COOKIES GUIDELINES
To make our website work properly, we sometimes place small data files called “cookies” on your device.
IMPORTANT: These Guidelines apply to the use of cookies on GIRO’s website. In connection with our use of Dynamics 365 Customer Insights customer relationship management (CRM) software, Microsoft may store cookies on the computers or mobile devices of GIRO’S customers and prospects. For more information, please click here.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit the website. Cookies are useful as they enable the website to remember you, your actions and preferences over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the website or browse from one page to another.
Cookies can also be used to analyze and establish anonymized statistics about your use of our website. They can only be read by the website that transmits them to your computer.
When you visit GIRO’s website, you will be prompted to accept or refuse cookies.
Why do we use cookies?
We use cookies for a variety of purposes, including remembering your preferences, tracking users' movements around our website, enabling you to move between web pages more efficiently, helping us understand how our website is used so that we can improve its performance, and record information about your visit to help target advertising and content specific to you.
What types of cookies are used by GIRO and how long are they stored on my device?
Internal cookies are cookies set by GIRO, and only we can read them. In addition, our website also uses third-party services that use their own cookies, known as third-party cookies (in our case, Google, Microsoft, YouTube, Cookiebot and SmartRecruiters as listed below).
Persistent cookies are those that are stored on your computer or mobile device and are not deleted automatically when you exit your browser, unlike session cookies which are temporary and remain on your device until you close your web browser.
Cookie Guidelines last updated on 07/07/2024.
We use the following types of cookies:
Necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary for you to access and browse our website and use its features. Without cookies, services that are essential to your experience (such as navigating from page to page) cannot be provided.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Type | Lifespan |
| _GIROCurrentLanguage | giro.ca | Stores website language preferences. | Internal cookie |
1 year |
| __RequestVerificationToken | giro.ca | Helps prevent dangerous Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. | Internal cookie | Session |
| ARRAffinity |
giro.ca | It is used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session. | Internal cookie | Session |
| ARRAffinitySameSite | giro.ca | Along with the ARRAffinity cookie, helps direct requests to the correct instance. | Internal cookie | Session |
| ASP.NET_SessionId |
giro.ca |
Keeps user settings configured through page requests. | Internal cookie | Session |
| CookieConsent | Stores user cookie preferences. | Third-party cookie | 1 year | |
| 1.gif | Used to count the number of sessions on the website, necessary to optimize the delivery of CMP products. | Third-party cookie | Session | |
| AI_buffer | Used in context with “AI_sentBuffer” to limit the number of updates to the data server (Azure). This synergy also enables the website to detect duplicate data server updates. | Third-party cookie | Session | |
| AI_sentBuffer | Used in context with “AI_Buffer” to limit the number of updates to the data server (Azure). This synergy also enables the website to detect duplicate data server updates. | Third-party cookie | Session | |
| object(#-#-##:#:#.#) | Stores the user’s time zone. | Third-party cookie | Session | |
| ai_session | Stores user settings through page requests. | Third-party cookie | 1 day | |
| rc::a | Used to distinguish humans from robots. This is beneficial for the website to create valid reports on the use of their site. | Third-party cookie | Persistent | |
| rc::c | Used to distinguish humans from robots. This is beneficial for the website to create valid reports on the use of their site. | Third-party cookie | Session | |
| cf_clearance | Used to distinguish humans from robots. | Third-party cookie | 1 year | |
| AWSALB | Records which server group serves the visitor. This is used in the context of load balancing to optimize the user experience. | Third-party cookie | 7 days | |
| AWSALBCORS | Records which server group serves the visitor. This is used in the context of load balancing to optimize the user experience | Third-party cookie | 7 days |
Analytical cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources, measure what pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the website. They help us to improve the performance of our website, for example by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Type | Lifespan |
| _ga | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | Third-party cookie | 2 years | |
| _ga_# | Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as the dates of the first and most recent visits. | Third-party cookie |
2 years |
|
| _gat | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate and limit the collection of statistical data on high traffic websites. | Third-party cookie | 1 day | |
| collect | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behavior. Follows the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | Third-party cookie | Session | |
| ai_user | Microsoft | It is used by the Microsoft Application Insights software, which collects statistical usage and telemetry information for apps built on the Azure cloud platform. This is a unique user identifier cookie enabling counting of the number of users accessing the application over time | Third-party cookie | Persistent |
By using these tools, a third-party provider can obtain, among other things, the following information:
- Your Internet service provider,
- Operating system (e.g. Mac OS, Windows),
- Device type and model (e.g. iPhone 14),
- Browser type, language, version and other related data (e.g. Chrome, Safari)
- Device screen resolution,
- Date, time, and duration of visits,
- The region or municipality from which the site is consulted, determined based on the IP address, and
- The pages consulted on our website (the sequence of consultation, the interactions on the page, the date, time, duration and frequency of your visits and your activities [clicks, screen scrolling, search terms, etc.]).
Marketing cookies
These cookies may be within our website by third parties to record data about your visit to our website. This may include, for example, the pages you have visited, the links you have followed, the number of times you have seen an advertisement, the advertisements you have clicked on and your browsing habits and interests. They may be used to build up a profile of your interests and to offer you relevant advertising on other websites. If you do not authorize these cookies, your advertising will be less targeted.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Type | Lifespan |
| NID | This cookie places a unique identifier that Google uses to save your browsing preferences, in order to personalize and measure the effectiveness of ads displayed on Google sites. | Third-party cookie | 6 months | |
| #-# | YouTube | Used to track user interaction with embedded content. | Third-party cookie | Session |
| iU5q-!O9@$ | YouTube | Records a unique identifier to keep statistics on YouTube videos viewed by the user. | Third-party cookie | Session |
| LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | YouTube | Used to track user interaction with embedded content. | Third-party cookie | Persistent |
| nextId | YouTube | Used to track user interaction with embedded content. | Third-party cookie | Session |
| remote_sid | YouTube | Necessary for the installation and operation of YouTube video content on the website. | Third-party cookie | Session |
| requests | YouTube | Used to track user interaction with embedded content. | Third-party cookie | Session |
| ServiceWorkerLogsDatabase#SWHealthLog | YouTube | Necessary for the installation and operation of YouTube video content on the website. | Third-party cookie | Persistent |
| TESTCOOKIESENABLED | YouTube | Used to track user interaction with embedded content. | Third-party cookie | 1 day |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | YouTube | Attempts to estimate user bandwidth on pages with embedded YouTube videos. | Third-party cookie | 180 days |
| YSC | YouTube | Records a unique identifier to keep statistics on YouTube videos viewed by the user. | Third-party cookie | Session |
| yt.innertube::nextId | YouTube | Records a unique identifier to keep statistics on YouTube videos viewed by the user. | Third-party cookie |
Persistent |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | YouTube | Used to track user interaction with embedded content. | Third-party cookie | Persistent |
| YtIdbMeta#databases | YouTube | Used to track user interaction with embedded content. | Third-party cookie | Persistent |
| yt-remote-cast-available | YouTube | Stores the user's video playback preferences for embedded YouTube videos. | Third-party cookie | Session |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | YouTube | Stores the user's video playback preferences for embedded YouTube videos. | Third-party cookie | Session |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | YouTube | Stores the user's video playback preferences for embedded YouTube videos. | Third-party cookie | Persistent |
| yt-remote-device-id | YouTube | Stores the user's video playback preferences for embedded YouTube videos. | Third-party cookie | Persistent |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | YouTube | Stores the user's video playback preferences for embedded YouTube videos. | Third-party cookie | Session |
| yt-remote-session-app | YouTube | Stores the user's video playback preferences for embedded YouTube videos. | Third-party cookie | Session |
| yt-remote-session-name | YouTube | Stores the user's video playback preferences for embedded YouTube videos. | Third-party cookie | Session |
Can I manage my preferences on cookies?
When you visit GIRO’s website, you will be prompted to accept or refuse cookies. You can change or withdraw your consent from these Cookie Guidelines at any time by using our cookie management tool (click on the privacy trigger in the bottom-left corner).
If you have any concerns about our use of cookies, you can take action to prevent them from being set, such as by changing your browser settings to block certain types of cookies. Instructions to this effect are provided on the support page of each browser’s website. Find out how to manage cookies with popular browsers:
However, if you choose to decline or block cookies, certain pages or sections of our website may not display properly or certain features may not be available.
You may also delete cookies held on your device at any time by going to the appropriate settings within your web browser and clearing your browsing history. This will remove all cookies from all websites you have visited.
Contact us
If you have any queries or comments regarding these Cookie Guidelines, please contact us by email at dpo@giro.ca.