising tailored to your interests and to make visit statistics, record the data communicated and optimize navigation routes.

Here are the details of the 5 categories of cookies on our Website:

3.1 Strictly necessary cookies

Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies. By disabling the use of these cookies, the linked features can no longer be used. Bioderma cannot be responsible for malfunctions related to their deactivation.

Name of the cookie

Purpose

Expiration

JSESSIONID

Preserves users states across page requests

Session

tartaucitron

Records the user's GDPR preference to find out whether or not they have activated services that allow us to comply with GDPR rules.

1 year

 

3.2 Functional cookies and personalization

These cookies allow you to personalize your experience on the Website.

These cookies allow in particular:

  • To recognize you and to log you in automatically thanks to the memorization of your information filled in the forms of our Website (registration or access to your account);
  • Adapt the presentation of our Website to the display preferences of your terminal (display resolution, operating system used, etc.);
  • To give you access to reserved and personal areas of our Website, thanks to your login. 

By disabling the use of these cookies, you will still be able to continue browsing on our Site but your preferences will not be saved.

Name of the cookie

Purpose

Expiration

lang

Reminds the used language version of the Website.

Navigation time on the page

uid

Unique identifier of the user to recognize a user who returns to the Website. The stored data is anonymous and contains no personal details.

1 year

sb_74706719-3a1b-4ca6-a66e-c4a3e37f45ea

Cookie related to our personalization tool for content on the Website.

13 months


3.3 Traffic and performance cookies

These cookies allow us to understand how visitors interact with our Website, by collecting and reporting information anonymously. It allows to know the most visited pages or sections and thus improve its operation and ergonomics. If you do not allow the deposit of these cookies, we will not be able to track the performance of our Website. These cookies can be disabled without affecting your experience on our Site.

Name of the cookie

Purpose

Expiration

_dc_gtm_UA-#

Used by Google Tag Manager to control the loading of a Google Analytics script tag.

1 day

_ga

Created by Google Analytics to register a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.

13 months

_gat

Created by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. This cookie helps us identify elements for improvement on our Site.

13 months

_gid

Created by Google Analytics to register a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.

13 months

collect

Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitors across devices and marketing channels.

Session


3.4 Marketing Cookies

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.

Name of the cookie

Purpose

Expiration

_fbp

Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.

3 months

_gcl_au

Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.

3 months

Ads/ga-audiences

Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor’s online behavior across websites.

Session

fr

Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.

3 months

GPS

Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location.

1 day

IDE

Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.

1 year

Test_cookie

Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies.

1 day

Tr

Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.

Session

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

Tries to estimate the user’s bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.

179 days

YSC

Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.

Session

 

3.5 Advertising Targeting Cookies & Third-Party Cookies

Our Website may contain cookies issued by third parties.

These cookies are generally placed by our advertising partners, in order to offer you advertising content, on and off our Websites, relevant and personalized according to your interests, the pages viewed on our Website, etc. If you do not accept the deposit of these cookies, you may not see suitable advertisements appear.

These cookies allow us to enrich the multimedia content of our Website and improve its user-friendliness. They also allow you to connect to your social networks, share content from our Website, etc. If you deactivate these cookies, you risk not being able to use the functionalities offered by social networks, or not being able to consult the multimedia content of our Website.

These may be, for example, cookies deposited by social networks (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, etc.), by advertising agencies.

Our Website contains plug-ins (or application buttons), allowing you to share content (e.g. “Share” button), to like our content (e.g. “Like” button) or to log in from your social network accounts. We hereby inform you that these plug-ins may identify you, even if you have not used a button, but remain logged into your social media accounts (open sessions) while browsing our Website.

We have no control over the process applied by these third parties to collect information about your browsing on our Website and to associate it with the personal data they have. We therefore suggest that you read the cookie policies of these third parties.

The third parties likely to deposit cookies through our Website are as follows:

  • Facebook;
  • Twitter;
  • Instagram;
  • Pinterest;
  • YouTube.

4. Your choices about cookies

You can always allow, limit or refuse the deposit of our cookies, in whole or in part, by clicking on the "Cookies settings" section at the bottom of the page. 

Traffic and performance cookies, advertising and social media cookies will only be placed on your device if you have previously consented to them through the settings window.

For functional cookies, you have the possibility to refuse their deposit at any time from the settings window.

The consequences of refusing to store cookies are detailed in Articles 3 and following of this Policy.

To find out more about cookies, we invite you to consult the following Website: www.aboutcookies.org.