Cookie policy
Last updated 24th September 2024.
This Cookie Policy explains how The Sustainability Group (“Company”, “we”, “us”, and “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies to recognise you when you visit our websites at https://www.future-plus.co.uk (“Websites”). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control the use of them.
In some cases, we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, The Sustainability Group) are called “first-party cookies”. Cookies set by parties other than the website owners are called “third-party cookies”. Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognise your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
Why do we use cookies?
We use first- and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies throughout Websites for advertising, analytics and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
How can I control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager. The Cookie Consent Manager allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.
The Cookie Consent Manager can be found in the notification banner and on our website. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser’s help menu for more information.
In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt-out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit https://www.aboutads.info/choices/ or http://youronlinechoices.com.
The specific types of first- and third-party cookies served through our Websites and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):
Essential website cookies:
These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Websites and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas.
Name: _cfbm
Purpose: Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode.
Provider: .hsforms.net
Service: CloudFlare
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 29 minutes
Name: _cfbm
Purpose: Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode.
Provider: .linkedin.com
Service: CloudFlare
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 29 minutes
Name: JSESSIONID
Purpose: Used to maintain an anonymous user session in Java™ 2 Platform Enterprise Edition web applications. It is a necessary cookie that expires at the end of a session.
Provider: .nr-data.net
Service: JavaServer Pages Technologies
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: session
Name: _cfbm
Purpose: Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode.
Provider: .hsforms.com
Service: CloudFlare
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 29 minutes
Name: _cfbm
Purpose: Cloudflare places the cookie on end-user devices that access customer sites protected by Bot Management or Bot Fight Mode.
Provider: .hubspot.com
Service: CloudFlare
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 29 minutes
Name: rc::a
Purpose: Used to track and analyse user behaviour to distinguish humans from bots or automated software.
Provider: www.google.com
Service: reCAPTCHA
Type: htmllocalstorage
Expires in: persistent
Performance and functionality cookies:
These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Website but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like videos) may become unavailable.
Name: __cfruid
Purpose: Used by the content network, Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic.
Provider: .hs-sites.com
Service: CloudFlare
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: session
Name: XSRF-TOKEN
Purpose: This cookie is written to help with site security in preventing Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.
Provider: dashboard.future-plus.co.uk
Service: Advertiser’s website doman
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: 2 hours
Analytics and customisation cookies:
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customise our Website for you.
Name: __hssc
Purpose: This cookie keeps track of sessions.
Provider: www.future-plus.co.uk
Service: HubSpot
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 29 minutes
Name: Futureplusfav32_dark.png
Provider: f.hubspotusercontent30.net
Type: pixel_tracker
Expires in: session
Name: __hssc
Purpose: Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser.
Provider: www.future-plus.co.uk
Service: HubSpot
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: session
Name: __ptq.gif
Purpose: Records anonymous page view data.
Provider: track.hubspot.com
Service: HubSpot
Type: pixel_tracker
Expires in: session
Name: f9d051f404
Provider: bam-cell.nr-data.net
Type: pixel_tracker
Expires in: session
Name: counters.gif
Provider: forms.hsforms.com
Type: pixel_tracker
Expires in: session
Name: hubspotutk
Purpose: This cookie keeps track of a visitor’s identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts.
Provider: www.future-plus.co.uk
Service: HubSpot
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 5 months 27 days
Name: _ga
Purpose: Records a particular ID used to come up with data about website usage by the user.
Provider: .future-plus.co.uk
Service: Google Analytics
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 1 year 1 month 4 days
Name: ga#
Purpose: Used to distinguish individual users by means of designation of a randomly generated number as client identifier, which allows calculation of visits and sessions.
Provider: .future-plus.co.uk
Service: Google Analytics
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 1 year 1 month 4 days
Name: __hstc
Purpose: The main cookie for tracking visitors.
Provider: www.future-plus.co.uk
Service: HubSpot
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 5 months 27 days
Advertising cookies:
These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.
Name: lastExternalReferrerTime
Purpose: Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL-address.
Provider: www.future-plus.co.uk
Service: Meta Platforms, Inc
Type: htmllocalstorage
Expires in: persistent
Name: gclau
Purpose: Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services.
Provider: .future-plus.co.uk
Service: Google AdSense
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 2 months 29 days
Name: UserMatchHistory
Purpose: These cookies are associated with a B2B marketing platform, formerly known as Bizo, which is now owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. This sub-domain is connected with LinkedIn’s marketing services that enable website owners to gain insight into types of users on their site based on LinkedIn profile data, to improve targeting.
Provider: .linkedin.com
Service: LinkedIn
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: 30 days
Name: bcookie
Purpose: Used to optimise the range of advertising on LinkedIn.
Provider: .linkedin.com
Service: LinkedIn Ad Analytics
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: 11 months 30 days
Name: __fbp
Purpose: Facebook tracking pixel used to identify visitors for personalised advertising.
Provider: .future-plus.co.uk
Service: Facebook
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 2 months 29 days
Name: lastExternalReferrer
Purpose: Detects how the user reached the website by registering their last URL-address.
Provider: www.future-plus.co.uk
Service: Meta Platforms, Inc
Type: htmllocalstorage
Expires in: persistent
Name: lidc
Purpose: These cookies are associated with a B2B marketing platform, formerly known as Bizo, which is now owned by LinkedIn, the business networking platform. This sub-domain is connected with LinkedIn’s marketing services that enable website owners to gain insight into types of users on their site based on LinkedIn profile data, to improve targeting.
Provider: .linkedin.com
Service: LinkedIn
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: 1 day
Social networking cookies:
These cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting on our Website through third-party social networking and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes.
Name: bscookie
Purpose: Cookie used for Sign-in with Linkedin and/or for Linkedin follow feature on 3rd party websites.
Provider: .www.linkedin.com
Service: Linkedin Ad Analytics
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: 11 months 30 days
Unclassified cookies:
These are cookies that have not yet been categorised. We are in the process of classifying these cookies with the help of their providers.
Name: ar_debug
Provider: px.ads.linkedin.com
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: 1 month
Name: cookieconsentlevel
Provider: www.future-plus.co.uk
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 1 year 1 month 4 days
Name: AnalyticsSyncHistory
Provider: .linkedin.com
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: 30 days
Name: li_sugr
Provider: .linkedin.com
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: 2 months 29 days
Name: _cfuvid
Provider: .hubspot.com
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: session
Name: li_adsld
Provider: www.future-plus.co.uk
Type: htmllocalstorage
Expires in: persistent
Name: _cfuvid
Provider: .hsforms.com
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: session
Name: geo
Provider: .apple.com
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: session
Name: sp_landing
Provider: .spotify.com
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 23 hours 59 minutes
Name: futureplus_session
Provider: dashboard.future-plus.co.uk
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: 2 hours
Name: sp_t
Provider: .spotify.com
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 11 months 30 days
How can I control cookies on my browser?
As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser’s help menu for more information. The following is information about how to manage cookies on the most popular browsers:
In addition, most advertising networks offer a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information, please visit:
What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
Cookies are not the only way to recognise or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called “tracking pixels” or “clear gifs”). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognise when someone has visited our Websites or opened an email including them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to the website from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.
Do you use Flash cookies or Local Shared Objects?
Websites may also use so-called “Flash Cookies” (also known as Local Shared Objects or “LSOs”) to, among other things, collect and store information about your use of our services, fraud prevention and for other site operations.
If you do not want Flash Cookies stored on your computer, you can adjust the settings of your Flash player to block Flash Cookies storage using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings Panel. You can also control Flash Cookies by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel and following the instructions (which may include instructions that explain, for example, how to delete existing Flash Cookies (referred to “information” on the Macromedia site), how to prevent Flash LSOs from being placed on your computer without your being asked, and (for Flash Player 8 and later) how to block Flash Cookies that are not being delivered by the operator of the page you are on at the time).
Please not that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of Flash Cookies may reduce or impede the functionality of some Flash applications, including, potentially, Flash applications used in connection with our services or online content.
Do you serve targeted advertising?
Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Websites. These companies may use information about your visitors in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. This can be accomplished by using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details, or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these.
How often will you update this Cookie Policy?
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please, therefore, re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Where can I get further information?
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at [email protected] or by post to:
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