Cookies

Personal data

In accordance with the ‘Information and Freedom’ law, the information requested by Universal Flower is strictly necessary for the registration of your account. It is also necessary for the commercial management and functionality of our website, making the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests and providing you with a good experience when you browse. This information can be shared with the companies forming part of the Aquarelle group. You can access and amend your personal data. You can also raise objections to the handling of your data.

To exercise this last right, you only need to send us your first name, surname, address, email and a copy of your ID in order that we can respond as quickly as possible, to the following address:

Universal Flower
24-32 rue Jacques Ibert
92300 LEVALLOIS-PERRET
France

Our use of cookies

Our cookies policy provides further information regarding your rights in respect of data, as well as the source and use of browser data when you use our website.

This policy is therefore important for you to ensure that you have the best experience using our Services. It is also important for us, because we want to respond to your questions fully and accurately regarding your browsing experience. We also want to take your wishes into account.

Therefore, when you use our website, information relating to browsing on your device (computer, tablet, smartphone etc.) on our site will be registered on ‘the Cookies’ files installed on your device. In addition, we can buy advertising slots, directly or through an intermediary of our service providers (communication agency, advertising departments), in order to promote our services and offers on third party sites and applications, through advertising content (text, graphics, animations, videos etc.) distributed by our sites/applications. Be aware that cookie transmitters can modify the data which they contain.

Cookies used by Universal Flower

When you connect to our website, we may choose, subject to your preferences (see ‘Your preferences concerning cookies’), to install various cookies on your device which allow us to recognise the browser on your device for the duration that the cookie remains valid.

These Cookies allow us to :

collect statistics and record the number of visits to our site and the use of various website functions (headings and content visited, browsing history), allowing us to tailor content to suit your interests and to improve the functionality of our website ;
adapt the presentation of our site to better suit your device’s display settings (language preference, display resolution, operating system, etc..) during your visits to our website, according to the materials and visualisation or reading softwares that best suit your device;
memorise data relating to the forms which you have completed on our site (registration or access to your account), data relating to products, services or information which you have selected on our site (services, contents of order basket, etc.) ;
give you access to private and personal spaces on our site, such as your account, using the identifiers or data which you have previously disclosed ;
put security measures in place, for example when you are asked to reconnect in order to view content or continue with your order after a certain amount of time has lapsed.

What is the purpose of cookies connected to our advertising content, which is distributed by third parties?
When you access a website or application containing advertising slots featuring one of our adverts, this advert is likely to contain a cookie.This cookie is also likely, subject to your preferences, to be registered on your device, which enables us to recognise the browser on your device for the duration that the cookie remains valid.
Cookies contained in adverts distributed by third parties are used for the purposes described below, subject to your preferences and the configuration of your navigation software when you visit our website. You can express your preferences in relation to cookies at any time.
If your device allows registration of cookies and according to your preferences, the Cookies which we use allow us to do the following :

collect statistics and record the number of visits to our site and the use of various website functions (headings and content visited, browsing history), allowing us to tailor content to suit your interests and to improve the functionality of our website ;
adapt the presentation of our site to better suit your device’s display settings (language preference, display resolution, operating system, etc..) during your visits to our website, according to the materials and visualisation or reading softwares that best suit your device;
memorise data relating to forms which you have completed on our site (registration or access to your account), data relating to products, services or information which you have selected on our site (services, contents of order basket, etc.) ;
give you access to private and personal spaces on our site, such as your account, using the identifiers or data which you have previously disclosed ;

What is the point in seeing personalised adverts which are adapted according to your browsing history?

Our aim is to present you with the adverts which are most relevant to your interests. To this end, cookies technology enables us to determine in real time which adverts to display on your device, according to your recent browsing history, on several sites or applications.

Your interest in advertising content is displayed on your device when you browse a site, which often determines the advertising content that we show you, so you can make the best use of our services. This tailoring of advertising content is often provided to users for free. Undoubtedly, you prefer to see adverts which match your interests rather than adverts which do not interest you whatsoever. Similarly, advertisers want their adverts and offers to be displayed to the users who are most interested in them.

If you share your device with other people
The shared use of your device and browser settings with other people in relation to cookies is a matter of personal choice and responsibility.

Your preferences regarding cookies

There are many options available for you to manage cookies. Every configuration that you may choose will affect your browsing on the Internet and the conditions of access to certain services which require the use of Cookies.

You can choose at any time to express or modify your preferences in relation to cookies, by the means described below.

the preferences which are offered by your browsing software

You can configure your browsing software so that cookies are registered to the hard drive on your device, or if they are rejected by the system, they can be saved to your browser. You can also configure your browsing software so you are promptly notified of the manner in which cookies are accepted or rejected, before a cookie is registered to your device. For more information, refer to our policy on "How to state your preferences, according to the browser which you use"

Agreement in respect of cookies

The registration of cookies on a device is essentially subject to the preferences of the user of the device. The user can select and modify the setting preferences offered by their browsing software at any time and for free.

If you have accepted the registration of cookies on your device browsing software, the cookies contained within the pages and site contents which you have browsed will be stored temporarily on a dedicated space on your device. They can only be seen by the issuer of the cookies.

Refusal of cookies

If you refuse the registration of cookies on your device which we issue, or if you delete those which we have registered, you can no longer benefit from various functions which are necessary to browse certain parts of our website. This will be the case if you try to access content or services which require your identification. This will also be the case when we cannot recognise, for the purposes of technical accounting, the type of browser used by your device, its language and display settings or the country from which your device appears to be connected to the Internet.

If necessary, we decline responsibility for any effects linked to the decreased functionality of our website, caused by the fact that we cannot register or view those cookies which enable our site to function properly which you have either refused or deleted.

How to state your preferences, according to the browser which you use

Each browser has different settings in relation to the management of cookies and your preferences. It is described in your browser menu, which allows you to modify your preferences in respect of cookies.

For Microsoft Edge : click on the 3 dots at the top right and click on settings. Then select Cookies and site permissions and select your preferences.

For Firefox : open the menu on the top right with 3 lines, then select Options ; click on the Security and privacy settings tab then select your desired preferences.

For Chrome : click on the 3 dots at the top right, then select Privacy and security, then select the desired options.

For Safari : select Safari > Preferences then select Security ; click on Display cookies then choose the desired options.

For Opera : open the Tools menu, then select Preferences ; click on the Advanced tab, then the Cookies heading and select Manage cookies ; choose the desired options.

Your preferences are made known to us directly online

Please note that this procedure will not prevent the display of adverts on your device. It will only block technologies which allow personalised adverts, adapted to suit your browser and your interests.

Please be aware that by stating your preferences, this will be recorded on a cookie. If you delete all cookies registered on your device (via your browser), we - or our service providers - will no longer know that you have chosen this option.

Your preferences are made known on interprofessional platforms

You can connect to the website ‘Youronlinechoices’, offered by digital advertising professionals gathered within the European association EDAA (European Digital Advertising Alliance), managed in France by the French Interactive Advertising Bureau.

You can also familiarise yourself with the companies that belong to this platform, offering you the choice to refuse or accept cookies used by these companies which personalise adverts displayed on your device, according to your browsing history data, by looking online at : http://www.youronlinechoices.com/fr/controler-ses-cookies/.

This European platform is shared by hundreds of online advertising professionals and creates a centralised interface, which allows you to express your refusal or acceptance of cookies which may be used in order to adapt advertising content to your device browser.

Please note that this procedure will not prevent the display of adverts on your device. It will only block technologies which allow targeted adverts, adapted to suit your browser and your interests.

Personal data and browser data

We may personalise offers and adverts which are aimed at you and information relating to your device browser on our website or on sites or services edited by third parties and on which we issue cookies.

Insofar as you have provided us with your personal data (especially concerning your electronic contact details) when you register or access our services, we may link your browser to your device, subject to your preferences. This data is treated by cookies which we issue concerning your personal data and personalised adverts which may be of particular interest to you.

You can ask at any time to stop receiving personalised adverts or promotional material which is adapted to the browsing data from your device, by contacting us directly and for free, or by clicking on the unsubscribe link included on all promotional material which we may send you by email. If you choose to opt out, we will no longer send you personalised adverts adapted to the browsing data from your device. Last updated : 27/10/2021