Cookie Policy
At IOTA Group, we are particularly attentive to providing you with the best possible service and to maintaining the trust you place in us.
In this context, we have adopted strong principles to ensure the protection of your data.
That is why we wish to provide you with transparent information on how we place, use, and store cookies on your device when you visit our website www.iota-group.com, and to present you with the options available to manage them.
1. What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text, image, or software files that may be placed and/or read on your device when you access our website. The term “device” refers in particular to computers, smartphones, tablets, and any other device used to access the Internet.
Cookies may be:
– Session cookies: deleted from your device once the session and browser are closed;
– Persistent cookies: stored on your device until deleted
2. What types of information can be stored in a cookie?
The information stored by cookies placed on your device may relate to the following, within the limits of their retention period: – The web pages you have visited; – The type of browser you use; – Your IP address; – And any other information you have provided on our website. Cookies may contain personal data covered by our Protection Policy3. What types of cookies do we use and for what purposes?
3.1 Technical Cookies (Strictly Necessary)
These cookies ensure the proper functioning of the website. They allow us to comply with our legal obligations, notably by ensuring a secure online environment (for example, by detecting repeated login failures to prevent unauthorized persons from accessing your account). The use of these cookies does not require your prior consent.
3.2 Functional Cookies (Subject to Your Consent)
These functional cookies allow us to take your preferences into account as a user, for example, to remember your communication language when you log in repeatedly. They are subject to your permission.
3.3 Statistical Cookies (Subject to Your Consent)
We use statistical cookies to optimize the experience of visitors on our website. These cookies allow us to obtain information about the use of the site. Your permission is required for their placement.
3.4 Marketing/Tracking Cookies (Subject to Your Consent)
These cookies allow us to observe the results of marketing campaigns and to create user profiles or track the user on this website or across multiple websites for similar marketing purposes. Your permission is required for their placement.
3.5 Social Media Cookies (Subject to Your Consent)
Our website includes cookies from LinkedIn, Facebook, X, and Instagram to promote or share web pages on these social networks. This content may place cookies. Please refer to the privacy statement of these social networks for more information.
All cookies subject to your consent can be modified at your preferences at any time in the cookie preferences.
4. Who places cookies on your device?
Cookies may be placed directly by IOTA Group or by third-party partners (Facebook, Google Analytics, X, LinkedIn, etc.).
You will find the list of providers and their purposes in the dedicated section of the site ‘What are these cookies?’
5. What are these cookies?
| Cookie Name | Provider | Category | Purpose / Usage | Legal Basis | Retention Period | Storage Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CookieConsent | iota-group.com | Necessary | Stores the user’s cookie consent status for the current domain. | Exempt (strictly necessary) | 12 months | Switzerland |
| __cf_bm | hcaptcha.com | Necessary | Used to distinguish humans from bots to protect the site from spam and abuse. | Exempt (strictly necessary) | 30 minutes | USA |
| __cflb | api2.hcaptcha.com | Necessary | Ensures load balancing and availability of the hCaptcha service. | Exempt (strictly necessary) | 24 hours | USA |
| test_cookie | doubleclick.net | Necessary | Used to check if the user’s browser accepts cookies. | Exempt (strictly necessary) | 1 day | USA |
| 1.gif | imgsct.cookiebot.com | Necessary | Used to manage cookie consent via Cookiebot. | Exempt (strictly necessary) | Session | EU |
| wp-wpml_current_language | iota-group.com | Functional | Remembers the language selected by the user on the site. | Consent | 24 hours | Switzerland |
| _ga | google.com | Statistics | Stores a unique identifier used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the site. | Consent | 13 months | USA |
| ga# | google.com | Statistics | Allows distinguishing users for analytics tracking. | Consent | 13 months | USA |
| _gcl_au | google.com | Marketing | Used by Google AdSense to test ad effectiveness on websites using their services. | Consent | 3 months | USA |
| _gcl_ls | www.googletagmanager.com | Marketing | Stores conversion information for Google Ads. | Consent | 3 months | USA |
| _fbp | connect.facebook.net | Marketing | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertising products such as real-time bidding. | Consent | 3 months | USA |
| lastExternalReferrer | connect.facebook.net | Marketing | Stores the last external referrer page used for Facebook advertising. | Consent | 3 months | USA |
| lastExternalReferrerTime | connect.facebook.net | Marketing | Records the time of the last external referrer for Facebook advertising. | Consent | 3 months | USA |
| topicsLastReferenceTime | connect.facebook.net | Marketing | Used to determine user interests for advertising purposes. | Consent | 3 months | USA |
| IDE | doubleclick.net | Marketing | Used by Google DoubleClick to record and report user actions after viewing or clicking on an ad. | Consent | 13 months | USA |
| NID | google.com | Marketing | Contains a unique ID to remember user preferences and display personalized ads. | Consent | 6 months | USA |
| pagead/1p-conversion/#/ | google.com | Marketing | Used to track Google Ads conversions. | Consent | Session | USA |
| pagead/1p-user-list/# | google.com | Marketing | Used to identify visitors who have visited the site to target ads based on their interests. | Consent | 13 months | USA |
6. How to manage cookies?
When you first visit our website, a pop-up window informs you about cookies. As soon as you click on “Save preferences”, you authorize us to use the categories of cookies for which you have given your consent (excluding technical cookies). You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but this may affect the functioning of the site.
For more information, refer to the Help section of your browser.
7. Your rights regarding personal data
To exercise your rights, you may contact the DPO of IOTA Group: [email protected]
Last updated: November 25, 2025