Cookie Management Policy

Last updated: October 2025

The website www.espoir-photos.com (hereinafter the “ Website ») is published by DESCAMPS Mireille, a sole proprietor operating under the trade name “Espoir Photos” (hereinafter “ Espoir Photos »).

We kindly ask you to review this policy informing you about the use of cookies and other trackers present on the Website.

1. WHAT IS A COOKIE?

Cookies and other trackers (hereinafter “ Cookies ») are technologies that store or retrieve information related to your device (computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc.). Cookies are generally used by websites and mobile applications.

Cookies do not enable us to identify you by name, but only to identify the device being used. Thus, Cookies collect only information related to your browsing for the purposes described below.

At any time, you may refuse the placement of Cookies used on the Website:

or via the cookie banner available when you first access the Website, and then at any time on the Website;
either by configuring your browser in accordance with the instructions provided in section 4 of this policy.

If you have any questions regarding this policy, you may contact Espoir Photos directly by sending an email to the following address: jcms@espoir-photos.com.

2. WHAT COOKIES ARE USED ON THE WEBSITE?

To obtain your consent for the use and storage of Cookies on your browser and to properly document your choices regarding them, Espoir Photos uses a consent management platform in the form of a cookie banner.

When you access the Website, a connection is established with the consent management platform’s server to enable us to obtain your consent for the use and storage of Cookies that require it. The consent management platform then stores a Cookie in your browser so that it can activate only the Cookies to which you have consented and properly document this. The processed data are stored until the predefined storage period expires or until you request that the data be deleted. Certain mandatory statutory retention periods may apply notwithstanding the foregoing.

The Website and the consent management platform automatically collect and store information in server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. The data collected are as follows:

Your choices regarding Cookies (consent status, consent withdrawal, etc.);
Your IP address with privacy measures;
Information about your browser and device;
The date and time you browsed the Site;
The URL of the webpage where you recorded or updated your consent preferences;
The approximate location of the user who recorded their consent preferences;
The universal unique identifier (UUID) of the user who clicked on the consent management platform.

The tables below provide an exhaustive list of all Cookies present on the Site. You can accept or refuse their placement when you arrive on the Site through the consent management platform, except for technical Cookies, which do not require your prior consent.

Technical Cookies
Technical Cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the Site. You can disable these Cookies by configuring your browser as indicated in section 4 of this policy; however, you may then be unable to benefit from all the Site’s features.
The Site uses the following technical Cookies:
Name	Operator	Purpose	Duration	Type
_ab	Shopify	Use related to controlling the display of the admin bar on the online store.	1 year	Cookie
_abv	Shopify	Maintains the collapsed state of the admin bar.	1 year	Cookie
_checkout_queue_token	Shopify	Use related to a queuing case during the checkout process.	1 year	Cookie
_cmp_a	Shopify	Used to manage customers’ privacy settings.	1 day	Cookie
_identity_session	Shopify	Contains the user’s session ID.	2 years	Cookie
_master_udr	Shopify	Permanent device identifier.	session	Cookie
_pay_session	Shopify	The Rails session cookie for Shopify Pay	session	Cookie
_secure_account_session_id	Shopify	Used to track a customer’s session for new customer accounts	30 days	Cookie
_session_id	Shopify	Used to provide reports and analytics.	2 years	Cookie
_shopify_country	Shopify	Used for Plus stores where the pricing currency and country are determined based on GeoIP, avoiding GeoIP lookups after the first request.	30 min	Cookie
_shopify_essential	Shopify	Contains information essential to the proper functioning of a store, such as session and payment information, as well as anti-fraud data.	1 year	Cookie
_storefront_u	Shopify	Used to update customer account information.	1 min	Cookie
_tracking_consent	Shopify	Used to store user preferences configured by a merchant according to the privacy rules of the visitor’s region.	1 year	Cookie
auth_state_<>	Shopify	Stores an authentication state before redirecting customers to a third party for authentication.	25 min	Cookie
card_update_verification_id	Shopify	Verification-related use when a buyer is redirected to Shopify after completing payment with 3D Secure.	20 min	Cookie
cart	Shopify	Contains information related to the user’s cart.	2 weeks	Cookie
cart_currency	Shopify	Used after the order is finalized to generate a new empty cart with the same currency as the one just used.	2 weeks	Cookie
cart_sig	Shopify	A hash of a cart’s contents. It is used to verify the cart’s integrity and ensure the performance of certain cart operations.	2 weeks	Cookie
cart_ts	Shopify	Use related to payment.	2 weeks	Cookie
checkout	Shopify	Use related to payment.	21 days	Cookie
checkout_prefill	Shopify	Encryption and storage of URL parameters containing personal data, used in cart permalink URLs.	5 min	Cookie
checkout_session_lookup	Shopify	Use related to payment.	3 weeks	Cookie
checkout_session_token_<>	Shopify	Usage related to recording a checkout session on the server.	3 weeks	Cookie
checkout_token	Shopify	Records the visitor’s landing page when they come from other sites.	session	Cookie
customer_account_locale	Shopify	Usage related to tracking a customer account’s regional settings when a redirect occurs from checkout or the online store to a customer account.	1 year	Cookie
customer_payment_method	Shopify	Storage of the updated payment method for subscriptions.	1 h	Cookie
customer_shop_pay_agreement	Shopify	Usage related to verifying a new Shop Pay payment instrument.	20 min	Cookie
device_fp_id	Shopify	Device fingerprint identifier to help prevent fraud.	session	Cookie
device_id	Shopify	Device session identifier to help prevent fraud.	session	Cookie
discount_code	Shopify	Storage of a discount code (received from a visit to an online store with a URL parameter) in an order, to be used at the next checkout.	session	Cookie
dynamic_checkout_shown_on_cart	Shopify	Adjusts the checkout experience for buyers who proceed with a regular checkout rather than an accelerated checkout.	30 min	Cookie
hide_shopify_pay_for_checkout	Shopify	Set when a buyer rejects the Shop Pay login modal during checkout, informing the buyer through the display.	session	Cookie
identity-state	Shopify	Storage of a state before redirecting customers to identity verification for authentication.	1 day	Cookie
identity-state-<>	Shopify	Storage of a state before redirecting customers to identity verification for authentication.	1 day	Cookie
identity_customer_account_number	Shopify	Storage of an identifier used to facilitate login between the customer’s account and the online store’s domains.	12 weeks	Cookie
keep_alive	Shopify	Used when international domain redirection is enabled to determine whether a request is the first of a session.	session	Cookie
locale_bar_accepted	Shopify	Maintains whether the geolocation app modal was accepted.	session	Cookie
locale_bar_dismissed	Shopify	Maintains whether the geolocation app modal was declined.	1 day	Cookie
localization	Shopify	Usage related to locating the cart in the correct country.	2 weeks	Cookie
logged_in	Shopify	Login identity hint.	12 weeks	Cookie
login_with_shop_finalize	Shopify	Usage related to logging in with Shop.	5 min	Cookie
master_device_id	Shopify	Permanent device identifier.	1 year	Cookie
order	Shopify	Usage related to accessing data from the page containing the buyer’s order information.	3 weeks	Cookie
pay_update_intent_id	Shopify	Storage of an ID for an attempt to update a Shop Pay billing agreement, required for a callback after verifying a new Shop Pay payment instrument.	20 min	Cookie
preview_theme	Shopify	Use related to previewing a theme.	session	Cookie
previous_checkout_token	Shopify	Use related to pre-filling payment details with information from the previous payment.	1 year	Cookie
previous_step	Shopify	Use related to payment.	1 year	Cookie
profile_preview_token	Shopify	Use for previewing checkout customizations.	5 min	Cookie
receive-cookie-deprecation	Shopify	Cookie specified by Google to identify certain Chrome browsers affected by the deprecation of third-party cookies. You can learn more about this cookie by clicking here.	session	Cookie
remember_me	Shopify	Use related to pre-filling payment details with information from the previous payment.	1 year	Cookie
secure_customer_sig	Shopify	Use related to identifying a user after they register with a store as a customer, so they do not have to sign in again.	1 year	Cookie
shop_pay_accelerated	Shopify	Flags a buyer who may benefit from accelerated Shop Pay checkout.	1 year	Cookie
shopify-editor-unconfirmed-settings	Shopify	Stores changes a merchant makes in the editor to update the preview.	16 hours	Cookie
shopify_pay	Shopify	Use related to signing a buyer in to Shop Pay when they return to check out at the same store.	1 year	Cookie
shopify_pay_redirect	Shopify	Use related to speeding up the checkout process when the buyer has a Shop Pay account.	1 year	Cookie
storefront_digest	Shopify	Condensed storage of the online store password, allowing merchants to preview their password-protected online store.	1 year	Cookie
tracked_start_checkout	Shopify	Use related to payment.	1 year	Cookie
user	Shopify	Use related to Shop identifiers.	1 year	Cookie
user_cross_site	Shopify	Use related to Shop identifiers.	1 year	Cookie
wpm-domain-test	Shopify	Use related to testing Shopify’s Web Pixel Manager with the domain to ensure that everything works properly.	session	Cookie
	Shopify	Use related to controlling the display of the admin bar on the online store.	1 year	Cookie
	Shopify	Maintains the collapsed state of the admin bar.	1 year	Cookie
	Shopify	Use related to a queuing case during the checkout process.	1 year	Cookie
	Shopify		1 day	Cookie

Analytics Cookies
Analytics Cookies (or Audience Measurement Cookies) are used to improve the Site by collecting information about how you use it. This information is retained in aggregated form or as generalized statistics.
The Site uses the following Analytics Cookies:
Name	Operator	Purpose	Duration	Type
_landing_page	Shopify	Records the visitor’s landing page when they come from other sites.	2 weeks	Cookie
_orig_referrer	Shopify	Enables the merchant to identify where visitors came from.	2 weeks	Cookie
_shopify_ga	Shopify	Contains Google Analytics settings that enable cross-domain measurement to function properly.	Session	Cookie
_shopify_s	Shopify	Use related to identifying a determined combination of a browsing session and a store. The duration is 30 minutes from the last use.	30 min	Cookie
_shopify_sa_p	Shopify	Records the visitor's landing page when they arrive from other websites to facilitate marketing data analysis.	30 min	Cookie
_shopify_sa_t	Shopify	Records the visitor's landing page when they arrive from other websites to facilitate marketing data analysis.	30 min	Cookie
_shopify_y	Shopify	Data analysis provided by Shopify.	1 year	Cookie
checkout_one_experiment	Shopify	Used when a payment meets the requirements of Checkout One and has been assigned to an experience (control group or test group).	Session	Cookie
shop_analytics	Shopify	Contains the information necessary about the buyer for data analysis in Shop.	1 year	Cookie
unique_interaction_id	Shopify	Use related to payment measurements.	10 min	Cookie

3. WHICH THIRD-PARTY COMPANIES PLACE COOKIES ON THE SITE?

As indicated in the tables above, the Site uses Cookies from third-party companies. In this context, Espoir Photos acts as a joint controller for the collection and transmission of data to these third-party companies, but only to the extent technically necessary. Beyond the technical collection and transmission, Espoir Photos has no control over the Cookies of these third-party companies. In particular, Espoir Photos is in no way responsible for the sharing, publications, comments, or any other processing activity carried out by these third-party companies.

Therefore, we recommend that you review the personal data protection policies and the general terms and conditions of these third-party companies, which are available on their respective websites, before accepting the placement of the relevant Cookies.

4. HOW DO YOU CONFIGURE YOUR BROWSER TO REJECT THE PLACEMENT OF COOKIES?

Browser settings. Most browsers accept Cookies by default. However, you can configure your browser so that Cookies cannot be placed on your device.

You can also configure your browser to be notified each time Cookies are requested to be placed, to reject all Cookies, or to allow only certain categories of Cookies to be placed. If you reject Cookies, you can still use the Site, although you may no longer be able to benefit from all of the Site's features.

Depending on the browser you use, you should follow the instructions available on the websites listed below:

Another preference management toolFor more information about Cookies, to view the Cookies placed on your device and manage your preferences regarding them, you can also use www.youronlinechoices.eu.