Cookie Policy
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| 1 | 1 | This page explains the cookies used when you visit the following websites (the "Website"): [scaleway.com.](https://www.scaleway.com/en/) |
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| 3 | 3 | ## What are cookies? |
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| 5 | 5 | Cookies are small files containing a chain of characters, stored by your browser on your device (computer, mobile, tablet, etc.). Cookies cannot be used to identify who you are, without other information. However, they record information relating to your browsing of the Website, such as your preferences for example, which may be read directly by our servers when you subsequently visit or send requests to the Website. |
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| 7 | ## How are cookies used? | |
| 7 | ## What cookies does Scaleway use? | |
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| 9 | Most cookies that may be stored or read when you browse the Website are used solely to enhance your browsing experience on the Website and make certain services on the Website available. If you decide not to allow those cookies, this could adversely affect your experience on the Website and could even block your access to certain services offered on the Website. We disclaim all liability in that respect. | |
| 10 | Cookies that are necessary for the provision of the service you have requested may also be installed. They can be used, for example, to remember your interface customization choices while you continue browsing the Website or to maintain your session open during your time spent browsing the Website, after you have logged in and until you log out. | |
| 11 | Some cookies are used for statistical purposes and for web analytics, to help us improve our services and our Website. Those cookies are anonymous. | |
| 12 | Third parties may also install and use cookies on the Website. Those cookies are governed by the cookie policies implemented by those third parties and we recommend that you read them. We do not have any control over the cookies installed by third parties. | |
| 9 | As part of our commitment to transparency, Scaleway informs you that its website uses cookies (or similar technologies) necessary for its proper functioning, particularly for security, session management, and the storage of your interface preferences. Optional cookies are also used to improve our services, including audience measurement, statistical analysis, as well as marketing and advertising personalization cookies that help measure the effectiveness of our campaigns and provide content tailored to your interests. The use of these optional cookies is based on your consent, which you may give or withdraw at any time. The list below provides detailed information about the cookies used on our website, including their purposes and characteristics : | |
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| 11 | | name | domain | category | description | platform | privacy\_link | expiry | | |
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| 13 | | \_hjSession\_\* | .scaleway.com | analytics | A cookie that holds the current session data. This ensues that subsequent requests within the session window will be attributed to the same Hotjar session. | Hotjar | [privacy](https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy/) | < 1 day | | |
| 14 | | \_hjSessionUser\_\* | .scaleway.com | analytics | Hotjar cookie that is set when a user first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. | Hotjar | [privacy](https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy/) | 12 months | | |
| 15 | | bcookie | .linkedin.com | advertising | Used by LinkedIn to track the use of embedded services. | LinkedIn | [privacy](https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy) | 12 months | | |
| 16 | | li\_gc | .linkedin.com | advertising | Used to store guest consent to the use of cookies for non‑essential purposes | LinkedIn | [privacy](https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy) | 6 months | | |
| 17 | | \_\_cf\_bm | .hubspot.com | unknown | Cloudflare's bot products identify and mitigate automated traffic to protect your site from bad bots. Cloudflare places the \_\_cf\_bm cookie on End User devices that access Customer sites that are protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode. The \_\_cf\_bm cookie is necessary for the proper functioning of these bot solutions. | Cloudflare | [privacy](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/) | < 1 day | | |
| 18 | | \_\_hssc | .scaleway.com | unknown | This cookie keeps track of sessions. | HubSpot | [privacy](https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy) | < 1 day | | |
| 19 | | \_\_hssrc | .scaleway.com | unknown | Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. | HubSpot | [privacy](https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy) | Session | | |
| 20 | | \_\_hstc | .scaleway.com | unknown | The main cookie for tracking visitors. | HubSpot | [privacy](https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy) | 6 months | | |
| 21 | | \_cfuvid | .hubspot.com | unknown | The \_cfuvid cookie is only set when a site uses this option in a Rate Limiting Rule, and is only used to allow the Cloudflare WAF to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address. | Cloudflare | [privacy](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/) | Session | | |
| 22 | | \_cfuvid | .hsforms.com | unknown | The \_cfuvid cookie is only set when a site uses this option in a Rate Limiting Rule, and is only used to allow the Cloudflare WAF to distinguish individual users who share the same IP address. | Cloudflare | [privacy](https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/) | Session | | |
| 23 | | \_gcl\_au | .scaleway.com | unknown | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. | Google | [privacy](https://business.safety.google/privacy/) | 3 months | | |
| 24 | | \_scw\_rgpd\_advertising | www.scaleway.com | technical | Storage of consent advertising purpose | Scaleway | | 6 months | | |
| 25 | | \_scw\_rgpd\_analytics | www.scaleway.com | technical | Storage of consent analytics purpose | Scaleway | | 13 months | | |
| 26 | | \_scw\_rgpd\_essential | www.scaleway.com | technical | Storage of consent essential purpose | Scaleway | | 13 months | | |
| 27 | | \_scw\_rgpd\_functional | www.scaleway.com | technical | Storage of consent functional purpose | Scaleway | | 13 months | | |
| 28 | | \_scw\_rgpd\_hash | www.scaleway.com | technical | internal cookie to store consent check and reoptin | Scaleway | | 6 months | | |
| 29 | | \_scw\_rgpd\_marketing | www.scaleway.com | technical | Storage of consent marketing purpose | Scaleway | | 13 months | | |
| 30 | | hubspotutk | .scaleway.com | unknown | This cookie keeps track of a visitor's identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. | HubSpot | [privacy](https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy) | 6 months | | |
| 31 | | lidc | .linkedin.com | unknown | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | LinkedIn | [privacy](https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy) | 1 days | | |
| 32 | | rl\_anonymous\_id | .scaleway.com | technical | Stores the anonymous ID. By default, it would be the auto‑generated unique ID by SDK for each visitor unless overridden via setAnonymousId API. All the subsequent event payloads will contain this data unless cleared from the storage. | Rudderstack | [privacy](https://www.rudderstack.com/privacy-policy/) | 12 months | | |
| 33 | | rl\_page\_init\_referrer | .scaleway.com | technical | Stores the initial referrer of the page when a user visits a site for the first time. All the subsequent event payloads will contain this data. | Rudderstack | [privacy](https://www.rudderstack.com/privacy-policy/) | 12 months | | |
| 34 | | rl\_session | .scaleway.com | technical | Stores the session‑related information including sessionId if session tracking is enabled. | Rudderstack | [privacy](https://www.rudderstack.com/privacy-policy/) | 12 months | | |
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| 14 | 36 | ## How can I manage cookies on my device and/or disable cookies? |
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| 16 | Cookies can only be installed on your device with your consent unless they are strictly necessary for the provision of a service you have requested or they are solely designed to enable or facilitate electronic communications. Your prior consent is not required for anonymous cookies used solely to obtain statistics and for web analytics. However, you may disable the installation of those types of cookies on your device. When you visit the Website, a cookie banner informs you that we use cookies and invites you to enable or disable their installation on your device. They will only be installed if you accept them or if you continue browsing our Website by visiting another page of the Website or clicking on a link in the Website. Your consent is valid for 13 months and corresponds to the maximum retention period for our cookies. After 13 months, you will be asked to consent to cookies again. You may also manage your cookie preferences at any time, to enable or disable them, by following the instructions stated below. | |
| 38 | Cookies can only be installed on your device with your consent unless they are strictly necessary for the provision of a service you have requested or they are solely designed to enable or facilitate electronic communications. Your prior consent is not required for anonymous cookies used solely to obtain statistics and for web analytics. However, you may disable the installation of those types of cookies on your device. When you visit the Website, a cookie banner informs you that we use cookies and invites you to enable or disable their installation on your device. They will only be installed if you accept them or if you continue browsing our Website by visiting another page of the Website or clicking on a link in the Website. Your consent is valid for 13 months and corresponds to the maximum retention period for our cookies. After 13 months, you will be asked to consent to cookies again. You can also manage your cookie preferences at any time, to enable or disable them, via the cookie manager below. | |
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| 40 | ## Select your preferred cookies | |
| 41 | ||
| 42 | Help us improve our website! You can also consult our [Cookie policy](https://www.scaleway.com/en/cookie/). | |
| 43 | ||
| 44 | Functional | |
| 45 | ||
| 46 | Always active | |
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| 48 | These cookies are required for the website to function properly and to allow you to use its services and features. Without these cookies, we would be unable to provide certain requested services or features. | |
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| 50 | Analytics | |
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| 52 | These cookies are used to monitor the performance of our site and to enhance your browsing experience. | |
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| 54 | Applicable cookies: **Amplitude, Algolia** | |
| 55 | ||
| 56 | Marketing | |
| 57 | ||
| 58 | These cookies are used to understand user behavior in order to provide you with a more relevant browsing experience or personalize the content on our site. | |
| 59 | ||
| 60 | Applicable cookies: **LinkedIn, Google AdWord** | |
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| 17 | 62 | You can manage the installation of cookies on your device in the Internet settings menu of your browser. However, if you decide not to allow certain cookies, this could adversely affect or even block your access to certain services offered on the Website. You may disable the installation of cookies on your terminal through your browser settings using the following procedures: |
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| 19 | 64 | ### Firefox |
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| 21 | 66 | 1. Click the Menu button and choose Preferences |
| 22 | 67 | 2. Select the Privacy & Security panel and go to the History section. |
| 59 | 104 | 1. Click Settings and then Advanced. |
| 60 | 105 | 2. In the Cookies from websites drop-down menu, select Block all. |
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| 62 | 107 | You can also regularly clear the cookies installed on your device. For any questions regarding our cookie policy, please address your query at [privacy@scaleway.com.](mailto:privacy@scaleway.com) |
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| 64 | 109 | SCALEWAY, a simplified stock corporation (Société anonyme par actions simplifiée) with a working capital of €214.410,50, headquartered at 8 rue de la ville l'Evêque - 75008 Paris, FRANCE, registered with the Paris Corporate and Trade Register number RCS PARIS B 433 115 904, VAT number FR35433115904, reachable via its Internet site [https://www.scaleway.com/](https://www.scaleway.com/) |
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| 66 | ## Select your preferred cookies | |
| 67 | ||
| 68 | Help us improve our website! You can also consult our [Cookie policy](https://www.scaleway.com/en/cookie/). | |
| 69 | ||
| 70 | Functional | |
| 71 | ||
| 72 | Always active | |
| 73 | ||
| 74 | These cookies are required for the website to function properly and to allow you to use its services and features. Without these cookies, we would be unable to provide certain requested services or features. | |
| 75 | ||
| 76 | Analytics | |
| 77 | ||
| 78 | These cookies are used to monitor the performance of our site and to enhance your browsing experience. | |
| 79 | ||
| 80 | Applicable cookies: **Amplitude, Algolia** | |
| 81 | ||
| 82 | Marketing | |
| 83 | ||
| 84 | These cookies are used to understand user behavior in order to provide you with a more relevant browsing experience or personalize the content on our site. | |
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| 86 | Applicable cookies: **LinkedIn, Google AdWord** |