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Cookie policy

Forest Carbon uses cookies to ensure our website functions smoothly, to understand how visitors interact with our content, and to help improve your overall experience. This page explains what cookies we use, why we use them, and how you can manage your cookie preferences.

Cookie policy

Last updated: December 2025

Forest Carbon (“we”, “us”, “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on this website to improve your browsing experience, analyse website traffic, and support our marketing and reporting activities. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, what types we use, and how you can manage your cookie preferences.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function, remember preferences, and understand how users interact with pages. Cookies can be:

  • Session cookies – deleted when you close your browser
  • Persistent cookies – remain on your device until they expire or are deleted
  • First-party cookies – set by the website you are visiting
  • Third-party cookies – set by external services integrated into the site

2. How we use cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes:

a. Essential / strictly necessary cookies

These cookies enable core site functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. They cannot be disabled in our systems.

b. Performance & analytics cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the website, allowing us to improve user experience and site performance.

We use:

Google Analytics

Google Analytics collects information such as pages visited, time spent on the site, referring sources, device type, and user interactions.
Data is aggregated and does not personally identify you. Google may process this data outside the UK/EU.

For more information: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies

Lead Forensics

Lead Forensics uses a reverse IP lookup technology that identifies the business or organisation associated with a visitor’s IP address.
It does not identify individual users or process personal data such as names or contact details.

For more information: https://www.leadforensics.com/privacy-policy/

c. Functionality cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as preferences or previously viewed pages) to provide enhanced features.

d. Marketing & advertising cookies

If used, these cookies track browsing behaviour to deliver relevant ads or measure campaign effectiveness.

3. Cookies we may use

Examples include:

  • _ga, _gid – Google Analytics identifiers
  • wf_tracking, lfuuid – Lead Forensics tracking cookies
  • Session cookies required for site operation

A full cookie list can be provided in your cookie banner for transparency.

4. Managing your cookie preferences

When you first visit our site, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner that allows you to:

  • Accept all cookies
  • Reject non-essential cookies
  • Manage individual cookie categories

You can manage cookies directly through your browser settings:

  • Chrome: chrome://settings/cookies
  • Firefox: about:preferences#privacy
  • Safari: Preferences → Privacy
  • Edge: edge://settings/content/cookies

Blocking some cookies may impact site performance or functionality.

5. Changes to this cookie policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our data practices.

Updates will be posted on this page with the revised “Last updated” date.

6. Contact us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us via our contact form.

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