COOKIES POLICY
A. Introduction
Mathys Legal Advice (hereinafter: "we," "our") places great importance on the privacy of users (hereinafter: "you") of the website mathyslegaladvice.com.
We kindly ask you to carefully read this document before using the website mathyslegaladvice.com (hereinafter: our site), operated by Mathys Legal Advice located in Geneva, Switzerland.
Indeed, this document informs you about how we use cookies and other similar tracking technologies, your privacy, and how we may use the information collected in this manner, especially to achieve the purposes described below.
We also kindly ask you to concurrently read our privacy policy for more information on our practices and your rights in this area.
B. What are Cookies or Similar Technologies
A cookie or similar technology is a small file that is sent from a website and stored on your device by your browser.
These technologies allow us to access information and store it on your device when you interact with our website.
For the sake of simplicity, all of these technologies are referred to as "trackers" in this document, unless there is a reason to differentiate them. For instance, while cookies can be used on both web and mobile browsers, it would be inaccurate to refer to cookies in the context of mobile applications as they are browser-based trackers. Therefore, in this document, the term "cookies" is only used when specifically referring to this type of tracker.
C. Consent
Some of the purposes for which trackers are used may require your prior consent. When consent is given, it can be freely withdrawn at any time by following the instructions provided in this document.
The so-called "essential" and "functional" trackers are those required to enable the operation of our website and provide the requested service or those necessary for communication over electronic communication networks. These trackers can help ensure the security of our site, authenticate users, or prevent fraud. These essential trackers do not collect your personal data and are enabled by default, as our site would not function properly without them. They do not require your consent. However, you can configure your browser to block these trackers as indicated in the section H below, but this may result in certain parts of our site not functioning.
Trackers that do not require your consent include (source: CNIL):
Trackers that retain your choice regarding tracker deposition;
Trackers for authentication with a service, including those aimed at securing the authentication mechanism, such as limiting automated or unexpected access attempts;
Trackers to remember your shopping cart content or bill you for purchased goods or services;
Interface customization trackers (e.g., language or service presentation choice) when such customization is an intrinsic and expected element of the service;
Trackers enabling load balancing of equipment contributing to a communication service;
Trackers allowing paid sites to limit free access to requested user content (predefined quantity and/or for a limited period);
Some audience measurement trackers, provided they meet certain conditions.
The so-called "non-essential" trackers cannot be installed on your device without your prior consent. You must provide consent for their installation when visiting our website by using the cookie notice banner. As long as you have not accepted by clicking "ok" in the banner, non-essential cookies are not installed in your browser. These may include preference trackers that remember, for example, your language preference when you log in to our site, performance trackers that improve the site's usability and provide statistics on the number of visitors, visit duration, most visited pages, or advertising trackers with the purpose of displaying personalized ads based on your browsing and profile.
D. Internal Trackers and Third-Party Trackers
When you visit our website, your browser may collect trackers defined by our website (referred to as "internal trackers") and trackers defined by our own third-party service providers (referred to as "third-party trackers"). Unless otherwise specified in this document, third-party providers may access and manage their own trackers.
It is possible that other third-party platforms, such as Facebook or LinkedIn, may place cookies on our site without our consent (for example, when you are logged in as a user of these third-party platforms that "track" your online browsing). We do not authorize third-party cookies to be placed without our consent and are not responsible for unauthorized third-party cookies. In fact, all third-party cookie providers are solely responsible for the cookies they place on our site. We are committed to protecting your privacy and encourage you to check the cookie policies of all websites you visit.
E. Validity Period and Expiration of Trackers
The validity and expiration periods of cookies and other trackers may vary depending on the lifespan defined by Mathys Legal Advice or the respective third-party provider. Some cookies expire at the end of the user's browsing session.
In addition to what is specified in the descriptions of each category below, you can find more specific and up-to-date information about the description of the lifespan, as well as any other useful information, such as the presence of other trackers, in the privacy policies of the respective third-party providers linked in our data protection policy or in the sections of this cookie policy or by contacting Mathys Legal Advice.
G. Our Cookies
You can find a list of our cookies and their validity periods by visiting our website > Right-Click > Inspect > Application > Cookies.
In particular:
The website mathyslegaladvice.com uses so-called "technical" cookies and other similar trackers for strictly necessary activities for the operation or provision of the Service, as well as "non-essential" cookies - for which you can refuse consent - for analytical and performance purposes.
a. Platform and Hosting Service: Squarespace (Squarespace, Inc)
The website mathyslegaladvice.com is hosted on the Squarespace platform provided by Squarespace, Inc. It allows Mathys Legal Advice to design, operate, and host its website. Squarespace is highly customizable and can host websites ranging from simple blogs to complex e-commerce platforms.
You can find the list of essential and non-essential trackers used by Squarespace here.
b. Other Essential Cookies:
Font Display
Our website uses a third-party provider, Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited, for functional, optimization, and font delivery purposes on our site.
Cookies and storage duration: here
c. Other Non-Essential Cookies:
Marketing
You can provide Mathys Legal Advice with your contact information so that we can send you our newsletter. For this purpose, we use the services of the third-party provider MailerLite (UAB “Mailerlite), which allows us to manage a database of email addresses or any other contact information you provide to communicate with you. Through their own trackers, these services may also collect data regarding the date and time you view our message, the time you interact with our message, such as by clicking on the links included in it, or which link(s) you clicked on.
Cookies and storage duration: MailerLite Cookie Policy
Analytics and Performance
The services in this section allow the Owner to monitor and analyze traffic on its website and track the behavior of its users in order to offer them quality goods and services.
In addition to Squarespace's own analytics tools described in the list of essential and non-essential trackers provided by Squarespace above, the website mathyslegaladvice.com uses Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”).
Google uses the data collected to track and analyze the usage of our website, prepare reports on its activities, and share them with other Google services. It may also use the data collected to contextualize and personalize advertisements within its own advertising network. In Google Analytics 4, IP addresses are used at the time of collection and then removed before data is logged on a server or in a data center.
For more information, you can refer to the official Google documentation.
Cookies and storage duration:
_ga: 2 years
ga*: 2 years
Google Analytics 4 Opt-Out: Google Analytics Opt-Out
H. Configuring Your Web Browser to Block or Delete Trackers
The management of cookies and your preferences varies with each browser.
The instructions for configuring your browser can be found in the browser's help menu, which will guide you on how to modify your preferences. Below, we provide the steps to follow for the most commonly used browsers:
If you choose to disable "cookies," you will still be able to browse our site. Any dysfunction of the site resulting from this action cannot be attributed to Mathys Legal Advice.
To refuse and prevent the use of your data by Google Analytics on all websites, please refer to the following instructions: here.
I. Private Browsing
"Private Browsing," offered by all modern browsers, allows you to browse "anonymously," meaning your browsing history and downloads are not stored. Regarding cookies, all those saved during your browsing session will be deleted when you close your browser. This does not serve as a means to refuse cookies; however, their lifespan is limited to the duration of your browsing session.
J. Links to Third Parties
This website may include links to third-party websites, plugins, and applications. Clicking on these links or activating these connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control the websites of these third parties and cannot be held responsible for their data protection practices. When you leave our website to visit a third-party website or application, we encourage you to read the data protection policy of those sites or applications you visit.
K. Owner
Mathys Legal Advice
Julie Mathys
Rte du Creux-de-Boisset 20d
1286 Soral
Email : contact@mathyslegaladvice.com
L. Questions
If you have any questions regarding our cookie policy, please feel free to contact us using the information provided in section K of this document.
N. Modifications
We will make updates to our cookie policy as needed, so please check it regularly. The version published on our website is the one that applies.