This translation is provided for information only. The French version is the only authoritative text.
This policy explains how the vs-norm.com website uses cookies and trackers, and what your rights are. It supplements the website’s privacy policy and legal notice, extending them as regards trackers. Last updated: 6 July 2026.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file placed on and read from your device (computer, tablet, phone) through your browser when you visit a website. The broader term “trackers” covers all equivalent technologies. A cookie cannot run programs or transmit viruses; it is used to store a piece of technical information for the duration of your browsing session or from one visit to the next.
There are two types:
- cookies that are strictly necessary for the website to function or for a service you have expressly requested, which are exempt from consent;
- non-essential cookies (detailed audience measurement, personalisation, advertising, social media), which in principle require your prior consent.
Our principle: keeping tracking to a minimum
vs-norm.com is a personal, informative blog providing plain-language explanations of the European VSME/VS standard and the forthcoming voluntary standard. It does not sell anything online, does not display any advertising and does not pursue any commercial profiling. In keeping with this purpose, the website is designed to operate with the minimum number of trackers.
At the website’s launch, and on the date of this policy:
- the website does not set any advertising or marketing cookies;
- the website does not use any third-party audience analytics tool such as Google Analytics, nor any social media tracker;
- only strictly necessary technical cookies may be set, without your consent being required.
Because no non-essential trackers are used at launch, no consent banner is displayed. Should this change — for example through the addition of audience measurement or embedded external content — this policy would be updated and, where appropriate, a compliant consent mechanism would be put in place before any non-essential tracker is set.
Technical cookies used
The website runs on WordPress and uses the WP Super Cache optimisation plugin, which speeds up page display by serving cached versions. These components may result in strictly necessary technical cookies being set, as described below.
| Cookie / tracker | Source | Purpose | Retention period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cache cookie (WP Super Cache) | First-party (vs-norm.com) | Determines whether to serve the cached version of a page or a dynamic version (for example for a logged-in user), to ensure the website displays correctly and performs well. | For the duration of the session, or a short period set by the plugin. |
| WordPress session and authentication cookies | First-party (vs-norm.com) | Maintains the session of an administrator or contributor logged in to the administration area. These cookies do not concern ordinary visitors to the website. | Session or until logout; depending on the case, a few days. |
| Comment cookies (where applicable) | First-party (vs-norm.com) | If the comments feature is enabled, remembers your name and the details you entered so that you do not have to re-enter them when you next comment. They are only set following a deliberate action on your part. | Up to about one year. |
These trackers are strictly necessary for the website to function, for the security of the administration area or for a service you expressly request (writing a comment). As such, they are exempt from consent under the applicable regulations and the guidance of the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL, the French data protection authority). None of these cookies is used for advertising tracking or profiling.
Please note: for a visitor who is not logged in and does not leave a comment, reading articles may not result in any cookie being set, as the cache plugin serves a static page directly.
Connection logs and IP address
Independently of cookies, the website’s hosting provider keeps connection logs for technical and security reasons, which may contain your IP address, the date and time of the request and the pages viewed. This processing, which is separate from the setting of cookies, is described in the privacy policy.
How can you control cookies?
Since the cookies described above are strictly necessary, blocking them may impair the website’s functioning (for example by preventing login to the administration area). You nevertheless remain in control of the trackers stored on your device: most browsers allow you to view, refuse or delete them through their settings, usually under “Privacy” or “Cookies and site data”.
The help pages of the main browsers (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari) explain the steps to follow for each one. Blocking cookies in your browser applies to all the websites you visit.
Who is responsible for this website?
The vs-norm.com website is published, in a personal and non-commercial capacity, by:
- Publisher and director of publication: Johan Théron, private individual;
- Address: 5 rue du Chalet, 25620 Trépot, France.
Johan Théron is also the data controller for personal data collected through the website, within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The publisher’s identity and contact details are set out in the legal notice.
Where is the data hosted?
The website and its data are hosted by:
- Infomaniak Network SA, Rue Eugène-Marziano 25, 1227 Les Acacias (Geneva), Switzerland;
- Telephone: +41 22 820 35 44 — Website: www.infomaniak.com.
As the servers are located in Switzerland, data may be processed outside the European Union. Switzerland does, however, benefit from an adequacy decision of the European Commission, which recognises a level of personal data protection equivalent to that of the Union. This transfer is therefore covered by an appropriate legal framework and does not, on that basis alone, require additional safeguards.
Your rights and the protection of your data
In accordance with the GDPR and the loi Informatique et Libertés (French Data Protection Act), you have, with regard to your personal data, the rights of access, rectification and erasure, the right to object, the right to restriction of processing and the right to data portability. The purposes, legal bases, retention periods and specific procedures for exercising these rights are detailed in the privacy policy.
For any question relating to cookies or your personal data, you may contact the data controller by email. Contact details and the dedicated address for exercising your rights are set out in the privacy policy and the legal notice.
If, after contacting us, you consider that your rights have not been respected, you may lodge a complaint with the CNIL (Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés), the competent supervisory authority in France.
Changes to this policy
This cookie policy may be amended at any time, in particular to reflect changes to the website, the tools used or the regulations. The date of the last update, shown at the top of the page, is authoritative. We encourage you to review this policy regularly.