Cookie Policy of the A.D.E.L.F.E (Adoption et Droits des Enfants pour une Liaison Familiale et Équitable.) site

Version of 04/08/2025

Information about cookies

This website, owned by A.D.E.L.F.E (Adoption et Droits des Enfants pour une Liaison Familiale et Équitable.), data controller (Article 4, paragraph 7, of the GDPR), uses cookies and similar technologies. This information details the use of cookies and how you can control them. These tools are used to personalize promotional communications and services based on your interests and preferences, by combining data collected directly or indirectly by A.D.E.L.F.E (Adoption et Droits des Enfants pour une Liaison Familiale et Équitable.).

This information about cookies and their management methods has been adopted in accordance with the current guidelines on cookies and other tracking systems. By using this website, you agree to the use of cookies (and similar technologies) in accordance with the information provided in this document and your choices.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small files containing letters and numbers that are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. This information is stored on your device's hard drive and sent by your browser to a web server, concerning your use of the Internet. They thus allow us to understand the services and sites visited, as well as the options selected during your navigation.

Cookies serve various functions: they allow you to navigate efficiently between pages, remember your preferences, and, more generally, improve your experience. They can also help ensure that the ads displayed during your navigation are relevant to you and that the marketing activities implemented match your preferences, thus avoiding unwanted promotional initiatives or those that do not meet your needs.

While browsing a website, a user may also receive on their device cookies sent by other websites or web servers (so-called 'third parties'). These cookies may contain certain elements (e.g., images, maps, sounds, links to pages of other domains) present on the visited website. Therefore, in this regard, there may be:

• First-party cookies : Sent directly from a site to the user's device.
• Third-party cookies : Sent by a third party on our behalf. This site uses third-party cookies to analyze our website and its use (as described below).

In addition, depending on the purpose of use of the cookies, they can be distinguished as:

• Technical cookies : They are used to enable the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network or to provide a service specifically requested by the user. They are not used for any other purpose. Technical cookies, the use of which does not require the user's consent, include navigation or session cookies, analytics cookies (if the IP is masked and not combined for profiling), and functional cookies.
• Profiling cookies : These cookies are used to create user profiles and allow targeted promotional messages to be sent based on the preferences displayed during navigation. They can only be used for these purposes with your consent.

How cookies are used by this site

The use of cookies by this site and third parties includes:

• Knowing the total number of continuous visitors as well as the types of browsers and operating systems used;
• Monitoring the site's performance, including how visitors use it, as well as to improve its functionalities;
• Personalizing and improving the user's online experience;
• Allowing user profiling for targeted and personalized promotional purposes, based on preferences and interests expressed online, on this site and offline. These cookies will also be combined to create profiles for the purposes explained here with other information available to the data controller. Finally, this category also includes 'fingerprinting' (a form of passive tracking), a technique that allows the identification of the device used by the user without requiring the storage of information on their device. The result is a 'profile' exclusively accessible to the data controller or the third party who manages it. The user has no way of refusing their consent, except by directly contacting the data controller or the third party.

Our servers automatically collect your IP address, which we may associate with your domain name or your Internet service provider. We may also collect certain clickstream data regarding your use of the site. This data includes, for example, information about your computer or device, your browser, your operating system and its settings, the referring page, the pages and content viewed or clicked during your visit, the time and type of downloads, the site you visit after visiting ours, as well as the search terms you enter on our site or on a redirect site.

How to control or delete cookies

You have the right to accept or refuse cookies. However, please note that by refusing certain cookies, you may not be able to use all the features of the site. If you have previously consented to profiling, the communications you receive may not match your interests. If you choose to manage your cookie preferences, our cookie management tool will install a technical cookie on your device to remember your preferences. Deleting cookies from your device also deletes this cookie; these choices will therefore have to be reiterated.

You can block cookies by using your browser settings (usually available in the 'Help', 'Tools', or 'Edit' menus). Disabling a cookie or a category of cookies does not delete them from your browser; this operation must be performed directly in the browser.

To delete, disable, or restore cookies on your computer, you can use the cookie configuration pages provided by third-party content providers or via your browser options. Below are links to the cookie management instructions for the most popular browsers:

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Edge
• Opera
• Safari (Apple)

If you are using a mobile device, please refer to your device's instruction manual to find out how to manage cookies.

If you choose to close the cookie banner, the default settings will be maintained, which does not allow the use of cookies or other tracking tools other than technical ones. In summary, you will not be profiled.

If you have disabled one or more cookies, we can still use the information collected before this deactivation. However, from that moment on, we will no longer use the disabled cookies to collect other information.

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by accessing the 'Cookie Policy' link in the footer of the website. The cookie banner will no longer be displayed on your subsequent visits, provided that:

• A.D.E.L.F.E (Adoption et Droits des Enfants pour une Liaison Familiale et Équitable.) has not made substantial changes to its cookie policy;
• Legal provisions have been introduced that require the redisplay of the cookie banner;
• It is impossible for the site to know if a cookie has already been saved on the device;
• At least 6 (six) months have passed since your last visit.

Likewise, you can change your choices through the features available in the browser menu, as indicated above, or follow the instructions contained in the user manual of your mobile devices.