Cookies Policy

PingRoots (“Us”, “We”, or “Our”) uses cookies on www.pingroot.com (the “Service”).

Our Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use cookies on the Service, and how to manage them.

The Service website uses cookies to allow you to take full advantage of the functionality of the Service. Cookies improve your future browsing experiences on the website. By using the Service, you consent to the use of cookies.

The Service only uses cookies to identify the IP address of your terminal, your browsing habits, and behavior on the website. No cookie used on the website can identify you as a person (surname, name, address, email, phone). See our Privacy Policy.

PingRoots provides useful information below so that you can manage your cookies with full knowledge.

1. What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small data file sent by a website that is stored and processed by your web browser when you visit a website. Subject to your consent, cookies are stored in the directory or in the program data sub-folders of the browser used on your terminal (computer, mobile, or tablet). It allows a website to temporarily save anonymous information about visits and visitors. Cookies are placed when you use your browser to consult a website, helping to detect your language, remember your consultations and preferences, customize content, analyze traffic, conduct surveys and analyses, identify technical anomalies, and ensure security. Cookies record information relating to your internet browsing and can only be read by their issuers. They can also log what type of terminal is connected to the Internet when viewing the content, which page, and at what time. They do not identify you personally but recognize the browser on your terminal only during the validity period of the cookie used. Cookies are mainly used to ensure that the website works as expected to provide you with the best user experience possible.

2. How to manage your cookies?

You agree to the placement of cookies, information about which is communicated to you in the cookie information banner visible when you first connect to the site:

If you decide to refuse cookies, you may no longer be able to fully benefit from the Service or from other websites that you visit. The refusal of certain cookies may disrupt or block certain navigation features on websites (difficulty displaying content or registering, for example).

Configuration of your internet browser:s

You can choose to deactivate these cookies at any time on your browser. You can accept or delete cookies one by one or delete them systematically.

Cookie preferences must be set for each browser (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Safari). You generally have several ways to manage cookies, including: completely authorizing or prohibiting cookies, deleting specific cookies that have already been saved by the browser, preventing certain websites from sending cookies to your computer, or blocking third-party cookies (when browsing on a website, cookies are sent to your computer by another website).

Please find below the necessary information on managing cookies with each of the main browsers:

You can also find useful information about how to control cookies on the “AllAboutCookies” website.

3. What types of cookies does the Service use, what are they used for, and what is their purpose?

When you use and access the Service, we may place a number of cookie files in your web browser. We use different types of cookies to run the Service. The validity period of the cookie varies according to its use and cannot exceed 24 months from the day you give your consent to the integration of said cookie.

Strictly necessary cookies

These allow you to access all the functional features of our website and are essential for the smooth running of the Service. These cookies are necessary for the operation of the website and cannot be deactivated in our systems. They are generally placed on your web browser following a specific action carried out on the website linked to a request, such as cookie use acceptance or management of your privacy preferences. You can configure your browser to block these cookies, but certain parts of the site will no longer function afterward. These cookies do not store any personal data that can identify you as a person. The legal basis for these cookies is to fulfill our contractual obligation.

Performance cookies

These cookies collect information about how you use our website, for example, the most visited pages and if error messages are displayed. They do not collect data that identifies internet users as a person. All information collected by these cookies remains anonymous. These cookies are intended solely to improve the functioning of the website. They measure traffic or the audience linked to our website and analyze interactions carried out on the website during your visit.

Purpose of the use of data collected from cookies Cookie Lifetime Legal right to data processing
Visit statistics 24 months Legitimate interest: server capacity configuration and measurement of visitors
Information of changes to our services 13 months This processing is necessary for the execution of our legal obligations and/or for the establishment, exercise, or defense of a legal claim
Website management for internal technical operations 13 months This processing is based on the legitimate interest of ensuring the security of the site and improving its characteristics
Improvement and optimization of our site 13 months This processing is based on our legitimate interest in providing you content formatted for its use
Preservation of a healthy and secure environment on the site 13 months This processing is based on our obligation to ensure the security of the site
Functionality cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember your choices, the chosen language, or the region where your device is located, providing you with a more precise and customized user experience. These cookies can also be used to remember changes made by you, such as text size or font, or leaving a comment on the content. The information collected by these cookies can be made anonymous and cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

Purpose of the use of data collected from cookies Cookie Lifetime Legal right to data processing
To improve the browsing experience 24 months This processing is based on our legitimate interest in improving the use of the website
To display information relating to the use of our services 13 months This processing is based on the legitimate interest to improve the navigation of the user and with its consent
To allow you to use all the interactive features of our service if you wish 13 months This processing is necessary to guarantee the full display or use of accessible content to the user with its consent
4. Cookies of other websites

Our website contains links to other websites. We do not know which cookies are used by these websites. For more information, please see the information in their Cookie Policy.

5. Cookies of social media networks

To allow you to share content from the Service or post a comment, the Service contains sharing links to social networks (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn). When you use these sharing buttons, a third-party cookie is installed. If you are connected to the social network while browsing our site, the sharing buttons allow you to link the content viewed to your user account. To learn about the purpose and extent of data collection, processing, and use of data by the social network(s) you belong to, as well as your rights and abilities to modify the parameters to protect your privacy, we invite you to read their respective Cookie management policy.