Cookie Policy
Last Updated: April 12, 2020
At FMT, we understand your privacy concerns and value our relationship with you. This Cookies Notice (hereafter “notice”) explains how FMT Performance and its affiliates use cookies and other similar technologies to recognize you when you visit their websites which are linked by this notice. (hereinafter referred to as “site”). It explains how these technologies are consistent, why we use them, and your rights to control how we use them.
It is the company FMT Performance (established at 9160 Leduc blvd #410, Brossard, QC J4Y 0E3, Canada) which is responsible for processing the data for your information.
For the purposes of this Notice, we refer to these entities collectively as “FMT”.
This notice includes the following headings:
What are cookies?
Types of information collected and reasons for collecting it
Types of cookies we use
How long cookies are stored on your device
Cookie management
Consequences of disabling all cookies
Adverse Changes to the Cookies Notice
Contact us
Glossary
What are cookies?
Cookies are text files which are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website and which store certain information about the use of the site. They are useful because they allow websites to recognize a user’s device. They are then returned to the originating website on each subsequent visit or to any other website that recognizes them. To learn more about cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
In this notice, the term “cookies” is used broadly to include all similar techniques and technologies, including web beacons and log files. To learn more about these additional tools, see our Glossary section below.
Types of information collected and reasons for collecting it
Cookies help us better understand your use of our site and, as a result, allow us, among other things, to provide visitors to our websites with a more personalized and consistent experience. Here are some examples of the types of information we collect using cookies:
the number of users who visit the FMT site, the frequency of visits to the site, the pages viewed, the clicks made on the site and the total duration of navigation on the site;
the name of the website visited before the FMT site;
whether or not this is a first visit to the site;
your display preferences (e.g. layout, size preferences, language, etc.);
your purchases and orders;
your user name, your password, the type of browser used and your IP address, in order to be able to recognize you during your next visits.
Please note that we do not collect your name or email address using cookies.
In addition, cookies allow us to do the following:
Personalize your visit: We may use the information collected during your visit to facilitate your next visit to our site.
To personalize the advertising and marketing messages presented on the site, whether they are messages from us or from third parties. Our goal is to satisfy your desires as quickly and easily as possible.
Analyze customer trends: We compile information about visits to our site and analyze it globally in aggregate form. This type of study is designed to identify trends among the many visitors to our site, rather than to analyze information about an individual visitor.
Types of cookies we use
We use first-party cookies and third-party cookies for a variety of reasons. Some cookies are necessary for technical reasons, whether to operate our site or to provide you with basic functionality. We refer to these cookies as “essential” cookies. Other cookies allow us to track and target the interests of our users and improve the experience on our site. Third parties also use cookies on our site for advertising, analytics and other purposes. The particular types of first-party and third-party cookies used by our site and their purposes are described below.
First party witnesses
These are the cookies created by FMT. They are, for the most part, used to allow you to browse our site and use these various functions. They can also be used for
Third Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, certain third parties and affiliates may place cookies on your computer, access them and associate web beacons with them. These cookies are used to provide third party features or functionality on our site. Parties that set third-party cookies may recognize your device both when it visits our site and when it visits certain other websites.
Here are the types of first and third party cookies we use on our site:
Essential website cookies: These cookies are used strictly to provide you with services offered on our site and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas that require registration. As these cookies are only necessary for you to use the site, you cannot refuse them without compromising the functionality of the site.
Functional cookies: These cookies allow you to navigate the site or take advantage of some of its features, such as storing language preferences, placing orders online or using instant messaging support. As with essential cookies, disabling these cookies may impact site functionality, such as your language preferences.
Analytics Cookies: These cookies allow us or our third party analytics service providers to collect statistics (aggregated or anonymous) about your use of the Site or that of other visitors. With this information, FMT is able to improve the functions offered on its site.
Online behavioral advertising cookies: These cookies, provided by our third-party advertising partners, collect several types of data about your browsing habits, as well as your preferences for products and services. This information enables FMT and its third-party advertising providers to display relevant advertisements on the Site and on other sites you visit.
To refuse these various types of cookies, please follow the instructions below, in the Managing cookies section.
How long cookies are stored on your device
How long cookies are stored on your device may vary depending on the category they belong to: temporary or permanent.
Temporary Cookies
We use session cookies on all of our secure pages to assign and store a session ID. You can browse our entire site without interruption. This identifier is also used for internal analysis purposes. It does not allow us to identify you by name. Also, this type of cookie leaves no recoverable information on your hard drive. Most of our proprietary cookies fall into this category and expire when you close your browser.
Permanent witnesses
Our proprietary analytics cookies and third-party cookies are persistent cookies. They allow us to understand visitors’ browsing behavior over a long period of time or to provide you with additional functions associated with your site customization requests and content you have recorded or stored. They can be stored on your computer for 24 hours, a week or several years, depending on their function. In other words, these cookies remain in place even when you close your browser and our site can use them to recognize your computer when you relaunch your browser later.
Cookie management
We only place cookies on your device with your consent. If you choose to decline cookies, please follow the instructions below.
All Cookies: You can indicate your preferences for receiving each type of cookie by managing these in your web browser. As the way to enable or disable cookies varies from browser to browser, we recommend that you consult the help menu of your web browser to learn more about cookie preferences. You can also configure your browser at any time to be notified when a cookie is received. So you can choose to accept or reject it. Under no circumstances can cookies read data off your hard drive and you can delete them from your computer at any time. Currently, it is technically impossible to synchronize settings between your browsers and your devices (your computer or smartphone). You must set them in each browser or on each device that you currently use, as well as each time you use a new browser or device. Please note that if you choose to disable cookies, this choice will apply to all
cookies with the consequences on the functionality of the site explained in the Consequences of disabling all cookies section which follows.
Analytics Cookies: To opt out of analytics cookies operated by our third-party analytics service partners, you can use the browser opt-out modes mentioned above or use the analytics cookie opt-out mechanisms provided by our analytics providers. analysis services:
Browser add-on for opting out of Google Analytics.
Online Advertising Cookies: If you would like to learn more about targeted advertisements that appear in your browser and how to generally control the cookies placed on your computer for the purpose of serving you targeted advertisements by interest, click the Network Advertising Initiative cookie opt-out page link, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada opt-out tool, or Your Online Choices to opt out cookies to opt out of receiving interest-based advertisements from companies that participate in these programs. To opt out of Google Analytics cookies for display ads or to customize ads from the Google advertising network, go to the Google Ads Settings page. You can also opt out of some of our ad network partners using the following links:
Google ad settings
These cookies, set by FMT or by advertising partners, collect several types of data about your browsing habits, as well as your preferences for products and services. This information allows FMT and its partners to display relevant advertisements on their respective websites.
Consequences of disabling all cookies
If you choose to disable cookies, you may continue to use certain parts of our site. However, some useful functions may no longer work, depending on which cookies you disable. For example, you will no longer be able to use the online chat function to ask technical questions or make purchases. Also, the site and its content may no longer be as relevant to your preferences. You will no longer be able to search for retailers on our tool or share pages on your social network.
Please note that if you have disabled one or more cookies, we may continue to use the information collected by those cookies before they were disabled. However, we will stop collecting information using the cookie once it is disabled.
Changes to the cookie notice
This Notice may be amended from time to time. Any changes made will appear on this site. Please review this Cookie Notice regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies. If you have any questions, please contact us as explained below.
Contact us
If you have any questions about the use of cookies on our site, please contact us by email at: info@fmtperformance.com. You can also find more general information about the types of information we collect about you and how to exercise your data privacy rights in the privacy policy.
Glossary
Cookies are text files containing site usage information that are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are then returned to the originating website on each subsequent visit or to any other website that recognizes them.
Log files are web server files (which store information such as domain names or IP addresses, URLs, HTTP response code, the site from which you visit us or the date and duration of your visit) that are automatically created when a user visits a site.
Certain pages on our website contain web beacons (also known as “web beacons” or “clear GIFs”). A web beacon is an electronic image that usually consists of a single pixel. They can be placed on a web page or in an email to transmit information, including personal data such as the IP address of the computer that downloaded the page in question, the URL of the page, the time of consultation of the page and the type of browser used, as well as the data contained in the cookies sent by a third party.
