When you visit our site, cookies and other trackers may be installed, subject to your consent, on your computer, smartphone or tablet. You are invited to give your consent and indicate your preferences either globally for the site, or by category of cookies. You have the right to object, at any time, to the placement of cookies (with the exception of operating cookies). This page describes Wavestone’s use of cookies on the Wavestone.com site when you visit it.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a text file that can be stored in a dedicated area of the hard drive of your device* when visiting an online service using your browser software. A cookie lets the sender identify the device on which it has been stored throughout the validity or storage period of the cookie.
* Device-refers to the hardware (computer, tablet, smartphone etc.) you are using to surf or see a website, an application, advertising content etc.
What cookies do we use?
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary for the operation of the website and cannot be disabled. They do not store any personally identifiable data.
| Name | Category | Affiliation | Purpose | Storage time |
| wavestone_i18n_language | Technique | Wavestone.com | Cookie necessary to redirect the user to the right country site | 1 year |
| wavestone_i18n_locale | Technique | Wavestone.com | Cookie necessary to redirect the user to the right country site | 1 year |
| wavestone_i18n_language (fr) | Technique | Wavestone.com | Cookie necessary to redirect the user to the right country site | 1 year |
| wavestone_i18n_locale (fr) | Technique | Wavestone.com | Cookie necessary to redirect the user to the right country site | 1 year |
| wavestone_i18n_remember | Technique | Wavestone.com | Cookie necessary to redirect the user to the right country site | 1 year |
| wavestone_i18n_banner | Technique | Wavestone.com | Cookie necessary to redirect the user to the right country site | 1 year |
| wavestone_i18n_locale (france) | Technique | Wavestone.com | Cookie necessary to redirect the user to the right country site | 1 year |
| wavestone_i18n_language (fr) | Technique | Wavestone.com | Cookie necessary to redirect the user to the right country site | 1 year |
Analytics cookies
We use analytical cookies for statistics and research. We then use Google Analytics to know about the use and performance of our website, to create statistics of the number of hits and use of its various parts (content visited, click stream), to allow us to improve the relevance of our content (most visited pages and entry headings, most read articles etc.).
| Name | Category | Affiliation | Purpose | Storage time |
| _clck | Statistiques | wavestone.com | Collecte des données concernant la navigation et le comportement de l’utilisateur sur le site web. Cela est utilisé pour compiler des rapports statistiques et des cartes thermiques pour le propriétaire du site web. | 1 year |
| _clsk | Statistiques | wavestone.com | Collecte des données concernant la navigation et le comportement de l’utilisateur sur le site web. Cela est utilisé pour compiler des rapports statistiques et des cartes thermiques pour le propriétaire du site web. | Session |
| ga | Statistiques | google.com | Enregistre un identifiant unique utilisé pour générer des données statistiques sur la façon dont le visiteur utilise le site. | 2 years |
| gat | Statistiques | google.com | Utilisé par Google Analytics pour diminuer radicalement le taux de requêtes | 1 day |
| gid | Statistiques | google.com | Enregistre un identifiant unique utilisé pour générer des données statistiques sur la façon dont le visiteur utilise le site. | 1 day |
To find out more about cookies for Google Analytics: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
Third-party cookies
Our website may contain cookies issued by third-parties (in particular cookies that can be installed using links on social media). The issue and use of these cookies are subject to the policies of these third-parties. We recommend you check their websites for more information.
| Name | Category | Affiliation | Purpose | Storage time |
| IDE | Marketing | doubleclick.net | Used by Google DoubleClick to record and report the actions of the site user after they have seen or clicked on one of the advertiser’s ads in order to measure effectiveness and present targeted advertisements to the user. | 1 year |
| lpv51532 | Marketing | pardot.com | This LPV cookie is set to prevent Pardot from tracking multiple page views on a single item over a 30-minute session. | 1 day |
| pardot | Marketing | pardot.com | Utilisé pour identifier le visiteur à travers les visites et les appareils. Cela permet au site Web de présenter au visiteur des publicités pertinentes – Le service est fourni par des hubs de publicité tiers, ce qui facilite les enchères en temps réel pour les annonceurs. | Session |
| pardot | Marketing | pardot.com | Used to identify the visitor across visits and devices. This allows the website to present the visitor with relevant ads – The service is provided by third-party advertising hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers. | 1 day |
| test_cookie | Marketing | doubleclick.net | Used to check if the user’s browser accepts cookies. | 1 day |
| AMCV_ | Marketing | pardot.com | This cookie is used to generate a unique visitor ID. The visitor ID is generated by an Adobe service called service ID. | 2 years |
Social media advertising cookies
We use advertising cookies from third party platforms (LinkedIn, Facebook) in order to deliver job offers and recruitment news on social media sites from Wavestone that are most adapted to your profile and your interests. They make it easier to contact you for recruitment purposes.
| Name | Category | Affiliation | Purpose | Storage time |
| FB | Social media advertising | facebook.com | Used by Facebook Ads (Facebook Platform, Instagram and Facebook networks) to record and report user’s actions on the site after they view or click on one of the advertiser’s ads for the purpose of measuring effectiveness and presenting targeted advertisements to the user. | 1 year |
| LI | Social media advertising | linkedin.com | Used by LinkedIn (Linkedin Platform and proprietary LinkedIn and Microsoft networks) to record and report on the site user’s actions after they view or click on one of the advertiser’s ads in order to measure effectiveness and present targeted advertisements to the user. | 1 year |
Blocking/deleting cookies
Saving a cookie on a device is basically subject to the device’s user agreement, which can be stated and changed at any time, free of charge.
A banner of consent is present at the bottom of the page of our website during your first visit and also accessible by the button “Setting cookies” always present at the bottom left of the pages.
Nevertheless, you can refuse to store cookies on your device or delete those that have been stored according to the settings of your browser.
Most browsers accept cookies by default. However, you can decide to block these cookies or ask your browser to warn you when a website tries to install cookies on your device.
To change cookies management in your browser, you can change the settings in your confidentiality tab.
The setup of each browser is different for cookies management and your choices. It is described in the Help menu of your browser, telling you how to alter what you want about cookies:
For Internet Explorer
- In Internet Explorer, click Tools, then Internet Options.
- In the General tab, under Browsing History, click Settings.
- Click Display Files.
- Click on the Name column header to sort the files in alphabetical order, then scroll down the list until you see files starting with the “Cookie” prefix. (All cookies have that prefix and generally contain the name of the website that created them).
For Firefox
- Go to the “Tools” tab of the browser and select the “Options” menu.
- In the window that appears, select “Privacy” and click “Display cookies”.
- Indentify the files, select them and delete them.
For Safari
- In your browser, select Edit > Preferences.
- Click Security.
- Click Show cookies.
- Select the cookies and click Delete or Delete All.
- After deleting the cookies, click Done.
For Google Chrome
- Click the Tools menu icon.
- Select Options.
- Click the Advanced Options tab and access the “Privacy” section.
- Click the Show Cookies button.
- Select them and delete them.
- Click “Close” to return to your browser.
The “Flash”© cookies of “Adobe Flash Player™”
« Adobe Flash Player »™ is an application that facilitates the fast development of dynamic content using the “Flash” computer language. Flash (and applications of the same type) memorizes the settings, preferences and use of this content using a technology similar to cookies. However, “Adobe Flash Player”™ manages this data and your choices differently than your browser.
If your device can display content developed with the Flash language, we invite you to access your management tools for Flash cookies, from the website http://www.adobe.com/fr/.
More information about cookies
For more information about cookies, please visit the CNIL’s website: http://www.cnil.fr/vos-droits/vos-traces/les-cookies/
Updated page on the September 27th, 2021