Saint-Gobain, along with its third-party affiliates and partners, utilizes cookies and other identification technologies on its websites, mobile applications, and email communications. These technologies are used to, among other things: determine content popularity, enable third parties to deliver personalized advertising campaigns, analyze site traffic and trends, remember user preferences and settings, and generally understand the behavior and interests of individuals interacting with our services.
ARE YOU AFFECTED BY COOKIE REGULATIONS?
The rules regarding cookies are governed by Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications).
This directive also covers the use of similar technologies for storing or accessing information, such as "Flash cookies" and terminal fingerprinting.
Organizations must provide clear and comprehensive information about how they use cookies and ensure that, for any cookie that is not strictly necessary for their website, they provide an appropriate means for you to consent to its use on your device, unless otherwise specified in the regulations.
WHAT COOKIES ARE USED?
When you visit our company's website, cookies may be automatically installed and temporarily stored in your computer's memory or hard drive to facilitate navigation on our site. Cookies do not allow us to identify you personally but are used to record information about the pages you have viewed on our site, the date and time of your visit, etc.
Below is a list of cookies used by Saint-Gobain.com and their purposes:
Cookie List
Cookies are small pieces of data (text files) that a website requests—when visited by a user—for your browser to store on your device to remember information about you, such as language preferences or login information.
These cookies can be managed by us (first-party cookies) or by third parties (third-party cookies) originating from a different domain than the website you are visiting—usually for advertising and marketing purposes.
Specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, some or all of these services may not function properly.
Performance & Analytics Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors navigate the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and anonymous.
If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be disabled in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.
You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site may not function properly. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
FROM THE PREFERENCE CENTER ON SAINT-GOBAIN.COM
You have the choice to accept or reject cookies, except for cookies that are strictly necessary for the provision of our services, which will be stored automatically. For cookies that require your prior consent, you can set your preferences at any time by accessing the Preference Center via:
- Clicking "Set Cookies" in the information panel about our use of cookies.
- Clicking the "Set Cookies" icon, which is always accessible in the bottom left corner of the screen while you are browsing the site.
COOKIE SETTINGS FROM YOUR BROWSER
You can use your web browser settings to:
- Delete all cookies.
- Block all cookies.
- Allow all cookies.
- Block third-party cookies (i.e., cookies set by online services other than the one you are visiting).
- Delete all cookies when you close your browser.
- Open a "Private Browsing" / "Incognito Mode" session, which allows you to browse without saving browsing history or local data such as cookies (however, please note that this feature has limitations in the context of privacy).
- Install extensions and plugins that extend browser functionality.
Please note that these actions may delete all cookies used by the browser, including those used by other websites, which may result in the loss of certain settings or information and make website navigation difficult.
USEFUL INFORMATION
- Several websites provide detailed information about cookies, including AboutCookies.org and AllAboutCookies.org.
- The Your Online Choices website from the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance allows you to install opt-out cookies on various advertising networks.
- Google has developed a browser extension to allow users to disable Google Analytics on all websites that use it. This extension is available in the Chrome Web Store.
- Some browsers have a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that allows you to indicate your preference that websites do not track your activity. However, although DNT is available in many browsers, websites are not required to recognize this request, so this feature may not always work. You can find guidance on using DNT in Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera.
- Internet Explorer has Tracking Protection Lists, which allow you to import lists of websites you want to block.
ANALYTICS
This site uses Matomo to analyze traffic and help us improve your user experience.
We process your email and IP addresses, and store cookies on your browser for 13 months. This data is processed only by us and our web hosting platform.
Please read our Privacy Policy for more information.