Circles refers to the worldwide organization of the Circles Group and may refer to one or more of the Circles Group entities. The controller is the Circles entity (hereinafter “Circles”, or “We”, or “Us”) that collects and processes the personal data provided by a visitor. Where local legislation requires a higher level of protection than this Cookie Policy, local legislation will always prevail over this Cookie Policy. The purpose of this cookie policy (the “Policy”) is to describe the measures we have put in place to respect the privacy of all visitors to and users of our Site. Or contact us by sending an e-mail to the following address: info@circles.com.
Cookies are small files downloaded to your terminal when you access our Site, with the aim of recognizing your terminal or storing information about your preferences or past actions. They are used to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions on our various Sites.
Other tracking technologies, such as pixel tags or web beacons, may also be used on your terminal to collect unique identifiers associated with it and other data such as your IP address. Pixel tags or web beacons are small images placed on a web page or in an e-mail. A web beacon works like a tag that records a user's visit to a particular web page or consultation of a particular e-mail.
Strictly necessary cookies are cookies that must be present on the Site in order to provide the basic functions of the Site. Without these cookies, the Site and its various features would not work. They are generally only created in response to actions you take that correspond to a request for services, such as configuring your privacy preferences, logging in or filling out forms (e.g. to register for an event or provide us with your feedback). They also allow you to keep your session open when you identify yourself on our Site.
Your consent is not necessary for the deposit of these cookies in accordance with the applicable regulations, but we will provide you with information on their use.
Functionality cookies help us remember the settings you have selected or provide you with other functionality when you use our Site. This allows us to remember your choices; so when you visit the Site again, we will remember your preferences. These cookies allow us to improve functionality and personalization options. They may be created by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our Sites. You can configure your browser or cookie settings so that they block or alert you of the existence of these cookies, but note that some or all of these features and certain parts of our Site may then not work.
These cookies, which include analytical cookies, help us improve the quality and design of our Site. This functionality allows us to measure the number of times a page has been visited, to know which pages and features are the most popular and to see how visitors navigate our Site, to improve their experience. These cookies may also allow us to know the number of visitors to our Site who originate from a Circles advertisement on a third-party site. If you do not accept these cookies, or subsequently withdraw your consent, we will not have access to any information allowing us to improve our Site or determine what appeals to end users. These cookies allow us to know how to improve our Sites.
The information collected by these cookies may be aggregated. Our Site's analytics metrics, reports, and statistics, if used alone, do not allow us or our vendors to identify any individual user. In this case, this cookie may not be subject to your consent in accordance with the applicable regulations.
Targeted advertising cookies are placed on our Site by us, as well as by our advertising partners, to present you with relevant advertisements which best match your interests, rather than generic advertisements which may not interest you. These cookies may include social media cookies which allow you to share content on social networks and improve the usability of our content using the sharing buttons on our Site, in particular with Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. The social networks that provide these sharing buttons can identify you through this process only if your account on this social network has been activated on your terminal. Circles has no control over the processes used by these social networks to collect and process your personal data.
Targeted advertising cookies allow only your browser and/or device to be identified. If you do not accept the use of these cookies, you will not benefit from our targeted advertising on various platforms. However, you may still be exposed to our generic advertisements on these platforms. These cookies collect information relating to the following elements: the page from which you accessed the Site, the page on which our advertising was presented to you, the advertising material you saw, the device you used to access our Site and the downloads you have made.
In addition, we also use cookies on certain parts of our Site to communicate with third-party cookie providers to learn about your digital habits. These cookies allow us to know you better and target advertisements that are likely to interest you.
Session cookies are automatically deleted from your device at the end of your session. Permanent cookies are stored on your device for a maximum period of 13 months, unless you manually delete cookies within your browser settings.
When you access our Site for the first time, a banner intended to inform you and collect your consent to the placement of cookies is presented to you. As long as you have not expressed your choice (acceptance, rejection, or configuration), this banner will remain visible, in accordance with the applicable regulations, and no cookie (apart from Cookies that are strictly necessary or exempt from consent) will be installed on your terminal. If you choose to refuse the placement of cookies, a refusal cookie will be installed on your browser/terminal, in order to record your choice. Every six (6) months, we will ask you to confirm your choice relating to the deposit of cookies by showing you the banner again.
If you delete this refusal cookie from your browser/terminal (within your browser settings or by using a private browsing window for example), it will no longer be possible for us to identify your refusal choice. Consequently, you will be asked this choice again on your next visit to our Site.
Strictly necessary cookies do not require your consent. For functionality, audience measurement and targeted advertising cookies, you can consent or refuse them at any time by: Using the Cookie settings tool accessible from the banner or at any time on our Site; The cookie settings provide you with all the information relating to the purposes of each cookie that can be placed on your terminal in the “Cookie Details” tab. You can therefore make a choice with full knowledge of each of the cookies placed. Configuring your terminal or browser to accept or refuse cookies.
However, please note that if you disable or refuse cookies, you will not be able to take full advantage of some of the features of our Site. For example, you will not be able to benefit from the automatic login and other personalization features of our Site.
Please also note that you must configure each browser on your different terminals (tablets, smartphones, computers) so that your choice is taken into account in each case. There are different ways to configure your browsers. We recommend that you refer to the “Help” section of your browser to understand how to configure it and exercise your options.
You also have the option to deactivate the following audience measurement cookies: You can deactivate “Google Analytics” cookies by downloading the module accessible at the following address: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout /; You can deactivate the LinkedIn Insight tag by changing your user settings on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/
Concerning cookies linked to social networks, please consult the policies of the social network to understand their cookies, and how they use the information they collect through the sharing buttons, and in order to know how to exercise your choices and rights.
We may modify this policy from time to time as necessary. Please note that this policy may change in particular with the future entry into force of any applicable regulations. If changes are made to this policy, please note that it may take up to 30 business days for new privacy practices to be implemented. Check this page regularly to monitor changes. Furthermore, a change within this policy may result in the presentation of the banner.
f you have any questions or concerns about your privacy, please contact us by sending an email to the following email address: circles.privacy@sodexo.com. For more information on your rights relating to the protection of your Personal Data, please consult the privacy policy.
For more information on your rights relating to the protection of your Personal Data, please consult the privacy policy. If you have a general question, which is not related to the processing of your Personal Data, please contact:
o Circles US: info@circles.com
o Circles France : contact.circles.fr@sodexo.com
o Circles Sweden: info@circles.com
o Circles UK : Circles.uk@sodexo.com
Updated : 07/5/2024
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