1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your browser or device when you visit our digital publications. They enable our servers to remember your preferences (such as English or French language selection), maintain secure session authentication, and analyze aggregate reader trends.
2. Categories of Cookies We Deploy
- Essential Cookies: Strictly necessary for the core operational security, bilingual routing, and load balancing of our network. These cannot be switched off.
- Functional Cookies: Retain user preferences, such as active language state (
lang=fr/lang=en) and layout parameters. - Performance & Telemetry: Anonymized aggregated metrics (such as page load duration and Core Web Vitals performance) collected without tracking individual user identities.
3. Managing Cookie Preferences
You can adjust your browser settings at any time to block or alert you about cookies. Please note that disabling essential cookies may impact your ability to experience certain bilingual features or secure submission portals.