Effective Date: 10 December, 2025

This Cookies Policy forms an integral part of the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy of the website located at https://futureofcapitalism.net (the “Website”).

This Website is operated by Shizenkan University, with its registered office at Nihonbashi Takashimaya Mitsui Bldg 17F, 5-1 Nihonbashi 2-Chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-6117, Japan (referred to as “we”, “us”, or “our”).

We use cookies and similar technologies to ensure the proper functioning of the Website, improve user experience, analyse traffic, and provide access to embedded content.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites function properly, improve efficiency, and provide reporting information.

Cookies do not harm your device and cannot access files stored on it.

Some cookies are essential for the Website to function, while others are used only if you give your consent.

Categories of Cookies We Use

We use the following categories of cookies:

Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the Website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems.

Functional Cookies
These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalisation.

Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the Website in order to improve performance and usability.

Advertising / Targeting Cookies
These cookies are set by third-party services to deliver or measure personalised advertising.

You can manage your cookie preferences at any time via our cookie banner.

How We Use Cookies

When you first visit our Website, you are presented with a cookie banner that allows you to:

• Accept all cookies
  
• Reject non-essential cookies
  
• Customise your preferences
  

Non-essential cookies are only placed on your device after you have provided your explicit consent.

You can change or withdraw your consent at any time via the cookie settings on our Website or through your browser.

Cookies from Embedded YouTube Videos

Our Website includes embedded video content from YouTube, a service provided by Google LLC.

We use YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode (youtube-nocookie.com) where available. This means YouTube does not set cookies until you actively interact with the video.

When a YouTube video is loaded or played, YouTube may collect technical information such as:

• IP address
  
• Browser and device details
  
• Pages viewed
  
• Video interaction data
  

YouTube may set the following cookies, among others:

• VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
  
• VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA
  
• YSC
  
• PREF
  
• CONSENT
  
• yt.innertube::nextId
  
• yt.innertube::requests
  
• yt-remote-device-id
  
• yt-remote-connected-devices
  
• yt-remote-session-name
  
• yt-remote-session-app
  
• yt-remote-fast-check-period
  
• yt-remote-cast-available
  
• yt-remote-cast-installed
  
• ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY
  

These cookies are non-essential and are only placed with your consent, where required by applicable law.

For more information: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Third-Party Advertising and Analytics Cookies

Some content and services on our Website may trigger cookies from third-party providers.

These may include:

Google LLC
Cookies such as:

• NID – used for advertising personalisation and measurement
  

Yahoo
Cookies such as:

• COMPASS
  
• S
  

These cookies may be used to deliver, measure or limit the frequency of advertising and to analyse user interactions.

These cookies are only set after you have provided consent via our cookie banner.

Privacy policies of third parties:

• Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy
• Yahoo: https://legal.yahoo.com/us/en/yahoo/privacy

Cookie List

Below is a list of cookies currently used on the Website:

This list may be updated from time to time.

Managing and Deleting Cookies

You can manage or delete cookies through:

• Our cookie banner
  
• Your browser settings
  

Browser help pages:

Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop
Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416
Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Edge/Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/manage-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-view-allow-block-delete-and-use-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d
Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies

If you disable cookies, some Website features may not work correctly.

International Data Transfers

Some third-party cookies involve transfers of personal data outside your country of residence, including to the United States.

Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.

Updates to This Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time. The updated version will be published on this page with a revised effective date.

Contact

If you have questions about this Cookies Policy, please contact:

Data Protection Officer
Future of Capitalism Project
c/o Shizenkan University
info@futureofcapitalism.net

European Representative (Article 27 GDPR)

We have appointed EU Rep as our representative under Article 27 of the GDPR.

All GDPR queries from EU Data Subjects or Data Protection authorities should be submitted to eurep.ie via their dedicated form.

EU Rep is operated by BizLegal Ltd, registered at:
27 Cork Road, Midleton, Co. Cork, Ireland
Company number: 635921