Cookies Policy

Use of the cookies by Bureau Veritas

You are informed that the company Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore SAS ("Bureau Veritas", "we", "us") uses cookies or other tracers on the www.bvs-portal.com site (the "Site").

These are likely to be installed in your terminal subject to the choices and options you have expressed or may express at any time, in accordance with this policy. 

In the interest of information and transparency, Bureau Veritas has defined this policy to allow you to learn more about:

  • the origin and purpose of the information processed when you browse the Site;
  • your rights with respect to cookies and other tracking devices used by Bureau Veritas.

What is a cookie?

A "cookie" is a string of information, usually small and identified by name that can be sent to your browser by a website you connect to. Your web browser will store it for a certain period of time, and will send it back to the web server each time you reconnect to it.

Cookies have multiple uses: they can be used to memorize your customer identifier with a merchant site, the current contents of your shopping basket, an identifier allowing you to trace your navigation for statistical or advertising purposes, etc.

What do we do with cookies ?

We use cookies and other tracers, in particular for the following purposes:

  • Technical cookies necessary for the operation of the Site:

These cookies are strictly necessary for the proper functioning of the Site and the proper execution of the services you request, as well as to store your consent for other categories of cookies. You can disable them by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the Site functions.

Cookie name
Cookie placed by Bureau Veritas  or a third party
Retention period
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Bureau Veritas
20 Feb 2026
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Bureau Veritas
20 Feb 2026
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Cloudflare
Session
  • Analytical cookies for audience measurement:

These cookies are strictly necessary for the proper functioning of the Site and the proper execution of the services you request, as well as to store your consent for other categories of cookies. You can disable them by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the Site functions.

Cookie name
Cookie placed by Bureau Veritas  or a third party
Retention period
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Intercom
10 Nov 2026
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Intercom
20 Feb 2026
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Crisp
18 Aug 2026
_ga
Google Analytics
20 Mar 2027
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Google Analytics
20 Mar 2027
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Google Analytics
20 Mar 2027
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Microsoft Clarity
29 Oct 2026
ajs_anonymous_id
Segment
13 Feb 2027
ajs_group_id
Segment
13 Feb 2027
ajs_user_id
Segment
13 Feb 2027
analytics_session_id
Bureau Veritas (internal)
13 Feb 2027
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Bureau Veritas (internal)
13 Feb 2027
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PostHog
19 Feb 2027
  • Targeting and advertising cookies:

These cookies track activity across websites in order to understand the interests of visitors and to deliver tailored advertising content. Examples include cookies used for follow-up marketing or advertising based on the visitor's interests.

Cookie name
Cookie placed by Bureau Veritas  or a third party
Retention period
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Google Ads
Google Ads
  • Social network sharing cookies:

These cookies allow you to share content from our Site and your reactions on social networks and to improve the user-friendliness of our content thanks to the sharing buttons. These cookies are placed by third parties (the social networks concerned) on our Site and also allow them to collect data about your browsing on their own behalf for advertising targeting purposes.

Cookie name
Cookie placed by Bureau Veritas  or a third party
Retention period
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Links to the privacy policies of the third parties placing cookies:

Cookies are stored on your terminal for as long as necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes pursued. In particular:

  • Cookies, which may or may not require your consent, are stored individually on your device for a period of time specific for each of them (see the duration specified in the table above);
  • The information collected via cookies is kept for 25 months from the date of their storage on your device.

Your choice, consent and/or refusal, regarding cookies is retained for a period of 6 months (after this period, we will ask you again to choose how you wish to manage your cookies on our Site).

How do you set your cookie choices?

When you browse the Site, we obtain your express consent prior to the deposit of cookies when they are not strictly necessary for the operation of the Site.

You may at any time be informed and modify your choices regarding the acceptance or refusal of cookies deposited on your terminal by going to the "Manage Cookies" tab, available at the bottom of each page of the Site.

You are free to accept or refuse cookies on a purpose by purpose basis or to accept or refuse them globally.

We draw your attention to the fact that the setting of cookies is likely to modify the functionalities of the Site and limit its performance.

You can also configure your browser software so that cookies are rejected, either systematically or according to their sender. Remember to configure all the browsers on your different devices (tablets, smartphones, computers, etc.).The configuration of each browser is different. Here are a few examples:

To find out more about the protection of the data we process, click here:
Privacy Policy

Version: 26/05/2025