Cookie policy
When you visit the site, cookies may be installed on your computer if you have consented through the cookie module. This module is accessible on the bottom of each page of Rexel domain websites so that you can manage tour consent at any time.
The domain Rexel.com contains multiple sub-domains such as blog.rexel.com or ethique.rexel.com. Please note that the consent you express on one of these sub-domains is valid for all rexel.com subdomains. You can however modify your consent on each of these websites through the link provided at the bottom of each Rexel domain websites page.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a text file saved on your computer when you visit a site. It is especially designed to collect information about your navigation on the site and send you personalized services. On your computer, cookies are managed by your Internet browser.
Which type of cookies are used?
– “Essential” Cookies” which are necessary to the operation of the Site: they enable the storage of information entered in forms, etc. [list of purposes to be completed if applicable]. [list of purposes to be completed if necessary].
– Functional cookies: these enable you to adapt the Site’s presentation to your terminal’s display preferences (language used, display resolution, etc.) and thus personalize your access to the Site.
– Analytical cookies (or “audience measurement cookies”): these collect anonymous traffic data in order to establish statistics and traffic volumes (number of visits, pages consulted, etc.) and to understand the use of the elements that make up this Site (sections and pages consulted, etc.), enabling Rexel to monitor and improve the quality of its services.
– Social cookies: allow you to interact with the Site’s social modules (Facebook, Twitter, etc.).
– Advertising cookies: these enable us to provide you with commercial offers and communications from our partners, namely through third-party cookies.
Third-party cookies
The site uses an analytics tool developed by the third-party provider Applied Technologies Internet SAS, which requires the use of a cookie. This allows us, via IP address recognition and other methods, to refine information regarding traffic and behavior of visitors to the site.
The site also uses plug-ins to share content directly on social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, or LinkedIn. Solely because of their presence, social plug-ins present on the site may place cookies on your computer to track your navigation or identify your centers of interest, whether or not you are a User of these social platforms. We have no control over the process employed by social networks to collect information about your navigation on the site.
The issuance and the use of cookies by such third parties are subject to their own privacy policies, which we invite you to read.
How long are cookies stored on your terminal?
Cookies are stored on your terminal for as long as necessary to achieve the purposes described above. In particular:
- Cookies, whether or not they require your consent, are stored on your terminal for a maximum of 13 months from their creation;
- Information collected via cookies is stored on your terminal for 25 months from the date of their creation.
- Your choice, both consent and/or refusal, concerning cookies is retained for a period of 6 months (after this period, we will ask you again to choose how you wish to manage your cookies on the Site).
Your internet browser settings
You can also choose to disable cookies on your browser. Note, however, that changing your browser settings may change your experience on the site.
Every browser is configured differently. This is described in your browser’s Help menu, which will tell you how to change your cookie preferences.
You can also disable cookies by following these instructions:
a. If you are using Internet Explorer:
– In Internet Explorer, click on the “Tools” button, then on “Internet options”;
– Under the “General” tab, under “Browsing history,” click on “Settings”;
– Click on the “View files” button;
– Click on the “Name” column header in order to sort the files in alphabetical order, then scroll down the list until you see file names starting with the “Cookie” prefix (all cookies have this prefix and usually contain the name of the website that created the cookie);
– Select the cookies containing the “Rexel” name and delete them;
– Close the window displaying the file list, then click on “OK”, and again “OK” on the next window, to return to Internet Explorer.
b. If you are using Firefox:
– Go to the “Tools” tab, then select the “Options” menu;
– In the pop-up window, choose “Privacy”, then click on “Remove individual cookies”;
– Locate the files containing the “Rexel” name;
– Select them and delete them.
c. If you are using Safari:
– In your browser, choose the “Edit > Preferences” menu;
– Click on “Security”;
– Click on “Show cookies”;
– Select the cookies containing the “Rexel” name and click on “Remove” or “Remove all”;
– After deleting the cookies, click on “Done”.
d. if you are using Google Chrome:
– Click on the “Tools” menu icon;
– Select “Settings”;
– Click on the “Show advanced settings” tab and go to the “Privacy” section;
– Click on the “Show cookies” button;
– Locate the files containing the “Rexel” name. Select them and delete them;
– Click on “Close” to return to your browser.
To learn more about the options offered by your navigation software and the terms and conditions of the cookies stored in your terminal, depending on the browser(s) installed in your terminal, you can visit the “Vos traces” section (in French only) of the French Data Protection Authority’s website at the following address: http://www.cnil.fr/vos-libertes/vos-traces/les-cookies/
Rexel reserves the right to change its privacy policy at any time, to take into account particular developments in the technologies used, the publication of new services, and new regulations. All changes will take effect once they are published online.