Candriam uses cookies on its website in order to make browsing more user-friendly. By visiting Candriam’s website, users agree to accept cookies.
A cookie is a small text file sent to the web browser of the user’s computer on visiting a website. Cookies are used to store a series of data. In general, they are used to ensure that websites run smoothly and to improve the user’s browsing experience. They also enable Candriam to save the user’s preferences, in accordance with applicable regulations.
In practice
If you agree to accept these cookies, click on “AGREE AND REMAIN ON THIS WEBSITE”. Candriam will then save your preferences and you will be able to continue browsing.
Strictly necessary cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are cookies that cannot be rejected because they are necessary for you to be able to visit Candriam’s website and activate the features you have requested. These cookies are automatically deleted after your visit, with the exception of the cookie used to store your personal preferences.
A recap of strictly necessary cookies, along with their purpose and storage period, is provided below:
| Name | Purpose | Storage |
| sid | Session ID | During browsing session (i.e. only while user remains on website) |
| uid | User ID (only used if user is logged in) | Only while user remains on website |
| token | Unique ID | During browsing session (i.e. only while user remains on website) |
| tokenExp | Token expiry date | During browsing session (i.e. only while user remains on website) |
| country | Contains browser country code | During browsing session (i.e. only while user remains on website) |
| lang | Contains browser country language | During browsing session (i.e. only while user remains on website) |
| profile new |
Profile selected on website Indicates if session is new |
During browsing session (i.e. only while user remains on website) |
| created | Date on which cookie was created | During browsing session (i.e. only while user remains on website) |
| updated | Date on which cookie was updated | During browsing session (i.e. only while user remains on website) |
| disclaimerclienttype | Profile selected when validating a disclaimer (Fund, etc.) | During browsing session (i.e. only while user remains on website) |
| cpref | Indicates if user accepts performance cookies | During browsing session (i.e. only while user remains on website) |
| cconfort | Indicates if user accepts preference cookies | During browsing session (i.e. only while user remains on website) |
| hash | Used to secure data | During browsing session (i.e. only while user remains on website) |
Performance cookies
Performance cookies contain your personal preferences (e.g. choice of language) for a more personalised browsing experience. They also serve to generate statistics and analyse how the website is used, in the interest of making browsing more user-friendly.
A recap of performance cookies, along with their purpose and storage period, is provided below:
| Name | Purpose | Storage |
| token | Unique ID | During browsing session (i.e. only while user remains on website) |
Preference cookies
Preference cookies are used to optimise and personalise website features, for example by remembering the pages you visited and personalising your experience based on this information.
A recap of preference cookies, along with their purpose and storage period, is provided below:
| Name | Purpose | Storage |
| candriam_session_confort | Indicates if and when the user was redirected | During browsing session (i.e. only while user remains on website) |
Privacy protection
Cookies are saved to your hard drive for no more than 13 months. The cookies employed by Candriam cannot be used to identify the user as a person. They contain no personal data whatsoever and thus cannot associate the user as an individual with a last and/or first name. Only the IP address is recognised, given that the cookies are saved to this address.
You can use the “Help” feature to adjust your web browser’s cookie settings.
The following websites explain in greater detail how to change your browser’s cookie settings:
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For information about cookies collected by Candriam’s third-party providers, please see their respective cookie policies:
- Cloudflare
- Episerver
- Azure