9. Control files (Cookies)

One functionality of the site may require the use of cookies. Non-personal information is recorded automatically by this system or other technology installed in your computer. They may contain information which you supplied in the form you filled in. Therefore you will not need, on subsequent visits, to fill in again the form we presented you. We use them especially to offer you material suited to your areas of interest and to protect our services and those of our clients from illegal or unsolicited advertisements, advertising material, Spam, 'excessive circulars', 'chain letters', 'pyramidal systems' or any other form of soliciting. We have not set a limit on the length of time this information is kept on your computer, but you can delete them whenever you wish, or prevent the recording of " cookies " by configuring your computer as follows :

- If your Internet navigator is Internet Explorer version 3 or 4 (Microsoft) :

Click on " display ", " options ", " advanced ". Among the various warnings you can activate, the fourth is entitled " warn before accepting cookies " and, only on Internet Explorer 4, the fifth is entitled " always refuse cookies " .

- If your Internet navigator is Navigator Gold 3 (Netscape) :

Click on " display ", " network preferences ", " protocols ". Among the various warnings you can activate, the fourth is entitled " warn before accepting a cookie ". You will then be warned on the arrival of a " cookie " and you will be able to prevent its being recorded by your navigation software. If you use another navigator or later versions than the one you informed us of, please make enquiries from the company which designed the product.