Better Society Capital uses cookies to help understand how you use our website. We want to ensure we are providing a service that is easy, useful and reliable.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is downloaded on to your computer, mobile phone or other internet enabled device when you visit a website. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, remember your preferences, and to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies cannot be used to identify you personally.
Cookie Consent (essential cookies)
This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on www.bettersocietycapital.com. Where a user has previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, tablet, smartphone) when you visit a website. They help enhance the user experience by remembering preferences, improving site functionality, and providing analytical data.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to improve our website's performance, enhance user experience, and analyse visitor interactions. Cookies on our website fall into the following categories:
Necessary Cookies – Essential for the proper functioning of our website (e.g., security, accessibility, session management).
Preference Cookies – Enhance website functionality by remembering user preferences (e.g., language settings, region selection).
Analytics Cookies – Help us understand website traffic and user behaviour through tools such as Google Analytics 4 (GA4) and Hotjar.
Marketing Cookies – Used to track user behaviour across websites to deliver relevant advertisements.
Third-Party Services
We use third-party services to analyse website usage and improve user experience:
Google Analytics 4 (GA4): Tracks visitor interactions, helping us improve website performance.
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Hotjar: Provides heatmaps, session recordings, and behavioural insights to enhance usability.
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YouTube: We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your device once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode.
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Consent Management
We use CookieBot to manage user consent. When you visit our website for the first time, you will see a cookie banner requesting your consent. You can:
Accept all cookies
Reject non-essential cookies
Customise your cookie preferences
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time by clicking on the "Manage Cookies" link in the website footer.
Cookie Retention
We store cookies based on their type and function:
Session cookies (temporary) expire when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period or until manually deleted.
Our consent management tool, CookieBot, stores consent preferences for 12 months. If you wish to amend this retention period, please contact us.
Managing Cookies
You can control cookies through your browser settings or by updating your preferences in our CookieBot banner. Most browsers allow you to:
Delete existing cookies
Block cookies from certain websites
Disable third-party cookies
For detailed instructions, visit your browser’s help section.
Your Rights
As a user, you have rights under the UK GDPR, including:
The right to access and review the data we collect.
The right to withdraw consent at any time.
The right to request data deletion or restriction of processing.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at privacy@bettersocietycapital.com.
Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in regulations or our data practices.