Cookie Policy – Truckfly by Michelin

A cookie is a text file or software component that stores information related to your terminal’s internet browsing. It is controlled by your browser and sometimes carries a unique, random number. You can read, delete, or modify it.

How Michelin Uses Cookies

Summary

Michelin is committed to protecting your personal information and taking a clear and transparent approach regarding the information we collect and how we use it. This policy explains how we manage cookies and other trackers when you use our website or digital services and how you can manage your preferences.

1. Who Are We and How to Contact Us?

Our full legal name is Manufacture Française des Pneumatiques Michelin (“Michelin”), and when you use our website or application, we are the data controller.

If you need to contact us, you can do so in several ways:

  • You can send us an email at [email protected].
  • You can send a letter to Michelin, Place des Carmes Déchaux, 63040 Clermont-Ferrand Cedex 9, France.
  • You can also contact us by phone at +33 473 32 20 00.

2. About Our Data Protection Officer

All Michelin employees are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. We have a Data Protection Officer responsible for all aspects related to personal data at Michelin. You can contact them by sending an email to [email protected].

3. What is a Cookie?

A cookie is a text file or software component that stores information related to your terminal’s internet browsing. It is controlled by your browser and sometimes carries a unique, random number.

When Michelin uses the term “cookies,” it may refer to cookies, trackers, or similar technologies that rely on accessing the terminal you use (computer, tablet, smartphone) to deposit and read cookies when you access our websites or services.

A cookie allows Michelin or its partners, as cookie issuers, during their validity period, to recognize your terminal each time it accesses digital content containing cookies from the same issuer.

4. Other Policies We Invite You to Review

Some information from cookies may not directly or indirectly identify you and therefore may not be considered personal data. However, other data may identify you and be treated as personal data with specific protections. For more information on how Michelin uses your personal data, we invite you to review our Data Protection Policy and those of our partners accessible through the preference management module.

5. Why Does Michelin Use Cookies?

Michelin is always looking for new ways to improve its websites and mobile applications to offer you better service tailored to your interests. Thus, Michelin uses various types of cookies, as indicated below, some of which may require the user’s prior consent (such as advertising cookies).

6. How Does Michelin Inform You About the Cookies It Uses?

When you first arrive on Michelin’s website, a consent management mechanism directs you to this page, which provides all information about the cookies used. In any case, you have control over these cookies. You can refuse, configure, or delete them.

7. How to Uninstall Cookies and/or Manage Your Preferences?

A. Browser Settings

Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings, which can be adjusted to reflect your consent to the use of cookies. Additionally, most browsers also allow you to delete cookies. For more information on browser controls, please consult your browser’s documentation.

To learn more about setting your browser preferences, you can also visit the following website: https://www.youronlinechoices.com/

B. Manage Your Preferences Through the Cookie Management Module

Michelin’s website includes a module that allows users to manage their consent regarding the website or application’s cookies before depositing or reading them.

During your first visit to our site or application, an information window will allow you to indicate your choice. You can accept, configure, refuse cookies, or access our Cookie Management Policy by clicking the buttons provided in our consent management module.

The consent management module allows you to indicate your preference globally, by cookie purpose, or by partner category. You also have access to each partner’s privacy policy.

Your consent is valid for a period not exceeding the cookie’s retention period according to its purpose and applicable regulations. Similarly, if you refuse cookies, your choice will also be retained for a defined period. Upon the expiration of this period, or if you delete the cookie related to your choice, the consent management module will be presented to you again.

You are free to accept or refuse cookies, but please note that refusal could make your navigation on our website less user-friendly and with less relevant content.

Regardless of your initial choice, you can always modify it at any time by clicking the “Cookie Management” button in this Cookie Policy or on the “Cookies” tab at the bottom of each page on our website.

8. What Types of Cookies Does Michelin Use?

Cookies can be classified in various ways:

By Their Retention Period:

  • Session Cookie: A cookie that is erased when the user closes the browser.
  • Persistent Cookie: A cookie that remains on the user’s computer/device for a predefined period after the browsing session ends. The maximum retention period is governed by regulations or recommendations from the relevant data protection authority. Specifically, the lifespan of a cookie cannot exceed 13 months from its deposit.

By Their Source:

  • First-party Cookies: Placed directly by Michelin or its service providers.
  • Third-party Cookies: Placed by partners authorized by Michelin (e.g., an advertising agency). When they use cookies, these third-party partners are responsible for the cookies they implement. We invite you to review their cookie management policies. You can also use their own consent collection and management tools to set your preferences.

By Main Purposes:

Cookies can serve various purposes, and the names of these purposes can vary from one entity to another. They can be grouped into the categories defined below:

  • Strictly Necessary CookiesThese cookies are essential for providing an online communication service by electronic means. Their deactivation can lead to significant difficulties in using the website or even an inability to use the services it offers. Many purposes are covered by these cookies. For example, they can identify terminals to route communication, number data “packets” to route them in the correct order, detect transmission errors or data losses, keep the contents of a shopping cart in memory for the session duration, customize the user interface (language, service presentation), or authenticate to a service.These cookies also allow Michelin to retain the choices made by users regarding their cookie preferences, so they are not asked again for a defined period.These cookies and trackers are implemented based on Michelin’s legitimate interest. Because they are strictly necessary for your browsing, your prior consent is not required. These cookies are not managed by our consent management module.
  • Functional Cookies and TrackersFunctional cookies are used to enhance your browsing experience. They remember the choices you make (your username, saving the last route options, for example) and provide personalized services. Thanks to these cookies, you do not have to enter certain information each time you log in to our site or application. They can remember changes you’ve made regarding text size, font, or other customizable parts of web pages.Functional cookies will not be used to send you advertising on our site or other websites.You are free to accept or refuse them, but blocking them may mean your previous selections of services are not retained.These cookies are implemented based on your prior consent.
  • Analytics or Audience Measurement CookiesAudience measurement cookies are used to improve the performance of Michelin’s websites. The collected data provides anonymous statistical data on site traffic (number of visitors and pages visited, visit duration, error messages, number of visits, return frequency, etc.).Analytical cookies can be installed and managed by partners pursuing additional purposes. However, Michelin may limit their use to the requested analytical statistics.You are free to accept or refuse them, but blocking them will provide Michelin with less information to improve the site’s performance.These cookies are implemented based on your prior consent or our legitimate interest when they meet the conditions for consent exemption.
  • Cookies Related to Targeted Advertising OperationsTargeting and tracking cookies enable third-party companies to provide services, mainly advertising, and to improve their efficiency. These cookies can remember the pages and websites you visit and may collect personal data, primarily the IP address of the user’s device. The collected information may be shared with third parties.These include cookies that allow advertising agencies to offer ads tailored to your interests based on your browsing on Michelin websites or that limit the number of times the same ad is shown.Michelin and third-party vendors, including Google, use first-party and third-party cookies to obtain information, optimize, and deliver ads based on visits to the site. Michelin and these vendors also use these cookies to determine the relationship between recorded site visits and ad impressions, other uses of advertising services, and interactions with these ad impressions and services. Finally, Michelin and these vendors use these cookies to remember your interests and demographic data to offer targeted advertising.These cookies are implemented based on your prior consent.
  • Social Media Cookies Generated by Social Media Sharing ButtonsMichelin uses what are known as social plugins (hereafter: buttons) for social networks such as Facebook, LinkedIn, or YouTube.Michelin provides features allowing content sharing through social networking sites. Social media cookies are managed by the publisher of the social network site. You are invited to read the social media cookie management policy on the relevant sites.These cookies are implemented based on your prior consent.

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Last updated: 02/26/2021