Last updated: March 1, 2025
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how Webyn SAS ("Webyn", "we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies on webyn.org and the Webyn platform, and what choices you have regarding their use. This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which provides broader context on how we handle personal data.
We are committed to transparency about the technologies we use to operate our website and improve your experience. This policy is designed to meet the requirements of the ePrivacy Directive as implemented in France, the CNIL's guidance on cookies and trackers, and the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679. We update this policy whenever we add, remove, or change cookies in ways that affect your privacy choices.
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or want to exercise your rights, please contact us at contact@webyn.org or through the information provided in Section 9 below.
Cookies are small text files that are stored in your browser or on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used by websites to make them function, improve efficiency, provide information to site owners, and in some cases, to enable advertising. Cookies are set either by the website you are visiting (first-party cookies) or by third parties whose content appears on that site (third-party cookies).
Cookies can be "session cookies," which are automatically deleted when you close your browser, or "persistent cookies," which remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them. Persistent cookies are retrieved each time you visit the website that set them, or by third parties whose technology is embedded on the site.
In addition to cookies, we may use similar technologies such as web beacons (also called pixel tags or clear GIFs), local storage objects, and fingerprinting technologies. These technologies function similarly to cookies in terms of the type of information they collect and the privacy implications they carry. For the purposes of this policy, we use "cookies" as a general term to cover all of these technologies unless we specify otherwise.
Cookies themselves do not contain personal data in the sense of your name or email address. However, information collected through cookies — such as a persistent identifier that tracks your activity across multiple visits — can constitute personal data under GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive when it can be used to identify or single out an individual. We treat cookie-derived data as personal data where applicable law requires us to do so.
We use cookies to operate and improve our website and platform, to understand how visitors interact with our content, to remember your preferences, and where you have consented, to deliver relevant marketing content. The specific purposes for which we use cookies are described in detail in Section 4 below.
We do not use cookies to sell your personal data to third parties. We do not use cookies to enable third-party advertising networks to build profiles about you for use on other websites. We do not use cookies to infer sensitive characteristics about you, such as health status, political views, or religious beliefs.
Where cookies require your consent under the ePrivacy Directive — because they are not strictly necessary for the website to function — we seek your consent through our cookie banner before setting those cookies. You may withdraw consent at any time by adjusting your cookie preferences through the settings described in Section 7.
Essential cookies are strictly necessary for our website and platform to function. Without these cookies, services you have requested — such as logging into your account, maintaining your session, or remembering your security preferences — cannot be provided. Because these cookies are strictly necessary, they do not require your consent and cannot be disabled through our cookie preference center. You can, however, disable them through your browser settings, although doing so will prevent the website and platform from functioning correctly.
The essential cookies we use include: a session identifier cookie that maintains your login state during a browsing session; a security token cookie that protects against cross-site request forgery attacks; a cookie preference record that stores your consent choices so we do not ask for them on every page load; and load balancer cookies that route your requests to the appropriate server infrastructure.
Essential cookies are always first-party cookies set by webyn.org. They do not contain sensitive information and are protected using appropriate security attributes (SameSite=Strict or SameSite=Lax, Secure, HttpOnly where applicable). Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent essential cookies expire within 12 months of being set.
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use our website — which pages they visit, how long they spend, which links they click, and how they arrived at the site. This information is used in aggregate to improve the website and to prioritize development work. Analytics cookies do not identify you personally; they assign a pseudonymous identifier to your browser that is used to distinguish visits without linking them to an identifiable person.
We use an analytics platform hosted on EU infrastructure to collect and process this data. Our analytics implementation is configured to anonymize IP addresses, to store data on EU servers only, and to not share data with third parties for advertising purposes. These configurations are designed to satisfy CNIL's conditions for the analytics cookie exemption from consent — specifically, that the data is processed only for statistical purposes for the benefit of Webyn, is not combined with other data to build individual profiles, and is not shared with third parties.
Where analytics cookies fall within the CNIL exemption, they are set without requiring your active consent. Where they do not qualify for the exemption — for example, where analytics data is shared with third-party platforms — we seek consent before setting them. The duration of analytics cookies set by Webyn is 13 months from the date of last visit, consistent with CNIL guidance.
Functional cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization on our website. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. Examples include: cookies that remember your preferred language or region, cookies that maintain your progress through a multi-step form between sessions, and cookies that store your customer support chat history between visits.
Functional cookies that are not strictly necessary for the Service to work require your consent before they are set. Where you do not consent to functional cookies, you may find that some features of the website do not work as expected or that you need to re-enter information on each visit.
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites and to build profiles used for targeted advertising and marketing personalization. These cookies are set by advertising networks and marketing technology platforms, and they enable us to show you relevant advertising on third-party platforms such as LinkedIn, and to measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.
Marketing cookies are strictly consent-based. We do not set any marketing cookies until you have provided explicit consent through our cookie banner. If you consent to marketing cookies and later change your mind, you can withdraw consent through our cookie preference center at any time. Withdrawal of consent prevents future marketing cookies from being set; it does not retroactively delete cookies already set before consent was withdrawn, but those cookies will expire according to their normal schedule.
Marketing cookies include: LinkedIn Insight Tag, used for LinkedIn campaign attribution and to enable LinkedIn retargeting audiences; and conversion tracking pixels from advertising platforms where we run paid campaigns. The data collected by these cookies is subject to the privacy policies of the respective third-party platforms, which we link in Section 5 below.
Some cookies on our website are set by third-party services that appear in our pages. These third parties set and access cookies on your browser according to their own privacy policies. Webyn does not control these third-party cookies and is not responsible for the privacy practices of third parties.
Where a third party processes personal data collected through cookies on our website on our behalf — for example, our analytics provider — they do so as a data processor under a data processing agreement with Webyn. Where a third party processes personal data as an independent data controller — for example, LinkedIn for its advertising tracking purposes — their own privacy policy governs that processing.
Third-party services whose cookies may be set on webyn.org include: our analytics platform (details available on request); Stripe, for payment processing on our checkout pages; and LinkedIn, where you have consented to marketing cookies. We periodically review our third-party integrations and update this policy to reflect changes.
You can learn more about how LinkedIn uses data collected through its cookie by visiting the LinkedIn Privacy Policy at linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy. You can opt out of LinkedIn advertising targeting by adjusting your LinkedIn account settings or through the NAI opt-out tool.
The duration for which cookies remain on your device depends on whether they are session cookies or persistent cookies, and on the specific expiry period set for each cookie. The following table provides the general duration categories we use:
Session cookies: Deleted automatically when you close your browser. Used for authentication and security purposes.
Short-term persistent cookies (up to 7 days): Used for consent management records and certain security purposes.
Medium-term persistent cookies (7 days to 13 months): Used for analytics and functional purposes. Our analytics cookies are set with a maximum 13-month duration, consistent with CNIL guidance.
Long-term persistent cookies (over 13 months): We do not currently set any first-party cookies with a duration exceeding 13 months. Third-party cookies may have longer durations set by the respective third parties.
You can view the specific cookies currently set by webyn.org at any time using your browser's developer tools. In Chrome, press F12, select the Application tab, and expand the Cookies section. In Firefox, press F12 and select the Storage tab. In Safari, enable the Develop menu in Preferences, then select Show Web Inspector from the Develop menu.
You have several options for managing cookies when you visit webyn.org. The options available to you depend on the type of cookie.
Cookie preference center: You can access our cookie preference center at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings" link in the footer of our website. The preference center allows you to accept or decline each category of non-essential cookies. Your preferences are stored in a first-party cookie so that we do not need to ask you again on each visit.
Browser settings: All major browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can choose to block all cookies, block third-party cookies only, or allow all cookies. You can also delete existing cookies from your browser. Note that blocking essential cookies will prevent the Webyn platform from functioning correctly. Instructions for managing cookies in common browsers:
Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data. You can also manage site-specific cookies by clicking the padlock icon in the address bar when visiting any page on webyn.org.
Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data. Firefox also offers an Enhanced Tracking Protection feature that blocks known tracking cookies by default.
Apple Safari: Preferences > Privacy. Safari blocks third-party cookies by default. You can manage cookies for individual sites through Settings > Safari > Advanced > Website Data.
Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and Site Permissions > Manage and delete cookies and site data.
Opt-out tools for analytics and advertising: For analytics tracking, you can use the browser-based opt-out mechanisms provided by analytics platform providers. For online advertising tracking, the Digital Advertising Alliance (youronlinechoices.eu), the Network Advertising Initiative (optout.networkadvertising.org), and the Interactive Advertising Bureau provide opt-out tools that work across participating advertising networks.
Please be aware that blocking or deleting cookies may affect the functionality of many websites, not just webyn.org. Some website features may not work correctly, and you may need to re-enter preferences or credentials that would otherwise have been remembered by cookies.
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time as we add, modify, or remove cookies, or as legal requirements change. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy. We may also notify you through our cookie banner or by email where changes are significant. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
If changes affect cookies that require consent, we will ask for your consent again before setting those cookies under the new terms.
If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, would like a complete list of cookies currently used on webyn.org, or want to raise a concern about our use of cookies, please contact us:
Webyn SAS
Paris, France
Email: contact@webyn.org
For concerns about how we handle personal data more broadly, including data collected through cookies, you may also contact France's data protection authority, the CNIL, at www.cnil.fr.