Cookies policy

What is a cookie?

Cookies are very small files consisting of a string of letters and numbers that are stored on your computer or mobile device by the servers of the Internet pages. Cookies enable BIOGROUP to distinguish you from other users of its website. Cookies do not contain any executable code and cannot be used to transmit a virus. BIOGROUP cannot use cookies to enter your hard drive or read the information stored on it, even if cookies are stored on it.

Cookies may be associated with identifiable information that you provide to BIOGROUP when you register or log in to our online services. Cookies assist us in providing you with a more personalized experience by, for example, offering you content that matches your interests.

Data generated through cookies on the BIOGROUP website may be used for various purposes. These include the following purposes:

  • Absolutely necessary cookies: these technical cookies are essential for you to be able to navigate our websites and use their features, for instance to access the secure areas of our websites. These technical cookies are stored temporarily on your device during your browsing and are deleted when you close your browser.
  • Functionality cookies: These personalised cookies allow our websites to save your preferences (username, language, region, etc.) and make it easier for you to use the site.
  • Performance and statistical cookies: These analysis cookies collect information about how visitors navigate our sites, such as the pages most frequently accessed and error messages received by our visitors. These cookies are used to improve the functionality of our websites.
  • “Third party” cookies: These cookies are placed by (or for) a site B (often an advertising company) on a site A: this allows site B to see which pages a user has visited on site A and to collect information about them.

Your consent to the use of cookies

We only use optional cookies if we have obtained your prior consent (art. 6.1.a of the General Data Protection Regulation). When you first visit our website invest.biogroup.fr, a banner will appear asking you to give us your consent to deposit optional cookies. If you give us your consent, we will deposit a cookie on your computer and the banner will not appear again as long as the cookie is active. After the cookie has expired, or if you voluntarily delete the cookie, the banner will reappear the next time you visit our Website and we will ask for your consent again.

For each of the optional cookie purposes, we will ask for your prior consent on a category by category basis.
Depending on your cookie choices, a cookie will be generated to record your choice not to receive unnecessary cookies the next time you visit from the same browser. However, if you are using a different browser, it is not technically possible to know your cookie preferences and you will need to re-validate your choices.

You can modify the cookie settings on this site by clicking on the “Cookie Management” button on our website and then on “Customise my choices” at the bottom left.

We do not provide any personal data to advertisers or allow any third party to display advertisements on our site. We do not, however, have any control over which advertisers display ads through your Internet service providers while you are on the Internet.

You do not want to use cookies

You have the option of blocking cookies or deleting cookies that have already been set, but please note that if you disable cookies a number of features will no longer be available on our site and on some websites.

You have the ability to set your browser to accept or reject all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is issued, to view its validity period and contents, and to delete your cookies periodically.

If your browser is set to reject all cookies and similar technologies, however, websites that use cookies will not recognise you the next time you visit, and you may not be able to take advantage of some of the features offered by our sites.

In order not to use cookies, you have several options depending on the configuration of your browser:

  • for Mozilla Firefox: the “Tools” menu, then “Options”, then click on the “Privacy” icon, locate the “cookie” menu and select the options that concern you;
  • for Internet Explorer: the “Tools” menu, then “Internet Options”, click on the “Confidentiality” tab, select the desired level using the slider, Use of cookies;
  • for Chrome: click on the Chrome menu icon, choose the “Settings” menu, click on “Show advanced settings” and then in the “Privacy” section, click on “Content settings”, select “Prohibit all sites from storing data”, then “OK” to save;
  • for Safari: “Preferences”, then click on “Security”, click on “Show cookies” and then choose the desired options.

This information regarding cookies may be updated from time to time. Please check this site regularly for the latest version.