Cookie Policy
The site sets no cookies, the console uses two that it needs to work, and we run no analytics or advertising trackers.
This Cookie Policy explains which cookies and similar technologies Finance Data Cloud, Inc. uses on financedatacloud.com and in our console. We keep this list short on purpose: we use only what the site needs to work, and nothing for advertising or tracking.
1. Summary
- Our public website sets no cookies.
- The console, which opens with Phase 1, uses two strictly necessary cookies to keep you signed in and protect forms.
- We use no analytics, advertising, social media or session-recording tools, and no third-party tracking of any kind.
- Our fonts are loaded from Google Fonts, which receives your IP address when your browser requests them (section 5).
2. What cookies are
2.1 Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser. Similar technologies include local storage, pixels and device fingerprinting. In this policy, "cookies" covers all of them.
2.2 Strictly necessary cookies are those a service cannot work without, such as the cookie that keeps you signed in. Under EU and UK law they do not require consent. All other cookies do, and we do not use any.
3. Cookies we use
3.1 Website
None. Pages on financedatacloud.com, including the pre-registration, contact and application forms, work without setting cookies. Form submissions are sent directly to our own servers.
3.2 Console (from Phase 1)
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
fdc_session | Keeps you signed in to the console between pages | 12 hours, or until you sign out | Strictly necessary, first party |
fdc_csrf | Protects console forms against cross-site request forgery | Session | Strictly necessary, first party |
Both cookies are set with the Secure, HttpOnly and SameSite=Lax attributes and contain no personal data beyond a random identifier.
4. What we do not use
4.1 We do not use web analytics services, advertising networks, retargeting pixels, social media plugins, session replay tools or browser fingerprinting. We do not let third parties place cookies through our site.
4.2 We understand traffic to our site from aggregated web server logs, which we keep for 30 days as described in our Privacy Policy.
4.3 The site does not use local storage or session storage to track you.
5. Fonts from Google Fonts
5.1 The site uses the Schibsted Grotesk and JetBrains Mono typefaces, which your browser downloads from Google Fonts (fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com). To deliver the files, Google receives your IP address and browser details, as with any request for a file from another server.
5.2 Google states that the Google Fonts API does not set cookies and that the request data is not used to build advertising profiles. Google's handling of this data is described in its own privacy policy. If you prefer, you can block requests to these domains in your browser and the site will fall back to system fonts.
6. Managing cookies
6.1 You can view, block and delete cookies in your browser settings. Because the website sets none, blocking cookies has no effect on it. Blocking the console cookies will prevent you from signing in.
7. Changes to this policy
7.1 If we ever want to use a cookie that is not strictly necessary, we will update this page first and ask for your consent before setting it. The date at the top of this page shows when this policy was last updated.
8. Contact
Questions about cookies or this policy: privacy@financedatacloud.com.