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Managing cookies and other trackers policy
Managing cookies and other trackers policy
- Definition: what is a cookie?
- The different cookies on the City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg's websites
- Third-party cookies
- Managing preferences
- Policy updates
When they are consulted, the City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg's websites use cookies, pixels and other trackers such as Captcha technology that are placed on your device (smartphone, computer, tablet, etc.).
This policy applies to the Strasbourg.eu website and its associated sites, the list of which can be found on our page "personal data management policy".
These trackers are used to improve the performance of the City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg's websites along with the browsing experience and protect the websites concerned from spam bots.
This policy also allows you to better understand how cookies and trackers work and how to use the tools at your disposal to configure and/or delete them.
You can change your cookie settings at any time and disable all or some of the cookies on this website via this link. You can also change your browser's settings so that no cookies are placed on your device.
Definition: what is a cookie?
A cookie is a sequence of information, generally small in size and identified by a name, that can be sent to your browser by a website you visit. Your web browser will store it for a certain amount of time and resend it to the web server each time that you visit the website again.
Cookies have multiple uses. For example, they can be used to save your login details making it possible to track your browsing for statistical or advertising purposes.
The different cookies on the City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg's websites
The cookies used by the City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg fall into three categories:
- Necessary cookies
- Audience measurement cookies/performance analysis cookies
- Advertising cookies
Cookies strictly necessary for the website to function
These are cookies strictly necessary for the City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg's websites to function correctly. Among these cookies, the City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg use the "tarteaucitron" cookie to manage cookies on their different sites. This is a cookie memorising the choice expressed by users concerning the placement of trackers. The lifespan of this cookie is 13 months.
You can technically block necessary cookies by using your browser's settings, but your experience on the site may be impaired: find out more to configure your browser.
Audience measurement cookies
These cookies are used to obtain information about internet users’ browsing on the City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg's websites. In particular, they make it possible to understand how visitors interact with the sites and retrace their pathway.
Performance/statistical cookies
| Cookie name | Cookie function | Retention period |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | Count and track visited pages | 2 years |
| _gali | Count and track visited pages | 30 seconds |
| _gat | Filter automated requests by bots | 1 minute |
| _gat_calameo_view | Generate statistical data | 1 minute |
| _gat_gtag_UA_*_1 | Track conversions | 1 hour |
| _gid | Count and track pages visited | 24 hours |
| _utma | Identify the number of unique visitors | 2 years |
| utmb | Identify the start of a session | 30 minutes |
| _utmc | Identify the end of a session | Session |
| _utmt | Save the number of requests | 10 minutes |
| _utmz | Identify the visitor’s entry point to the site | 6 months |
Advertising cookies
Advertising cookies are used to display personalised adverts to users visiting the City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg's websites.
Targeted advertising cookies
| Cookie name | Cookie function | Retention period |
|---|---|---|
| anj | Personalisation of the advertising experience | 90 days |
| uuid2 | Personalisation of the advertising experience | 90 days |
Third-party cookies intended to improve the interactivity of the City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg's websites
The sites managed by the City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg rely on the following third parties:
These third parties are listed in the managing cookies window. The features offered by these actors use third-party cookies directly placed by the services integrated into our sites. This is particularly the case for video playback.
Via these cookies, these third parties will also collect and use your browsing data on their own behalf in order to offer targeted advertising and content according to your browsing history.
On accepting these third-party cookies on the City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg's websites and associated sites, some or all of the following information may be collected:
- The internet user's IP (Internet Protocol) address
- Browser type, version and language
- Operating system
- The date and length of the visit and browsing on the website (pages seen and number of clicks) and any other related browsing activity
Managing preferences
When you arrive on the website, a cookie banner is presented to users stating the following options:
- "Accept all cookies"
- "Decline all cookies"
- "Learn more & settings"
We remind you that the choices made by the user are likely to change the experience on the City and Eurometropolis of Strasbourg's websites.
If the user clicks "Learn more & settings", the managing cookies panel opens, stating the identity of the data controller, the main explanations allowing you to grant your consent, the scope of consent and the retention period for your choice.
Via the managing cookies panel, the user will be able to generally or specifically consent to or refuse all trackers. Each user can change the cookie settings at any time via this link.
Policy updates
We regularly update this cookie policy to reflect the changes made to our practices and services.
When changes are made to this managing cookies and other trackers policy, we change the "last updated" date at the top of this page.
We recommend that you consult this page regularly to keep up to date with any changes made to this cookie policy or to one of our other policies.