Cookies
About the use of cookies
We use various cookies on the website in order to:
- Allow the website to work in the way intended,
- Measure its audience, and
- Integrate services that make it more user-friendly.
Some cookies require prior consent from you and some do not. More information is provided below.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a file, generally small and identified by a name, placed in your browser by a website that you visit. Your browser will store the cookie until the end of its validity or retention period and will send it back to the web server every time that you visit the website. Cookies allow us to collect information about your browsing and provide services appropriate to your device (PC, mobile or tablet). We do not use cookies capable of identifying your personally.
In order to optimize the performance, functionality and interactivity of our website, we use the categories of cookies described in the following paragraph.
What types of cookies are used by VINCI Energies group websites?
- Technical Cookies
We inform you about the use of technical cookies that allow the website’s main services to work optimally. They are required to use the website and its various products and services.
Depending on your browser’s settings, you can block these cookies. However, blocking them may adversely affect your experience on the website.
| Name of Cookie | Purpose | Retention period |
| Cookie consent CookieLawInfoConsent |
Records whether the user has consented to or refused the use of cookies. | 6 months |
| GDPR Cookie Consent: cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary | Used by the “GDPR Cookie Consent” module, this cookie is used to store the user’s consent to cookies in “Non-necessary” categories (Audience measurement- Social media). | 6 months |
| GDPR Cookie Consent: cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | Used by the “GDPR Cookie Consent” module, this cookie is used to store the user’s consent to cookie in the “Technical” category | 6 months |
| GDPR Cookie Consent: viewed_cookie_policy | Used by the “GDPR Cookie Consent” module, this cookie is used to store whether or not the user has consented to the use of cookies. | 6 months |
| cli_user_preference | Stores the user’s cookie consent status. | 6 months |
| pll_language | Management of the website’s multilingual features | 12 months |
| wp-settings-# | WordPress uses this cookie to personalise your view of the administration interface and possibly also the website’s main interface. | 12 months |
- Analytics Cookies
These cookies aim to measure the audience of our website’s content and sections in order to assess them and organise them better. They also allow us to detect browsing problems and therefore make our services more user-friendly.
Depending on your browser’s settings, you can block these cookies. However, blocking them may adversely affect your experience on the website.
The lifetime of these cookies does not exceed 13 months.
Matomo. We use Matomo audience measurement cookies, the sole purposes of which are those listed above, for our sole benefit.
These cookies only produce anonymous statistics and website traffic figures, and do not produce any individual information.
| Name of Cookie | Purpose | Retention period |
| _pk_id | Used to store some user details such as the visitor’s unique ID | 13 months |
| _pk_ref | Used to store the attribution information, the referrer initially used to visit the website | 6 months |
| _pk_ses _pk_cvar |
Cookies with a short life, used to store data temporarily for the user’s visit | 30 minutes |
| _pk_testcookie | Used to check whether the visitor’s browser supports cookies | session |
- Cookies related to social media and third-party services
Purpose. We request your consent before using cookies related to social media and third-party services, intended to facilitate the sharing of content and make the website more user-friendly. By default, refusal is assumed and these cookies are not placed in your browser or activated.
The browsing data collected may be used by third parties operating these social media and third-party services on their own account, to offer targeted advertisements and content based on your browsing history. For more information, we encourage you to look at their privacy policies and cookie information pages, listed below.
You can withdraw your consent at any time.
| Third-party services | Privacy policies and additional information about cookies used by third parties |
| Click here to see Facebook privacy policy Click here to see Facebook cookies policy |
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| Click here to see Twitter privacy policy | |
| Google Maps | Click here to see Google privacy policy |
| Youtube (Google) | Click here to see Google privacy policy |
| Click here to see LinkedIn privacy policy | |
| Click here to see Instagram privacy policy
Click here to see Instagram cookies policy |
Your choices regarding the management of cookies
You can set the cookies we use on the VINCI Energies Group websites in two ways: with the cookie management tool available on our site, or through the settings of your internet browser. You can choose to deactivate all or some cookies at any time through the cookies setting mechanism (activation or deactivation buttons) contained in the “customize” part of the cookies banner, except for the cookies necessary for the operation of the site, as indicated above. Your browser can also be set to accept or block cookies.
- Rejecting a cookie via your browser
You can deactivate all or some cookies at any time. Your browser may also be set to notify you of cookies sent and ask you whether you accept them (on a case-by-case or global basis). Please note, however, that deactivating all cookies will prevent you from using our site in normal conditions, beyond the basic functions.
Each browser’s configuration is different for managing cookies and your preferences. It is described in the help menu of the browser, which will explain how to change the settings for cookies. For:
- Google Chrome™: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
- Microsoft Internet Explorer™: https://support.microsoft.com/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
- Mozilla Firefox™: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
- Apple Safari™: https://support.apple.com/
- Opera™: http://www.opera.com/blogs/news/2015/08/how-to-manage-cookies-in-opera/
You can also set your browser to send a code to websites indicating that you refuse tracking (“Do Not Track” option). For:
- Google Chrome™ : https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2790761
- Microsoft Internet Explorer™ : https://support.microsoft.com/help/17288/windows-internet-explorer-11-use-do-not-track
- Mozilla Firefox™: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-do-i-turn-do-not-track-feature
- Apple Safari™: https://support.apple.com/
- Opera™: http://help.opera.com/Windows/12.10/en/notrack.html
- Rejecting a cookie issued by a social network:
If you do not want our site to store cookies in your browser for this purpose, you can click on the following deactivation links that will store a cookie in your browser to disable other cookies from the same issuer. Disabling these cookies will prevent any interaction with the relevant social networks:
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
Twitter : https://support.twitter.com/
Youtube (Google): https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en-US
LinkedIn : http://www.linkedin.com/legal/cookie-policy
Xing: https://privacy.xing.com/en/privacy-policy/printable-version
- Consequences of rejecting cookies:
Please note, your preferences are manifested through one or more cookies. If you delete all the cookies stored on your device related to our site, we will no longer know what consent or refusal you have expressed. You will then have to indicate again which cookies you want to block. Similarly, if you use a different Internet browser, you will have to reject these cookies again because your preferences, like the cookies to which they relate, depend on the browser and terminal equipment (computer, tablet, smartphone, etc.) used to visit our site.
More information
To view our full Privacy Policy, click here. The Privacy Policy completes this document.
For more information on Cookies, visit the website of Garante della Privacy at this website.