Cookies Policy
This Cookies Policy (the “Cookies Policy”) is intended to inform you of Servier Canada (“Servier”, “us”, “we”, or “our”) uses cookies and related technologies (pixel, tags or beacons) (together “cookies” or “cookie”), on https://servier.ca/en/cookies-policy/, on www.MyServier.ca, on www.venixxa.ca (together, the “Site”) or on our applications.
Please take a minute to read and understand this Cookies Policy. This Cookies Policy should also be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy.
1. What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small computer file, a marker, which is stored and read on a device, for example during the consultation of a website, the reading of an email or the installation or use of a software program or a mobile application, whatever the type of device used (computer, smartphone, tablet, etc).
In this Cookies policy, we use the term “Cookies” to refer to all the markers (such as cookies, pixel, tags or beacons) stored and read on your device.
2. Important information concerning consent
The storing or reading of certain Cookies do not require consent because they are strictly necessary for the provision of the service which you require.
Your prior consent must be obtained for the storage or reading of any other cookie not strictly necessary.
You may at any time withdraw your consent to the storage or reading of these Cookies through the Cookie settings panel.
3. What cookies do we use?
We use various types of Cookies whose purposes are described below.
Generally-speaking, we use 1st and 3rd-party session and persistent cookies. The cookies set by us are called “1st-party cookies” and the cookies set by our third-party partners and service providers are called “3rd-party cookies.”
Session cookies are temporary cookies that remain on your device until you close your web browser. Many session cookies are essential to make our Website work correctly, as they typically enable you to move around our Website and use our features. Persistent cookies remain on your device after you close your browser or until you manually delete it (for the former, how long the cookie remains on your device will depend on the duration or “lifetime” of the specific cookie and your browser settings).
3.1 Necessary Cookies
These are Cookies necessary for the functioning of our sites. They enable you to use the main functions of our sites.
This concerns the following Cookies:
| Name of Cookie | Data collected | Purpose | Storage time |
| PHPSESSID | Connection identifier | PHP native Cookie. It is used to establish user session and store session data. | End of the session |
| Name of Cookie | Data collected | Purpose | Storage time |
| PHPSESSID | Connection identifier | PHP native Cookie. It is used to establish user session and store session data. | End of the session |
3.2 Functional Cookies
These are the Cookies which enable us to archive your browsing preferences on our Site/our application by storing the various options you chose during your last visit. We can thus propose them to you again to simplify your browsing on our Site/our application (e.g. the choice of the version to be displayed, standard or mobile-optimized, the choice of the language displayed). You can oppose them and delete them via your browser settings, but your user experience is liable to be impaired.
This concerns the following Cookies:
| Name of Cookie | Data collected | Purpose | Storage time |
| tarteaucitron | Consent for each service | Records your consent or refusal for each service used by this Site. | 12 months |
| __atuvc | None | Associated with the AddThis widget that is integrated to allow users to share content on different social networks. | 1 month |
| __atuvs | None | Associated with the AddThis widget that is integrated to allow users to share content on different social networks. | 30 minutes |
| pll_language | Last language used | Record the last language used on this Site. | 12 months |
| Didomi_token | • user_id: The current user identifier • created: date of creation of the Didomi token • updated: date consent was last updated • vendors.enabled: list of activated providers personalized on the legal basis of consent • vendors.disabled: list of disabled providers personalized on the legal basis of consent • purposes.enabled: list of activated purposes personalized on the legal basis of consent • purposes.enabled: list of personalized purposes disabled on the legal basis of consent • vendors_li.enabled: list of activated providers personalized on the legal basis of legitimate interest • vendors_li.disabled: list of disabled providers personalized on the legal basis of legitimate interest • purposes_li.enabled: list of activated purposes personalized on the legal basis of consent • purposes_li.disabled: list of disabled purposes personalized on the legal basis of consent • version: TCF version used (Transparency and consent framework) | This cookie contains consent information for personalization and vendor purposes, as well as information specific to Didomi (e.g. user ID). | 12 months |
| Consent string (euconsent-v2) – Didomi | Please consult the technical specification provided by the IAB to see what it contains | Contains the IAB TCF consent string and consent information for all IAB standard providers and purposes. | 6 months |
3.3 Analytical Cookies
These are Cookies which tell us about the use and performances of our sites and allow us to draw up statistics on traffic volumes and use of the various elements of our site (contents visited and visitor paths), enabling us to make our services more interesting and user-friendly (pages or sections most often consulted, most read articles, etc.).
If you give your approval (consent), LES LABORATOIRES SERVIER will store Cookies enabling collection of the information strictly necessary for the purposes described in the table below.
This concerns the following Cookies :
| Name of Cookie | Data collected | Purpose | Storage time |
| _pk_id.* | Unique user ID | Statistics | 13 months |
| _pk_ses.* | Unique session ID | Statistics | 30 minutes |
| _ga _gid _gat | Number of visitors, page views (title and URL), location (country/city), demographic data (age groups/gender), device type (computer/smartphone), browser type, operating system | Web traffic analysis by Google Analytics | 13 months |
| _clck | Stores information about how visitors use the Site | Web traffic analysis by Microsoft Clarity (visitor journey, session recording) | 12 months |
| _clsk | Number of visitors, where they visit the Site from, as well as the pages visited | Analysis of Site traffic by Microsoft Clarity (visitor journey, session recording) | 6 months |
| _fbp | Browser ID, User ID | Acronym for “Facebook Pixel”, allows visitor tracking | 13 months |
| _fbc | Browser ID, User ID | Deposited on visitors from a Facebook ad | 13 months |
3.4 Social Media and Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies are used to provide you with relevant advertising on and off our site, including on social networks, and to prevent the same advert from appearing again and again. They collect certain information to better target ads to your interests.
This concerns the following Cookies :
| Name of Cookie | Data collected | Purpose | Storage time |
| Social Media | Allows us to collect browsing information and serve targeted ads on the Facebook and Instagram platforms. | 13 months | |
| Google Ads “NID” | Navigation information’s | Enables the collection of browsing information and the delivery of targeted advertising on Google’s tools via its Google Ads platform | 6 months |
3.5 Third-Party Cookies
The functions of this site listed below use services offered by third parties (Twitter flows and video).
If you give your approval (consent), these third parties will store Cookies which will enable you to view content hosted by these third parties directly on www.servier.ca, www.myservier.ca or on www.venixxa.ca share our contents.
Via these Cookies, these third parties will collect and use your browsing data for their own purposes, in accordance with their confidentiality policy.
Configure my preferences4. Configuration of your browser, smartphone and software components
Any setting change which you may make on your devis will be liable to modify your browsing on our sites and your conditions of access to certain services/functions requiring the use of Cookies. You can authorise or refuse the recording of Cookies in your device and change the device’s settings at any time.
If you have accepted the recording of Cookies in your browser software, they are stored in a dedicated area of your device.
If you refuse the recording of Cookies in your device or if you delete those which are recorded in it, you will no longer be able to benefit from certain functions even though they are necessary for browsing in certain areas of nos sites. If applicable, we decline all responsibility for any consequences due to the downgraded operation of our sites resulting from the fact that it is impossible for us to store or consult the Cookies necessary for their functioning which you have deleted or refused.
4.1How do you configure your browser?
Most browsers accept Cookies by default. However, you can decide to block these Cookies or ask your browser to inform you when a site attempts to install a Cookie on your device.
Please refer to your browser’s help menu to configure the Cookies according to your preferences. The links to the Cookie setting instructions for the main browsers are given below:
- Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/278835/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer
- Google Chrome:https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=nl
- Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop
- Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/10607
- Safari: https://help.apple.com/safari/mac/9.0/?lang=en#/sfri11471
- Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
4.2How do you configure your confidentiality settings in your smartphone/tablet?
You can decide to change the confidentiality settings of your smartphone/tablet.
To configure your confidentiality settings:
- Android system: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DAndroid&hl=en
- Apple system: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265
You can also visit the below link for an overview of how to block or delete Cookies on the most common browsers: https://www.allaboutcookies.org
For any further queries or information related to this Cookie Management Policy, please contact us at: dataprivacy@servier.com or privacy-ca@servier.com , with the subject line “Cookies Policy”.
Last updated on October 31, 2024