This Privacy Policy explains our privacy practices for the use of the FTI Consulting N-Site web portal (“N-Site”).
Why and what data does FTI Consulting collect?
You will be required to provide us with your name and email address as part of the registration process for N-Site. FTI Consulting is the controller of such personal data.
Whenever we process your personal data, we rely on a specific lawful basis. The processing of your personal data for the purpose of managing your subscription to N-Site will be justified on the basis that FTI Consulting has a legitimate interest in controlling who has access to N-Site as there are controls around who can access N-Site and how the content of the site can be used. Only authorised users should have access. It is necessary to collect some limited personal data to do this, and doing so does not unduly prejudice your interests, fundamental rights or freedoms.
We may also process your personal data for marketing purposes to send you insights, information, materials and invites relating to the services of FTI Consulting and/or other N-Site panel members. We consider that we have a legitimate interest to use your personal data for these marketing purposes considering your interest in N-Site, the materials published on the site and the connection with related services that we and other N-Site panel members offer. Processing your data in this way does not unduly prejudice your interests, fundamental rights or freedoms and you are able to opt out of our processing of your data for such reasons at any time by contacting [nsite@fticonsulting.com] or using the “unsubscribe” function included within any marketing emails that you receive.
Who might FTI Consulting share your data with?
FTI Consulting may disclose and share some of your data with other companies of the FTI Consulting Group.
FTI Consulting may also disclose and share your data with other N-Site panel members for marketing purposes, as detailed above. Panel members refers to the Expert firms who contribute content to N-Site and its supporting firms – a full list of which can be found here: https://n-site.co.uk/about-n-site/. Such panel members will operate as separate and independent controllers of your personal data for such purposes and the processing will be subject to the terms of each panel members’ own privacy policy which FTI Consulting cannot guarantee as providing the same or no less than equivalent protection as the standards that FTI Consulting applies to its own processing. However, FTI Consulting uses reasonable endeavours to ensure that appropriate protection is afforded to any data shared with the panel members and that data is processed in accordance with applicable law.
In the unlikely event that we receive a lawful request for disclosure, we may also share your personal data with a court, regulator or law enforcement agency. Except as described above, FTI Consulting will not otherwise share your personal data with any other third party.
How is my data secured and how long is it retained?
To find out more about FTI Consulting’s security and retention practice, please see the FTI Consulting Privacy Policy at http://www.fticonsulting-emea.com/about/privacy-policy.
What rights do I have about the data FTI Consulting holds about me?
To see your possible rights in relation to the data that FTI Consulting holds about you, please see the FTI Consulting Privacy Policy at http://www.fticonsulting-emea.com/about/privacy-policy.
Who is FTI Consulting Data Protection Officer?
You may contact FTI Consulting’s Data Protection Officer (DPO) at any time if you have general concerns about the processing of your personal data, or any data protection issue by sending an email to: dataenquiriesemea@fticonsulting.com.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time, so please re-visit this page frequently. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective as of the stated “Last Update” and your continued use of N-Site on or after the Last Update date will constitute acceptance of, and agreement to be bound by, those changes.
Contact us
To contact us, please see the contact details in the FTI Consulting Privacy Policy at http://www.fticonsulting-emea.com/about/privacy-policy.
This Data Protection Policy was updated in September 2020 (“Last Update”).
Cookie Policy
Effective Date: 19 February 2021
This policy applies to cookies used on FTI Consulting’s N-Site web portal (“N-Site”).
We are 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 us to improve and enhance your user experience when using our website. This Cookie Policy should read in conjunction with the N-Site Privacy Policy above. By continuing to browse or use the N-Site web portal you agree that we can store and access Cookies as described in this 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 N-Site’s website is used for authentication and identification of your session and allows N-Site to display the correct information on the website. N-Site 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. If you wish to withdraw consent to use Cookies at any point you will need to delete cookies using your web browsers settings. If you do so, however, this site may not function correctly.
Logging: N-Site records and stores details of the pages visited so that it can generate usage statistics. Except as otherwise provided in its Privacy Policy, N-Site 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?
There are several different types of cookies. These may include, among others:
Necessary Cookies: 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 Cookies: 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 Cookies: Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Marketing Cookies: 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.
What cookies does the N-Site web portal use?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| _gid | Statistics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. | 1 day |
| _gat | Statistics | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. | 1 day |
| _ga | Statistics | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 2 years |
| AMP_TOKEN | Marketing | Used to store a unique user ID. Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. | 30 seconds to 1 year |
| _gac_UA-174279491- | Marketing | This Cookie is used to store and track audience reach. Contains campaign related information for the user. | 90 days |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | Necessary | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin to record the user consent for the cookies in the category ‘Functional’. | 11 months |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | Necessary | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category ‘Other’. | 11 months |
As noted above, N-Site’s web portal uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”) to help analyse 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.
By continuing to use this website you give your consent for N-Site to use cookies as detailed above.
If the way N-Site uses cookies changes significantly (e.g. a new cookie being added with different functionality), N-Site 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 using N-Site’s website you agree that N-Site can place cookies on your device as explained above. 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 N-Site’s personal data processing policies, please contact FTI Consulting at: privacy@fticonsulting.com
