Confidentiality policy

La présente politique (ci-après la « Politique cookies ») a pour objet de vous informer, de manière claire et complète, sur l’utilisation des cookies et autrestraceurs posted on the site www.altitop.com (hereinafter the “Site”) by Vertimac SA (hereinafter “Altitop”, “we”, “us”).

It complements our Confidentiality policy and our Legal information. Its objective is to allow you to understand what cookies are, why we use them and how you can control their deposit at any time.

1. What is a cookie?

One cookie is a small text file placed on your terminal (computer, tablet, smartphone) when you consult a website. It allows the site to recognize your browser, to remember certain information (preferences, login session, basket, etc.) and to collect data relating to your browsing.

More broadly, the term “cookie” covers all of tracers covered by the ePrivacy Directive and the recommendations of the CNIL and the Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD): HTTP cookies, invisible pixels, web beacons, local storage (LocalStorage, SessionStorage), digital fingerprints (“fingerprinting”), etc.

Only the strictly necessary cookies to the functioning of the Site may be deposited without your prior consent. All other cookies — audience measurement, personalization, social networks, advertising — require your explicit consent before they are deposited.

2. Who installs the cookies?

Two types of actors can deposit cookies via the Site:

• Altitop, when they are so-called “internal” cookies (or “first party”), necessary for the functioning of the Site or to measure its audience;
• Of third party partners (or “third party” cookies) when you interact with certain embedded content (YouTube videos, Google Maps maps, third-party forms, analysis tools, etc.). These partners act as separate data controllers for their own purposes. We invite you to consult their respective privacy policies.

3. Categories of cookies used

We classify the cookies placed on the Site into four main categories:

3.1 Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential for the proper functioning of the Site and for the provision of the services you request (secure browsing, remembering your consent, accessing your customer account, managing the basket, etc.). They cannot be deactivated in our systems. Their deposit is based on our legitimate interest and does not require your consent.

3.2 Preference/functional cookies

These cookies allow the Site to remember your choices (language, geographic area, nearest agency) in order to offer you a personalized experience during your subsequent visits. Their deposit is subject to your consent.

3.3 Audience and performance measurement cookies

They help us understand how visitors interact with the Site (pages viewed, time spent, paths, errors encountered) in order to improve its content and ergonomics. The data collected is aggregated and, where possible, anonymized. Their deposit is subject to your consent, unless an exemption is recognized by the CNIL/the APD for certain strictly configured audience measurement tools.

3.4 Marketing and social media cookies

These cookies are used to measure the effectiveness of our campaigns, to offer you content adapted to your interests, or to allow the sharing of content on social networks. They are most often deposited by third parties (Meta, LinkedIn, Google, etc.). Their deposit is subject to your express consent.

4. Detailed list of cookies

The exhaustive and up-to-date list of cookies placed on the Site — including their noun, their publisher, their finality, their shelf life And the category to which they belong — is generated and maintained automatically by our consent management tool CookieYes. It is freely available via the link below:

👉 Consult the detailed list of cookies

This list is updated automatically after each scan of the Site. If a cookie does not appear there while it is active on the Site, we invite you to report it to us at info@altitop.com.

5. Managing your consent

5.1 During your first visit

When you access the Site for the first time, a consent banner (managed by CookieYes) invites you to:

• Accept everything : you consent to the deposit of all cookies, including those for audience measurement, functional and marketing;
• Refuse everything : only strictly necessary cookies will be placed;
• customise : you can activate or deactivate cookies category by category via the preference center.

Your choice is stored during 6 months (duration recommended by the CNIL and the APD). At the end of this period, the banner will be presented to you again.

5.2 Change your choices at any time

You can change your preferences or withdraw your consent at any time by clicking on the link:

This link is also permanently accessible from the footer of the Site.

5.3 Through your browser settings

You can also configure your browser to refuse cookies, delete them, or be notified before they are placed. The procedure varies according to the browser used:

• Google Chrome : Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data
• Mozilla Firefox : Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and Site Data
• Safari : Preferences > Privacy
• Microsoft Edge : Settings > Cookies and site permissions

⚠️ The deactivation of certain cookies — especially those that are strictly necessary — may alter the proper functioning of the Site and limit access to certain functionalities.

6. Shelf life

In accordance with the recommendations of the CNIL and the APD:

• The Lifespan of cookies deposited on your terminal does not exceed 13 months ;
• The How long do you keep your consent (or your refusal) is to 6 months from the moment of its expression;
• the data collected via cookies is kept for a maximum period of 25 months before deletion or anonymization.

After these deadlines, your consent is again requested.

7. Data transfers outside the European Union

Some cookies, in particular those placed by third party partners (Google, Meta, LinkedIn, etc.) or as part of our Webflow hosting based in the United States, may involve a data transfer outside the European Union.

These transfers are subject to appropriate guarantees within the meaning of articles 44 and following of the RGPD (adherence to Data Privacy Framework, European Commission standard contractual clauses, additional technical measures). For more details, see section 5 of our Confidentiality policy.

8. Your rights

You have the following rights at all times in relation to the data collected by cookies:

• right of access, of rectification, ofobliteration And of limitation of the treatment;
• right to object to processing based on legitimate interest;
• right to withdraw your consent at any time, without calling into question the legality of the treatments carried out previously;
• right to file a complaint with the Belgian Data Protection Authority (APD) or the CNIL in France.

The procedures for exercising these rights are detailed in our Confidentiality policy.

9. Changes to this Policy

We reserve the right to modify this Cookie Policy at any time, in particular to reflect legislative, regulatory or technical changes, or the addition of new tools.

The date of the last update indicated at the top of the page makes it possible to identify the current version. In the event of a substantial change, a new collection of consent may be requested from you via the CookieYes banner.

10. Contact

For any question or request relating to the use of cookies on the Site:

Vertimac SA — Personal Data Service

‍Industrielaan 30 — 8790 Waregem (Belgium)

Email: info@altitop.com

‍Telephone: +32 (0) 56 61 00 00

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