Cookie Policy
Effective Date: October 2023.
This policy applies to FTI Consulting, Inc. and its affiliated companies (collectively “FTI Consulting”).
FTI Consulting is committed to safeguarding the privacy of your personal information and to being transparent about the technologies it uses. This Cookie Policy explains how and why cookies and similar technologies are used by FTI Consulting to improve and enhance your user experience when using our websites. This Cookie Policy should read in conjunction with the FTI Consulting Privacy Policy.
What are Cookies and other Tracking Technologies?
A cookie is a small text file containing small amounts of information that a website puts on a user’s computer (or mobile device) when you visit a website and is used by the website to send information to your browser and for the browser to return information to the website.
You can find more information about cookies at: www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu. For a video about cookies, please visit www.google.com/policies/technologies/cookies.
How do we use Cookies and other Tracking Technologies?
The information your browser sends to one of FTI Consulting’s websites is used for authentication and identification of your session and allows FTI Consulting to display the correct information on the website. FTI Consulting matches the cookie against your details so it can distinguish you from other users as you browse the site, which helps it to provide you with a good user experience. Most web browsers enable you to erase cookies, block cookies, receive a warning before a cookie is stored on your device or disable cookies. By clicking the “Use necessary cookies only” button on the cookies notice that appears on our website, you agree to our use of only the necessary cookies described in our cookie policy. Some functionality of the site may be affected. By clicking the “Allow all cookies” button on the cookies notice that appears on our website, you agree to our use of all cookies described in our cookie policy.
Logging: FTI Consulting records and stores details of the pages visited so that it can generate usage statistics. Except as otherwise provided in this Privacy Policy, FTI Consulting does not sell or share any information gathered to other companies.
Cookie retention: This website uses cookies which are persistent and non-persistent (session-based). While many of the cookies used on this website only last for the duration of your use of this website (session-based cookies), other cookies are persistent, i.e., stay in one of your browser's subfolders until you delete them manually or your browser deletes them.
What types of Cookies may be used?
First party cookies - First party cookies are set by the FTI Consulting website you are visiting and they can only be read by FTI Consulting.
Session cookies - Session cookies are used by the server to store information about user page activities so users can easily pick up where they left off on the server's pages. These are temporary cookie files, which are erased when you close your browser, and when you restart your browser and go back to the site that created the cookie, the website will not recognize you. You will have to log back in (if login is required) or select your preferences/themes again if the website uses these features. A new session cookie will be generated, which will store your browsing information and will be active until you leave the site and close your browser.
Persistent cookies – Persistent cookies are employed to store user preferences. These files stay in one of your browser's subfolders until you delete them manually or your browser deletes them based on the duration period contained within the persistent cookie's file. For Information on session and persistent cookies, see here.
Third party cookies – Third party cookies are set by a different organization to the owner of the website you are visiting. For example, the website might use a third-party analytics company that will set its own cookies to perform this service (for example, as described below, this website uses Google Analytics).
What cookies does FTI Consulting websites use?
The cookies used on our site may fall into the following categories:
- Necessary – Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
- Preference – Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in.
- Statistics – Statistics cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
- Marketing – Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.
- Unclassified – Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.
A list of all the cookies used on this site by category is detailed below.
Note: This website does not use any cookies which retain personal information about you after your session ends.
The table below provides additional details on the specific cookies used on FTI Consulting’s website:
| File Name | Type | Description | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| __RequestVerificationToken | Necessary | Helps prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. | Session |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | Necessary | Preserves the visitor's session state across page requests. | Session |
| CookieConsent | Necessary | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain | 1 year |
| rc::a | Necessary | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. | Persistent |
| rc::c | Necessary | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. | Session |
| __coveo.analytics.history | Necessary | Necessary in order to optimize the website's search-bar function. The cookie ensures accurate and fast search results. | Persistent |
| _ga | Statistics | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 2 years |
| _gat | Statistics | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | 1 day |
| _gid | Statistics | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | 1 day |
| AnalyticsSyncHistory | Statistics | Used in connection with data-synchronization with third-party analysis service. | 29 days |
| collect | Statistics | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | Session |
| coveo_visitorId | Necessary | Saves information of actions that have been carried out by the user during the current visit to the website, including searches with keywords included. | 9999 days |
| image.aspx | Statistics | Registers statistical data on users' behavior on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. | Session |
| nmstat | Statistics | This cookie contains an ID string on the current session. This contains non-personal information on what subpages the visitor enters – this information is used to optimize the visitor's experience. | 999 days |
| SC_ANALYTICS_GLOBAL_COOKIE | Statistics | Used by Sitecore Engagement Analytics to identify the visitor on repeat visits to the website. | 10 years |
| bcookie | Marketing | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | 2 years |
| bscookie | Marketing | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | 2 years |
| fti-partial-language-setting | Preference | Partial language (translation) setting for some locations/experts pages. | Session |
| IDE | Marketing | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | 1 year |
| lidc | Marketing | Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. | 1 day |
| pagead/1p-user-list/# | Marketing | Tracks if the user has shown interest in specific products or events across multiple websites and detects how the user navigates between sites. This is used for measurement of advertisement efforts and facilitates payment of referral-fees between websites. | Session |
| test_cookie | Necessary | Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies. | 1 day |
| UserMatchHistory | Marketing | Used to track visitors on multiple websites, in order to present relevant advertisement based on the visitor's preferences. | 29 days |
| TUUID_LU | Marketing | Used for analytics and advertising services provided by Demandbase products. | 13 months |
| TUUID | Marketing | Used for analytics and advertising services provided by Demandbase products. | 13 months |
| france#lang | Preference | Allows the regional site to enable the display of the site in French. | Session |
| germany#lang | Preference | Allows the regional site to enable the display of the site in German. | Session |
| domain_tracker/bdo/# | Necessary | Collects data on the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded with the purpose of generating reports for optimizing the website content. | Persistent |
| experience_tracker/bdo/# | Necessary | Collects data on the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been loaded with the purpose of generating reports for optimizing the website content. | Persistent |
| Testcookie | Necessary | This cookie determines whether the browser accepts cookies. | Session |
| _pxhd | Marketing | This cookie is used by ZoomInfo and is related to the PerimeterX security layer to prevent bot attacks. | 13 months |
| _cfduid | Marketing | This cookie is used by ZoomInfo for Cloudflare. Cloudflare is the Network Security protocol that ZoomInfo uses to orchestrate the rate limiting rules which prevent abuse. | 13 months |
| VisitorId | Marketing | This cookie is how ZoomInfo Websights identifies recurring visitors. | 13 months |
| _ga_# | Statistics | Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. | 399 days |
| AWSALB | Necessary | An Amazon Web Services tool for load balancing which optimizes user experience by Siteimprove | 7 days |
| AWSALBCORS | Necessary | An Amazon Web Services tool for load balancing which optimizes user experience by Siteimprove | 6 days |
| v2/tracker | Marketing | Used in context with video-advertisement. The cookie limits the number of times a user is shown the same advertisement. The cookie is also used to ensure relevance of the video-advertisement to the specific user. | Session |
| li_gc | Marketing | Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain | 179 days |
| li_sugr | Marketing | Collects data on user behavior and interaction in order to optimize the website and make advertisement on the website more relevant. | 3 months |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | Necessary | This cookie is used to remember the user's consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary" on the website. | 1 year |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | Necessary | This cookie is used to remember the user's consent for the cookies classified as "others" in the cookie policy. | 1 year |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | Necessary | This cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin to record the user consent for the cookies in the category “Analytics”. | 1 year |
| _ga_BWR6HWGY2Z | Marketing | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state. | 1 year 1 month |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | Marketing | This cookie is used to remember the user's consent to the use of cookies categorized as ‘Performance’. It records the consent status of the user for cookies with the performance category, ensuring website compliance with legal requirements. | 1 year |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | Marketing | This cookie records the user's consent for advertisement cookies on the website. | 1 year |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | Preference | This cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the "Functional" category. It stores the consent status of the user for cookies on the current domain. | 1 year |
As noted, FTI Consulting websites use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google") to help analyze how users use the site, for example which pages are most frequently visited. The information generated by a Google Analytics cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above.
If the way FTI Consulting uses cookies changes significantly (e.g. a new cookie being added with different functionality), FTI Consulting will inform you from the log in page. This detail will always be available to you from the navigation links at the bottom of all pages.
What if I don’t want cookies to be used?
By clicking the “I Accept” button on the cookies notice that appears on our website, you agree to our use of all cookies described in our cookie policy. If you do not accept the use of cookies, only “essential” cookies will be placed, but some functionality of the site may be affected. If you want to remove existing cookies from your device you can do this using your browser options. If you want to block future cookies from being placed on your device you can change your browser settings to do this. Please note that if you use your browser settings to block the use of all Cookies it may impact certain functionality on the FTI Consulting websites or degrade your browsing experience.
Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns regarding this policy or FTI Consulting’s personal data processing policies, please contact FTI Consulting at: privacy@fticonsulting.com.