Cookie Policy

Welcome to the website of Bostik, the Global site of BOSTIK, a company belonging to the Arkema Group.The term “Arkema Group” used hereafter is defined as including all Bostik : BOSTIK INC.,BOSTIK S.A., ARKEMA INC., ARKEMA FRANCE, ARKEMA, as well as their subsidiaries and affiliates. 

This privacy policy and terms of use apply to this website and to all mobile applications of Bostik.

Use of this website and any mobile applications implies your agreement and acceptance to be bound by these general terms and conditions of use.  These terms and conditions may change, so we suggest that you check back regularly to be aware of any such changes.

1. Cookies used by Arkema for website functionalities, statistical analyses and content personalization

These cookies are used in order to monitor the use and the performance of our website, and to determine whether improvements are required to facilitate the user experience.

We use cookies to save your session and to carry out other activities that are strictly necessary for the operation of the same, for example in relation to the distribution of traffic.

Our website also uses cookies to save browsing preferences and to optimize your browsing experience.

For personal account holders, please note that after you logged onto Arkema’s websites, Arkema will collect navigation data via the cookies placed on the website.

Arkema will analyze your navigation data and combine them with other information we may have regarding the activities of your company, in order to provide you with the documentation and promotional information appropriate to your preferences and interests.

If you do not want your navigation data to be processed by Arkema for this purposes, you can exercise your right to object at any time by contacting:

Arkema
Direction Juridique
420 rue d’Estienne d’Orves – 92700 Colombes – France

The following cookies are cookies used by Arkema:

Name of the cookie	Functionality
ocmsLoginToken _patindex _patlastrun _patsid _patuser_id QSI_HistorySession	Help us to remember a website user who is a registered member on Arkema’s website
_mkto_trk _ga _cs_id	The cookies recognize you as a unique user when you return to the site, and to track various data related to your website usage in order to provide custom content or services related to your specific interests.

2. Other types of cookies or third-party tools that might use them

Some cookies are provided on our behalf by trusted third party service providers to aid with user experience, reporting of user behaviour, market research, providing advertisements according to user's interests and improving the Website functionality for example.

 

Please find below the list of third party cookies which are used on our websites:

Name of the cookie	Third Party Provider	Functionality
srvnode	Facil-iti	The cookies recognizes visually impaired individuals who use this tool offered by Facil-iti in order to display the website according to their preferences
_ga _atuvc _atuvs _gid _sm_au_c loc mus uid uvc bkdc bku	Addthis Social Widget	AddThis offers social plugins such as share buttons that are embedded on websites and allow the user to share a page of the website they are on. Addthis also offers functionalities for targeted marketing purposes on social media. You may find AddThis privacy policy on the following website: http://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy    You may find additional information on the following website: http://www.addthis.com/privacy/opt-out
PREF SID APISID YSC VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE SSID LOGIN_INFO SAPISID HSID NID CONSENT IDE _ncuid	Youtube Videos	Youtube is a streaming service that hosts the videos on our website. These cookies help Youtube to count the views of the videos embedded on Arkema’s website.  They are used for targeted marketing purposes on Youtube website.
_ga NID _sm_au_c _ga _gid	Google Analytics Tool	Google Analytics is web analytics service that helps us to improve the user experience. The cookies help Google Analytics to remember a user when he comes back to a website and to analyse how users use the site. You may find Google privacy policy on the following website: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
QST t_uid amplitude_idqualtrics.com optimizelySegments optimizelyBuckerts optimizelyEndUserId	Qualtrics Survey Tool	Qualtrics is a tool that allows us to trigger some "pop-up surveys" to some visitors of our websites if they visit some specifics pages. The cookies are used for the purpose of those surveys on Arkema’s websites.
_cs_id _cs_s _cs_vars _cs_ex _cs_c _cs_optout	ContentSquare	ContentSquare is a solution which aggregates usage and frequency data so as to improve user experience. Statistics created are anonymous. To be excluded from this monitoring, please click here.
IDE _ncuid DSID _tlv _tlc _tli _tlp	Double Click	DoubleClick is a Google program that helps Google to improve the quality and the relevance of their ads. The cookies remember websites visited by the users and the purchases they have made in order to retarget them after on the Google advertising network.

3. Your agreement to the use of cookies

The use of cookies is subject to your agreement. You accept the use of cookies by pursuing your navigation after your first entrance on the website. Your agreement to the use of cookie is valid for a period of 13 months.

 

4. How can I control or delete cookies?

In relation to our website, most browsers are initially set up to automatically accept cookies that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you use websites. You can change the settings on your browser to block cookies or to alert you when cookies are being set on your computer or mobile device. You can also delete cookies stored on your computer or mobile device through your browser.

Please refer to your browser instructions or Help screen to learn more about how to adjust or modify your browser settings. You will find below the Help pages of the commonly used navigators:

• Internet Explorer
• Mozilla Firefox
• Google Chrome
• Safari (on your mobile, see this page)
• Opera

You can also activate the parameter “Do not track” on your browser in order to send a code stating that you do not wish to be tracked:

• Internet Explorer 11
• Mozilla Firefox
• Google Chrome
• Safari
• Opera
• For opting-out cookies placed by Google Analytics, you can also install the following add-on on your usual) navigator (Microsoft Internet Explorer 11, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari or Opera): https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB

Please note that parts of our websites may not function correctly if you disable the cookies.