Last updated : april 2025
I. What is a cookie?
Cookies refer to small text files or trackers that are likely to be deposited, read and stored when You visit Our Site, on Your fixed or mobile device (computer, tablet, smartphone, television, connected object). It has a unique identifier assigned to Your device and allows the Site to remember Your actions and preferences (location, language and font size and other display preferences) for a specified legal period. Thus, You do not need to provide certain information each time You access the Site or when You browse from page to page. Cookies can also help Us personalize Your browsing experience. These cookies allow Us to get to know You better, to provide You with offers and products in line with your interests and to make it easier for You to navigate the Site.
1. Definitions
"Consent Management Platform" ("CMP"): refers to the consent management platform. CMP displays a banner at the first visit of the Site, displaying the different purposes and data controllers, store user choices and implement solutions to respect these choices. Our CMP allows us to set up an interface for collecting Your Consent.
"Consent" of the data subject means any freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject's wishes by which he or she agrees, by a statement or by a clear affirmative action, to the processing of personal data concerning him or her. We will ask for Your consent to be able to process Your data in specific cases such as receiving commercial communications from Our partners.
"Pixel": refers to a 1x1 pixel graphic that is loaded when the User opens a web page or email. The pixel makes it possible to trace all the activity of a User on the Web, regardless of the pages visited after the one where a pixel is located.
2. The different types of cookies
There are two main categories of cookies:
- Session cookies.
- Persistent cookies.
Session cookies allow the Site to facilitate Your navigation by allowing You to browse many pages of the Site without Us having to always ask You for the same information previously communicated to the Site. These cookies disappear when You close Your browser.
Persistent cookies help the Site remember Your information and settings for Your subsequent visits to the Site. On Your first visit, the Site is presented in default mode. During Your visit, You select Your preferences, which are remembered for Your next visit to the Site through the use of persistent Cookies. Persistent cookies in turn fall into two categories:
1) Our Cookies
2) Third-Party Cookies
1) Our Cookies
Our Cookies have essential purposes: to ensure the security of the Site, to prevent peaks in traffic, to measure the Site's audience anonymously to better understand the topics that interest You most, to allow You to save Your display and browsing preferences on Our Site. You control Your browsing and decide which Cookies You accept to be placed on Your terminal: desktop or laptop computer, tablet, smartphone. You personalize Your choices through the "Cookie Settings" button in Our Cookies banner at the bottom of the Site's page. Our Cookies fall into the following categories:
1. Technical cookies, Essential cookies These cookies are necessary for the security of the Site and are among those exempted from consent by the CNIL, because they are intended for authentication with a service, including those aimed at ensuring the security of the authentication mechanism, for example by limiting robotic or unexpected attempts or allowing the load balancing of equipment contributing to a communication service. These Cookies make it easier for You to browse Our Site. Essential cookies are also those that store Your choice when they are deposited on Your connection terminal, because these cookies will allow us to send You the history of Your consents if You make a request for access to Your data, for example.
2. Audience Measurement Cookies (Analytics Cookies): These cookies allow Us to analyze Your browsing on Our Site, to perform statistics and to improve Your User experience. The analyses are carried out on anonymized Aggregated Data. For example, audience measurement cookies show Us the most frequently visited pages, allow Us to better understand the overall habits of use of the Site and to anticipate the difficulties You are likely to encounter during Your browsing.
These cookies allow Us to improve the Site and do not collect personal data. The audience measurement of Our Site is carried out by AT Internet, a publisher considered by the CNIL, to be perfectly compliant, which is why their cookies are exempt from consent. This means that AT Internet complies with the following cumulative conditions: Collection of data strictly necessary for the provision of the service expressly requested by the user; A purpose limited to the strict measurement of audience; General GDPR compliance.
2) Third-Party Cookies Since A.S.O. does not manage the cookies placed by Social Media sites, We are not responsible for their use of Your Data. We invite You to read the privacy policies and cookie policies of each of the third-party partners in order to understand the use that is made of Your Data. You can also learn how to disable them by following their instructions. A.S.O. Allows you to visit Our official social media pages and watch videos.
That's why We have implemented different buttons for each of the Social Networks:
- X;
- Dailymotion.
- Facebook;
- LinkedIn
2.1 Social Media and Video Cookies These cookies come from third-party applications that allow You to follow Us on Our official page in social media. These cookies also allow Social Networks to offer You personalized advertising based on your interests. In most cases, to follow Our official social media pages You will need to log in to Your account.
1. Meta Inc.: Facebook and Instagram Buttons Our Corporate Sites have implemented a Facebook and Instagram button to allow You to visit the Facebook and Instagram pages of the event, in which case, Meta Inc., parent company of Facebook and Instagram is considered as a Joint Data Controller. Indeed, Facebook and Instagram collect Your Data as soon as You open a site in which this Facebook and/or Instagram Pixel is positioned and tracks Your browsing in all the Sites.
About Meta Inc.’s role as a Joint Data Controller, You can find all the information required by Article 13(1) (a) and b) GDPR in Meta Inc.'s Data Policy available at: https://fr-fr.facebook.com/privacy/policy/?entry_point=data_policy_redirect&entry=0
Further information on how Meta Inc. processes Personal Data, including the legal basis on which Meta Inc. relies as well as the means available to data subjects to exercise their rights against Facebook and/or Instagram, can be found in Meta Inc.'s Data Use Policy available at:https://fr-fr.facebook.com/privacy/policy/?entry_point=data_policy_redirect&entry=0
However, once You are redirected to the Facebook or Instagram page of the event, Meta Inc. becomes an "Independent Controller" because Facebook and/or Instagram are the only ones to decide what data to collect, the purposes of the processing of Your data and You will have to contact Facebook and/or Instagram to exercise Your rights.
2. X Button Our Institutional Sites have implemented X to allow You to follow the event on X. In this case, X is a joint Data Controller. Indeed, X collects Your Data every time You click on the X button on Our Site. About X role as Joint Data Controller, You can find all the information required by Article 13(1) (a) and b) GDPR in X's data policy on: https://X.com/en/privacy.
Further information on how X processes personal data, including the legal basis on which X relies as well as the means available to data subjects to exercise their rights against X, can be found in X's Data Use Policy available at: https://X.com/en/privacy.
However, once You are redirected to the X page of the event, X becomes an "Independent Controller" because X is the only one to decide which data to collect, the purposes of the processing of Your data and You will have to contact X to exercise Your rights.
3. Dailymotion Button Our Institutional Sites have implemented Dailymotion to allow You to follow the event on Dailymotion's videos. In this case, Dailymotion is considered as a Joint Data Controller. Indeed, Dailymotion collects Your Data every time You click on the Dailymotion button on Our site.
About Dailymotion’s role as Joint Data Controller, You can find all the information required by Article 13(1) (a) and b) GDPR in Dailymotion's data policy on: https://www.dailymotion.com/legal/privacy?localization=fr.
Further information on how Dailymotion processes personal data, including the legal basis on which Dailymotion relies as well as the means available to data subjects to exercise their rights against Dailymotion, can be found in Dailymotion's Data Use Policy available at: https://www.dailymotion.com/legal/privacy?localization=fr
However, once You are redirected to the Dailymotion page of the event, Dailymotion becomes an "Independent Controller" as Dailymotion is the only one to decide what data to collect, the purposes of the processing of Your data and You will have to contact Dailymotion to exercise Your rights.
4. Tik Tok Button Our Institutional Sites have implemented a Tik Tok button to allow You to follow the Event on videos shared on TikTok. In this case, TikTok Technology Limited (hereinafter "TikTok Ireland") is the joint controller. This is because TikTok Ireland collects Your Data every time You click on the TikTok button on Our site. About Tik Tok Ireland’s role as a Joint Data Controller, You can find all the information required by Article 13(1) (a) and b) GDPR in TikTok's data policy on: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy?lang=en.
Further information on how TikTok Ireland processes personal data, including the legal basis on which TikTok Ireland relies as well as the means available to data subjects to exercise their rights against TikTok Ireland, can be found in Tik Tok's Data Use Policy available at: https://www.tiktok.com/legal/privacy-policy?lang=en However, once You are redirected to the TikTok page of the Event, TikTok Ireland becomes an "Independent Controller" as TikTok Ireland is the only one to decide which data to collect, the purposes of the processing of Your data and You will need to contact TikTok Ireland to exercise Your rights.
5. LinkedIn Button
Our Site has implemented a link to Our LinkedIn page to follow Us and find out about articles or posts related to Our topics or our job offers. In this case, LinkedIn is a joint controller. Indeed, LinkedIn collects Your Data every time You click on the LinkedIn button on Our Site. Further information on how LinkedIn processes personal data, including the legal basis on which LinkedIn relies as well as the means available to data subjects to exercise their rights against LinkedIn, can be found in LinkedIn's Privacy Policy, available at https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
However, once you are redirected to Our LinkedIn page, LinkedIn becomes an "Independent controller" because LinkedIn is the only one to decide what data to collect, the purposes of the processing of Your data and You will have to contact LinkedIn to exercise your rights.
3. Cookie settings
3.1. Through Our CMP (recommended)
Our Site allows you to configure the cookies placed on our Site by clicking on "Cookie Settings" at the bottom of the page. You can go back on Your choices at any time.
3.2. By configuring Your Internet browser
Some web browsers allow You to set cookies and trackers on a purpose-by-purpose basis, both on Your fixed devices and on Your mobile devices. On each browser, the configuration may be different as well as the vocabulary used. Depending on the browser You are using, You will need to go to "Options", "Preferences" or "Advanced Settings" in order to be able to configure your "Privacy and Security", "Privacy" or "Privacy and Security".
Then, You will be able to select, purpose by purpose, the Cookies that You agree to deposit on Your device as well as the Permissions You give to the Sites: location, images, microphone, virtual reality, etc. Example: Firefox :
1. Go to OPTIONS
2. Click on "Privacy & Security"
3. Go to "Cookies and Site Data" so that You can decide to delete Your data or manage the permissions You wish to grant to the Site.
4. You can decide to keep or delete Your search history;
5. Finally, by going to "Permissions", you will be able to set the permissions for each type of data. You can also decide to keep or delete cookies when you exit the browser. Some browsers use the "Do Not Track" button , which is not always understood by sites, and especially by advertising agencies, as a "Privacy and Security" setting. If You would like more information on how to properly configure Your "Privacy and Security" in each of the main browsers, We invite You to read the recommendations of the CNIL on its website: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/les-conseils-de-la-cnil-pour-maitriser-votre-navigateur .
You will find all the explanations on how to control the cookies and trackers of the browser You use to connect to Our Site. A.S.O. is not responsible for the Privacy Policy or the Cookie Policy of browsers and cannot be held responsible in the event of non-compliance with the applicable Regulations of the internet browsers You use. We recommend that You read their Cookie Policy and/or Privacy Policy.
4. Cookies Retention Period
If You consent to the deposit of Cookies on Your device, they will be kept for a maximum period of six (6) months from their deposit on Your device. At the end of this period (or if You have manually deleted Your cookies), Your Consent for the deposit and/or reading of cookies will be required again and You will have to set Your choices again directly by accessing the "Cookie Settings".
5. Contact
If You have any questions about this Cookie Policy, We invite You to contact Our DPO by sending an email to the address: dpo@aso.fr or by sending a letter to: AMAURY SPORT ORGANISATION DATA PROTECTION OFFICER West Quay Building, 40-42 Quai du Point du Jour CS 90302 92650 Boulogne Billancourt France
