Cookie management

Cookie management policy on The Big Challenge website.

What is a Cookie?

When you browse the thebigchallenge.com website (hereinafter the “Site”), cookies, pixels and other trackers (hereinafter referred to together as the “Cookie” or the “Cookies”) are stored in your browser.

A Cookie is a small, often encrypted file stored in your browser or on your device and identified by a name. It is placed when you visit a site. Each time you return to that site, the Cookie is read from your browser or device, so your browser is recognised on each visit.

Placing these Cookies may allow us to access your browsing data and/or personal data concerning you.

Types of cookies

Technical and functional cookies

Technical and functional Cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the Site and to provide our services. They are used throughout your browsing to make it easier and to perform certain functions.

A technical Cookie may, for example, be used to remember the answers you have entered in a form or your preferences regarding the language or layout of the Site, where such options are available.

Advertising cookies

Advertising Cookies may be created not only by our Site but also by other websites that display advertising, ads, widgets or other elements on the page shown.

These Cookies may in particular be used to personalise advertising and measure its effectiveness, or to carry out ad targeting.

Content personalisation cookies

Content personalisation Cookies allow us to offer you the content most likely to match your interests based on your browsing profile. Your browsing profile is built from the content you have already viewed.

Social media cookies

Social media Cookies allow you to share content from our Site on social networks and to make your opinion or use of our services known on those networks, in particular by clicking the “like” and “share” buttons.

These Cookies may also track users’ browsing on the Site.

We encourage you to read the privacy policies of the social networks behind these Cookies, to learn about the purposes for which they use the browsing information they may collect through these Cookies, and how to exercise your rights with those social networks.

Audience measurement cookies

These Cookies, also called “analytics cookies”, allow us to measure the number of visits, the number of pages viewed and user activity. Where applicable, they may collect your IP address to determine the city from which you connect. Audience measurement Cookies allow us to generate statistics on visits and browsing of our Site in order to improve our performance. The Cookies used also help to identify browsing problems and, ultimately, to fix them.

We use the following audience measurement Cookies:

Your Cookie preferences

Cookies that may be set without consent

Some Cookies do not require your consent. This is the case for:

• Technical and functional Cookies that are necessary for the operation of the Site
• Certain audience measurement Cookies, or Cookies used to test different versions of the Site for the purpose of optimising editorial choices

Accepting or refusing Cookies subject to your express consent

All other Cookies require your consent. These are advertising, social media and content personalisation Cookies, and certain audience measurement Cookies. You are free to accept or refuse the use of these Cookies.

You can accept or refuse these Cookies the first time you browse the Site.

Your choices to accept or refuse Cookies will be kept for a period of six (6) months.

You are free to withdraw your consent and, more generally, to change your preferences at any time.

Your browser settings

You can also set your browser to accept or refuse certain Cookies.

Each browser offers different configuration options.