Cookies Notice

The following notice applies from 28 May 2026 and applies across the SDF website and subdomains, including the MyFoundry portal.

Use of Cookies by SDF

Cookies are small pieces of computer code placed onto your computer, laptop, tablet, or phone by the websites that you visit. They are used widely to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as providing information to the owners of the site. 

When you first visited SDF’s website or other SDF services, we asked if we could place a cookie on your device to help us improve our website and services by collecting and reporting information on how you use it. 

We use different categories of cookies, each serving a specific purpose:  

  • Essential / Necessary Cookies
    These cookies are necessary for our website and services to function properly. They enable core features like page navigation and secure access. Some essential cookies may provide incidental analytics, but their primary function is to support site functionality.  
  • Analytics Cookies and Event Logs
    These cookies and logs help us understand how visitors interact with our website and services. They allow us to track website and product usage and performance, identify technical issues, and improve the overall user experience. These are optional and are only set with your consent.  

More information on the cookies we use is below.  

Global cookies

Some cookies we use are shared across our website and services (smartdatafoundry.com domain and its subdomains). We use optional HubSpot cookies to collect information about how visitors use our website and services. The information is used to compile insight reports and monitor usage to help us improve the website and services. Learn more at https://knowledge.hubspot.com/privacy-and-consent/what-cookies-does-hubspot-set-in-a-visitor-s-browser.

consent 
This necessary cookie is used to remember visitor preferences on optional cookies across Smart Data Foundry website and services.
It expires in 1 year.

__cfruid 
This is a necessary cookie set by HubSpot’s CDN (content delivery network) provider because of their rate limiting policies.
It expires at the end of the session.

_cfuvid 
This necessary cookie is set by HubSpot’s CDN (content delivery network) provider because of their rate limiting policies.
It expires at the end of the session.

__cf_bm 
This necessary cookie is set by HubSpot's CDN (content delivery network) provider and is a necessary cookie for bot protection.
It expires in 30 minutes.

__hstc 
This optional cookie is used for tracking visitors. It contains the domain, hubspotutk, initial timestamp (first visit), last timestamp (last visit), current timestamp (this visit), and session number.
It expires in 6 months.

hubspotutk 
This optional cookie keeps track of a visitor's identity. It is passed to HubSpot on form submission and used when deduplicating contacts. It contains a unique identifier to represent the current visitor.
It expires in 6 months.

__hssc 
This optional cookie keeps track of sessions. It contains the domain, viewCount (increments each pageView in a session), and session start timestamp.
It expires in 30 minutes.

__hssrc 
Whenever HubSpot changes the session cookie, this optional cookie is also set to determine if the visitor has restarted their browser. It contains the value "1" when present.
It expires at the end of the session.

myFoundry

session-token.0 
This necessary cookie stores the session token and identity for the authenticated user. It is used to maintain the user's session across different requests.
It expires in 30 days.

session-token.1 
This necessary cookie stores the session token and identity for the authenticated user. It is used to maintain the user's session across different requests.
It expires in 30 days.

callback-url 
This necessary cookie stores the URL to which the user should be redirected after signing in. It ensures that the user is redirected to the correct page after authentication.
It expires at the end of the session.

csrf-token 
Cross-Site Request Forgery Token (CSRF Token) is required to make requests that changes state. (e.g. when signing in or out or updating the session).
It expires at the end of the session.

pkce.code_verifier 
This necessary cookie is a security mechanism used during the PKCE (Proof Key for Code Exchange) authentication flow.
It expires in 15 minutes.

state 
This necessary cookie serves as a security mechanism for OAuth flows to prevent CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) attacks during the authentication process.
It expires in 15 minutes.

nonce 
This necessary cookie serves as a security mechanism for OpenID Connect (OIDC) flows to prevent token replay attacks and ensure the integrity of ID tokens.
It expires at the end of the session.

myFoundry - Dashboards

JSESSIONID
This necessary cookie tracks the HTTP session for the user on the ShinyProxy application. Set when browser connects to ShinyProxy (e.g., user loads the dashboard). It expires at the end of the session. We also use this cookie, with your consent, to enable collection of event logs at session level (anonymised) to improve our products and services.

AWSALB
This necessary cookie is created by AWS Application Load Balancer. It ensures session stickiness, directing subsequent requests from a client to the same target.
It expires in 1 week.

AWSALBCORS
This necessary cookie is created by AWS Application Load Balancer. It ensures session stickiness, directing subsequent requests from a client to the same target in the target group.
It expires in 1 week.

myFoundry - Authentication service

AUTH_SESSION_ID 
This necessary cookie is used for managing the user's authentication flow. Set during login flows and cleared after a successful login.
It expires at the end of the session.

AWSALB 
This necessary cookie is created by AWS Application Load Balancer. It ensures session stickiness, directing subsequent requests from a client to the same target.
It expires in 1 week.

AWSALBCORS 
This necessary cookie is created by AWS Application Load Balancer. It ensures session stickiness, directing subsequent requests from a client to the same target in the target group.
It expires in 1 week.

KC_RESTART 
This necessary cookie helps authentication service recover the state of an interrupted login session. Stores some temporary state for session recovery.
It expires at the end of the session.

KEYCLOAK_IDENTITY 
This necessary cookie is used for authenticating the user to the authentication service. Stores the user’s identity token (ID token).
It expires at the end of the session.

KEYCLOAK_SESSION 
This necessary cookie tracks the full SSO (single sign-on) session across applications. Helps authentication service know which session a user is in.
It expires in 1 month.

KC_AUTH_SESSION_HASH 
This necessary cookie is used to verify the integrity of the AUTH_SESSION_ID cookie. Part of authentication service's mechanism for securely handling the authentication session.
It expires in 1 minute.

How do I change my cookies settings?

If you have opted to accept any non-essential cookies, you can change or customise your selection at any time by changing the boxes checked below.

You can disable basic ‘functional’ cookies by changing your browser settings. Please note that this might affect your access to our website and services, including myFoundry.

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