Article 1 – Preamble
Viking SMR (hereinafter "the Publisher") uses cookies on the website https://www.viking-bateaux.com/ (hereinafter "the Website"). This cookie policy allows Users to better understand the means, uses and purposes of the use of cookies on the website, and how to use the tools made available to configure them.
This cookie policy supplements the legal notice and the general terms of use that Users can consult on the following page: Legal notice.
1.1. Definitions
User (hereinafter "the User"): any internet user connecting to and using the website. All internet users who connect to, browse, read, view and use the website are considered users.
Article 2 – Cookies
What is a "cookie"?
A "cookie" or "tracker" (hereinafter "Cookies") is a small electronic file saved on the hard drive of the User's device (computer, smartphone, etc.) by a website they visit. A cookie is saved via the User's Internet browser software. It is stored in order to save various technical information and data that can then be read during a subsequent visit to the same website.
A cookie can only be read by its issuer, to whom it allows, during its period of validity, to recognise the device concerned each time that device accesses the issuer's website. Cookies do not allow the User to be identified and in no way risk damaging the User's device.
There are different types of cookies whose uses and content may vary. Short-term cookies contain information that is used during the User's browsing session. They are automatically deleted when the User closes their Internet browser software. Persistent cookies are used to store information that is used on each visit. This data allows websites to recognise the User and adapt to their previous choices and/or preferences. These cookies have a duration that can vary from a few minutes to several months.
When browsing this website, the Publisher and/or third-party companies may place one or more cookies on the hard drive of the User's device in order to collect information on website traffic such as pages visited. This information allows the Publisher to improve the operation, navigation, interactivity and, more generally, the use of the website and its services.
Article 3 – Consent
The User's consent is required for the use of certain cookies. On first connection to the website, the User has the option of accepting or opposing the storage of cookies on their device through an information banner offered by the website or by configuring their Internet browser software.
Continuing to browse to another page of the website or selecting an element of the website (in particular image, text, link, etc.) constitutes the User's acceptance of the storage of the cookies concerned on their device.
This User consent is considered valid for a maximum period of 13 (thirteen) months. At the end of this period, the website will again ask the User for authorisation to store cookies on the hard drive of their device.
Article 4 – Cookies used by the website
The website Publisher draws the User's attention to the fact that the following cookies are used during their browsing on the website:
4.1. Internal cookies necessary for the website to function
4.2. Audience measurement cookies
– "Google Analytics" cookie: Used to measure website audience.
– "Facebook Pixel" cookie: Used to measure the audience of ads displayed on Facebook.
Article 5 – Purposes of cookies used
– Internal cookies necessary for the website to function: They allow the website to operate optimally. The User can oppose and delete them by using the information banner offered by the website or by configuring their Internet browser software, being informed that this may have consequences on the use of the website.
– Audience measurement cookies: They allow statistics and volumes of traffic and use of the various elements making up the website (pages and content visited, navigation paths) to be established, to improve the interest and ergonomics of the services offered, to adapt the presentation of the website to the display preferences of the User's device (language used, display resolution, operating system used, etc.) during their visits to the website, depending on the equipment and viewing or reading software that the device has.
Article 6 – Opposition to the use of cookies
The User is informed that they can oppose the storage of cookies on their device. If the User decides to disable cookies, they can continue browsing the website. However, any malfunction of the website caused by this manipulation cannot be considered as being the fault of the website Publisher.
6.1. Information banner settings
By clicking on the "Settings" button on the information banner offered by the website, the User has the option of accepting or refusing cookies from one or more of the services listed, using the "Allow" and "Deny" buttons.
6.2. Browser software settings
The User can block and delete cookies at any time through their Internet browser software; they can also configure their Internet browser software to be informed when a cookie is installed on their device, and indicate whether certain cookies should be systematically refused.
The configuration steps vary from one Internet browser software to another. They are described in the help menu of each Internet browser software and indicate how the User can change their wishes regarding cookies. For information, the User can find at the following addresses the steps to follow to configure their Internet browser software to oppose the storage of cookies:
- For Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
- For Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
- For Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
- For Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411
- For Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/en/cookies.html
6.3. "Adobe Flash" settings
The "Adobe Flash" software component is configured by default to allow the storage of information enabling the User to be tracked, and the configuration of the User's choices regarding cookies is done through an interface different from that provided by Internet browser software. It is recommended to change these settings by connecting to the settings manager accessible at the following address:
http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager02.html#118539
Article 7 – Changes to the cookie policy
This cookie policy may be consulted at any time by Users of the website. The Publisher reserves the right to modify it in order to guarantee its compliance with current law or when any modification of the website implies a change to the rules concerning it. Users are therefore invited to consult this cookie policy regularly in order to stay informed of any changes that may be made.
This cookie policy was last updated on: 15/04/2026.
Article 8 – Information about cookies
For better knowledge and control of cookies, Users are invited to consult the website of the CNIL (Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés — the French data protection authority) at the following address: https://www.cnil.fr/fr/cookies-les-outils-pour-les-maitriser