Cookies and privacy policy

Legal notices, privacy policy

Hosting

Bestofrome.fr is hosted by OVH, whose registered office is 2 rue Kellermann – 59100 Roubaix – France

Personal data

This site respects the privacy of the user and complies with the applicable laws on the protection of privacy and individual freedoms.

www.bestofrome.fr potentially collects personal data in the following cases:

  • Post from the contact form
  • Posting a comment
  • Through some cookies when browsing (see the dedicated section below)

♦ When the user writes a comment: the data entered by the user (name and e-mail address), as well as the IP address are recorded. This data is only used for the purpose of correspondence initiated by the Internet user and is never disclosed. The IP address helps detect unwanted comments.
To facilitate further comments, a cookie may save this data so that the user does not have to fill it in again.

♦ When the user sends a message via the contact form, the site remembers the personal information indicated (name, e-mail address). This data is only used for correspondence with the site editor.

Personal data are never disclosed and are only used for the purposes stated above.

Data access and lifespan

The Internet user can request to receive a file containing all the personal data that are saved by www.bestofrome.fr, via the contact form.
It may request the deletion of such data.

In all cases, the data are not kept for more than three years.

Data protection and security

Only information sent by the user via a comment or the contact form can be saved on the server hosting www.bestofrome.fr.
This server is secure, with firewalls used to counter hacking attempts, AntiVirus and AntiMalware to counter threats such as viruses, Trojans and other malware.

www.bestofrome.fr also has an SSL certificate (allowing secure HTTPS browsing) to increase the security of the information transmitted, and uses all reasonable means to secure its databases.

Cookies

What is a cookie

Cookies are data stored on the browser of the user at the site visited during the visit. These cookies are associated with the domain of the visited website, and can be consulted later (during another visit) by the site. This allows a “lasting” interaction between the client (user) and the server (site), until the cookie is deleted or reaches its expiry date.
In general, the information stored is login information, consent information and other preferences intended to improve and personalize the user experience or ad targeting for example.

Type of cookies concerned

www.bestofrome.fr uses cookies on the one hand to ensure the essential functions of navigation on the site (assured WordPress, the tool of management of articles and web development, and its extensions such as the use of comments), and on the other hand Google tools (Analytics and Adsense) which, in order to function, use cookies to collect browsing information.
In addition, third-party services from social networks and offered on www.bestofrome.fr (Facebook, etc.) may use cookies.

Google Analytics

In the case of Analytics, being configured on www.bestofrome.fr in anonymous mode, the cookie does not transmit identifiable personal information.

Google Adsense

This site runs Google Adsense ads, which implies the following:

  • By default, Adsense ads are displayed on www.bestofrome.fr in «non-personalized» mode. Thus cookies do not collect the browsing data of the user, and only serve the proper functioning of the module.
  • If all cookies are accepted, the advertisements can be displayed in personalized mode, which implies the following elements:
    • Google adsense then uses cookies to deliver ads based on users’ previous visits to the website and can collect browsing data to target advertising based on interests.
    • Thanks to the DoubleClick cookie, Google and its partners adapt the ads distributed to visitors according to their navigation on its website and/or other websites.
    • When a user sees an ad posted on a partner’s website or clicks on it, a cookie can be placed in their browser.
      Users can opt out of personalized ads via https://adssettings.google.com/u/0/authenticated

More information about cookies used by Google

Social networks

Tools associated with social networks are available on rome-roma.net (facebook and others). These services are enabled only if the user accepts all cookies.
If the user is connected via his browser to the social network, interactions are then allowed with the user’s social network account (article sharing, buttons of type «I like», etc). These services may, depending on their operation, use cookies and collect personal information. Rome-roma.net activates these services only if you choose to accept all cookies.
In any case, if the user does not wish to be concerned during his navigation by the cookies of the social networks, he can disconnect from these services the time of his navigation on rome-roma.net.

Deactivation of cookies

Cookies can be deactivated, in particular by setting your browser, or by using the Google Advertising Solutions Settings, or by using the aboutads.info website.

Depending on your browser, here are the procedures to configure the management of cookies:

To change your cookie acceptance preferences: