Privacy policy

Who we are

Our website address is: https://www.rencontres-internationales-de-senologie.org.

Comments

When you leave a comment on our site, the data entered in the comment form, as well as your IP address and your browser’s user agent, are collected to help us detect unwanted comments.

An anonymized string created from your e-mail address (also known as a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check whether you use it. Gravatar’s privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment has been validated, your profile photo will be publicly visible next to your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the site, we advise you to avoid uploading images containing EXIF data of GPS coordinates. Visitors to the site may download and extract location data from these images.

Cookies

In order to improve your browsing experience, we use cookies and similar technologies. This page aims to inform you about what cookies are, how we use them and how you can manage them.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file stored on your device (computer, tablet, smartphone) when you visit a website. Cookies enable the site to recognize your device and remember certain information about your preferences or past actions.

Types of cookies used

We use different types of cookies on our website:

1. Essential cookies: these cookies are necessary for the site to function properly. They enable access to the site’s secure functions and cannot be deactivated in our systems.
2. Performance cookies: these cookies collect anonymous information about how visitors use our site. They help us to understand how users interact with our site, enabling us to improve its operation.
3. Functionality cookies: these allow our site to remember the choices you make (such as your username, language or region) and provide enhanced, more personal functionality.
4. Targeting/advertising cookies: these cookies are used to display ads that are relevant to you. They also enable us to limit the number of times you see an ad and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

Cookie management

You have control over the cookies used on our site. Here’s how you can manage them:

• Browser settings: most web browsers allow you to manage cookies via their settings. You can configure your browser to accept, refuse or delete cookies. The following links will guide you through cookie management for the main browsers:
  • Google Chrome
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Safari
  • Microsoft Edge
• Managing your preferences on this site: you can manage your cookie preferences directly on this site: [cookie_banner_link text=”click here to open your cookie preferences”]
• Cookie management tools: you can also use third-party tools to manage your cookie preferences. Some of these solutions allow you to automatically refuse advertising and performance cookies.

Embedded content from other sites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other sites behaves in the same way as if the visitor were visiting that other site.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking tools, track your interactions with such embedded content if you have a logged-in account on their website.

Use and transmission of your personal data

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset e-mail.

How long we store your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to automatically recognize and approve subsequent comments instead of leaving them in the moderation queue.

For accounts that register on our site (where applicable), we also store the personal data indicated in their profile. All accounts can view, modify or delete their personal information at any time (with the exception of their login). Site managers can also view and modify this information.

Your rights regarding your data

If you have an account or have left comments on the site, you can request to receive a file containing all the personal data we hold about you, including that which you have provided to us. You can also request the deletion of your personal data. This does not include data stored for administrative, legal or security purposes.

Where your data is sent

Visitor comments may be checked using an automated service for detecting undesirable comments.