Cookies and privacy
Cookie policy
The complete list of what gets placed in your browser when you visit this site. Nothing more, nothing hidden.
This site places two kinds of cookies. The strictly necessary ones are limited to remembering your own cookie choice. The audience measurement ones come from Google Analytics and load only after express consent. Refusing blocks no page, no form and no content whatsoever.
Last updated: September 5, 2026.
1. What a cookie is
A cookie is a small file that a site places in your browser to remember something between two pages or between two visits. Browser local storage plays the same role and follows the same rules, so we treat it here the same way. The question that matters is not the technique used, it is knowing what gets kept, by whom, for how long and why.
2. The two categories, and what separates them
Quebec’s Law 25 does not treat every cookie the same way, and the difference is easy to grasp.
- Strictly necessary. Without them, something you asked for does not work. That is all they do: they track nobody and they go nowhere. The law does not require your consent for them, but it does require that you be told they exist.
- Audience measurement. They tell us which pages get read and which ones do not. They are useful to us, but they do nothing for you. So the law requires clear, separate consent before they are placed, and we ask for it before loading anything at all.
There is no third category on this site. No advertising cookie, no social network pixel, no retargeting tool, no profile shared with an ad network. The site is static and makes no other network call to a third party.
3. The exact list of cookies used
| Name | Placed by | Purpose | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| okto.temoins.v1 | OKTO Solutions (this site) | Keeps your choice on measurement cookies and the date you made it. Serves as proof of consent and allows us to ask again once that choice gets old. | Until you erase it or change your choice | Strictly necessary |
| _ga | Google (Google Analytics) | Assigns an anonymous identifier to the browser so one visit can be told apart from another in the aggregate statistics. | Up to 2 years | Measurement |
| _ga_ followed by the measurement identifier | Google (Google Analytics) | Keeps the state of the current measurement session so the same visit is not counted twice. | Up to 2 years | Measurement |
The two Google cookies are never placed until you have accepted the Audience measurement category. As long as you have not made that choice, or if you refuse, the Google script is not even downloaded.
4. What is locked down on the measurement side
When you accept, measurement runs in a deliberately restricted configuration. This is not a detail: it is the difference between counting visits and building a profile.
- The IP address is anonymized before any processing.
- Google signals are turned off, so there is no cross-referencing with visitors' Google accounts.
- Advertising personalization is turned off, and advertising storage stays denied at all times.
- Data retention in the measurement account is set to 14 months.
- No measurement data is sold, resold or passed to a third party by us.
5. Refusing takes nothing away from you
It is written here in plain words because it is true. If you refuse the measurement cookies, every page stays available, the contact form works, the links work, nothing is hidden and nothing is slowed down. The Refuse all button takes exactly the same number of clicks as the Accept all button. The law requires it, and it is the only honest way to ask the question anyway.
6. Changing your choice at any time
Your decision is not final. The Manage my cookies button at the bottom of every page on the site reopens the consent banner with the detail of each category. You can also use this one:
The new choice replaces the old one immediately. If you withdraw your agreement to audience measurement, tracking stops right there for the pages that follow.
7. Deleting cookies in your browser
You can also do the cleanup yourself, which erases the memory of your choice at the same time. The banner will then ask you the question again on your next visit.
| Browser | Where to go |
|---|---|
| Google Chrome | Settings, then Privacy and security, then Delete browsing data |
| Microsoft Edge | Settings, then Privacy, search and services, then Clear browsing data |
| Mozilla Firefox | Settings, then Privacy and Security, then Cookies and Site Data |
| Safari on Mac | Settings, then Privacy, then Manage Website Data |
| Safari on iPhone or iPad | Phone settings, then Safari, then Clear History and Website Data |
Most browsers also offer a setting that blocks third-party cookies by default. This site keeps working normally with that setting turned on.
8. Frequently asked questions
Do you know who I am when I visit the site?
No. Without a form filled out and without an email sent, we have neither your name, nor your address, nor your number. Audience measurement, when it is accepted, produces aggregate statistics with an anonymized IP address.
Why does the banner come back sometimes?
Because the choice is kept in your browser, not on our servers. A different browser, a different device, a private browsing window or a data cleanup resets the counter. A consent that has grown old is also asked again, as recommended practice requires.
What if I neither accept nor refuse?
Nothing loads. Silence is treated as a refusal, never as an agreement.
For the rest of our practices, read the privacy policy. Our terms of use govern how the site may be used, and the accessibility statement sets out our commitments on that front. If Law 25 applies to you as a business, our page on Law 25 compliance for Quebec SMBs walks through your obligations.