INFORMATION ABOUT OUR USE OF COOKIES
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files which are placed on your browser or the hard drive of your computer in order to make websites work, or to work more efficiently, and are used to provide information about the use of the website by users (on an aggregated or individual basis) to the site owners. Cookies can also allow relevant advertising to be displayed.
What are we doing with cookies?
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site.
Our website cookies help in the following ways:
- keeps your session on our website as secure as possible
- recognises you when you return to our website and speeds up your searches,
- estimates our audience size and usage pattern of our website, so we can make improvements to our site and how to navigate it
- stores information about your preferences, and allows us to customise our Site according to your individual interests.
We use (or may use) the following cookies, some of which might be provided by third parties:
- Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies are by default set on, as our website cannot function properly without them. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website. If you do not want these cookies to be used, you can manage them through your browser settings, but if you switch them off then our website will not work as you might expect it to work, or as it is meant to work.
- Functionality cookies: These cookies are by default set on, as they are used to save you time. They are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to do things like personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (if any). If you do not want these cookies to be used, you can manage them through your browser settings, but if you switch them off then our website will not work as you might expect it to work.
- Analytical / performance cookies: These cookies are by default set off, and for them to be used you must give your consent by switching them on. They are helpful to us as they allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- Targeting cookies: These cookies are by default set off, and for them to be used you must give your consent by switching them on. These cookies record your visit to our websites the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We may use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties, for this limited purpose.
Please note that third parties (including for example, network providers, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be “analytical / performance” or “targeting” cookies.
We use Google analytics cookies on our website which allows us to record the number of visits to our website and the pages that visitors have visited. This helps us understand general traffic to our website. This process collects data in an anonymous form, which will help us to develop our site and make improvements.
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) then you may not be able to access all or parts of our website. Please visit www.allaboutcookies.org which will tell you have to remove cookies.
If you would prefer to opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites then please visit:-
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
A list of the cookies that we use is below.
| Cookies | Purpose / Summary | Essential | Duration | Creator |
| _GRECAPTCHA | This cookie is used by Google reCAPTCHA to prevent spam and abuse on websites that use Google reCAPTCHA. | Yes | 1 year | |
| SOCS | This cookie is used by Google to protect the user’s security and to detect and prevent fraudulent activity. | Yes | Session | |
| CONSENT | This cookie is used by Google to store the user’s consent to the use of cookies. | Yes | 2 years | |
| AEC | Google security cookie used to confirm visitor authenticity, protect visitor data and prevent fraudulent use of credentials | Yes | 2 years | |
| __cf_bm | This cookie is used by Cloudflare to protect | Yes | 30 minutes | Vimeo |
| SSID | This cookie is used by Google to track the user’s session on the website. It is deleted when the user closes their browser. | No Functional | Session | |
| cookieyes-consent | This cookie is used by the CookieYes consent management platform to store the user’s consent to the use of cookies. | No Functional | 1 year | CookieYes |
| OptanonConsent | This cookie is used by the Optanon consent management platform to store the user’s consent to the use of cookies. | No Functional | 1 year | Optanon |
| xs | This cookie is used by Facebook to remember the user’s browser so they don’t have to keep logging in to Facebook and so they can more easily log in to Facebook via third-party apps and websites. | No Functional | 1 year | |
| sb | This cookie is used by Facebook to allow users to recover their account in the event that they forget their password, or to require additional authentication if they tell Facebook that their account has been hacked. | No Functional | 6 months | |
| privacy_embeds | This cookie is used by GoodLaw Solicitors to store the user’s preferences for embedded content on the website. | No Functional | 1 year | GoodLaw Solicitors |
| MoneypennyNoProactiveChat | This cookie is used by Moneypenny to prevent proactive chat from being offered to the user. | No Functional | 1 year | Moneypenny |
| MoneypennyHistory | This cookie is used by Moneypenny to store the user’s chat history. | No Functional | 1 year | Moneypenny |
| ar_debug | This cookie is used by DoubleClick to debug ads. | No Functional | 1 year | DoubleClick |
| ar_debug | This cookie is used by Google Ad Services to debug ads. | No Functional | 1 year | |
| Anon | This cookie is used by Bing to track the user’s anonymous activity across different websites. | No Analytic | 365 days | Microsoft |
| fr | This cookie is used by Facebook to track the user’s activity across different websites. | No Analytic | 3 months | |
| datr | This cookie is used by Facebook to identify unique users and track their engagement with Facebook. | No Analytic | 2 years | |
| c_user | This cookie is used by Facebook to track the user’s activity across different websites. | No Analytic | 3 months | |
| _uetvid | This cookie is used by GoodLaw Solicitors to track unique visitors and their engagement with the website. | No Analytic | 1 year | GoodLaw Solicitors |
| _uetsid | This cookie is used by GoodLaw Solicitors to track unique sessions and their engagement with the website. | No Analytic | 1 year | GoodLaw Solicitors |
| _gid | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to track unique users and track their engagement with the website. | No Analytic | 24 hours | |
| _gcl_au | This cookie is used by Google AdWords to track conversions and track the user’s journey across different websites. | No Analytic | 90 days | |
| _gcl_au | This cookie is used by Google AdWords to track conversions and track the user’s journey across different websites. | No Analytic | 90 days | GoodLaw Solicitors |
| _ga_ZH957TQKX1 | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to track unique users and track their engagement with the website. | No Analytic | 2 years | GoodLaw Solicitors |
| _ga_X6LMX9VR0Y | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to track unique users and track their engagement with the website. | No Analytic | 2 years | |
| _ga_RQXSGJFQ59 | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to track unique users and track their engagement with the website. | No Analytic | 2 years | |
| _ga_GJH9RGDDP5 | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to track unique users and track their engagement with the website. | No Analytic | 2 years | |
| _ga_B8SKQ9HHPZ | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to track unique users and track their engagement with the website. | No Analytic | 2 years | |
| _ga_4BXXKZJZTZ | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to track unique users and track their engagement with the website. | No Analytic | 2 years | |
| _ga_126VYLCXDY | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to track unique users and track their engagement with the website. | No Analytic | 2 years | Vimeo |
| _ga_0V7JNYGWCC | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to track unique users and track their engagement with the website. | No Analytic | 2 years | |
| _ga | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to track unique users and track their engagement with the website. | No Analytic | 2 years | |
| _ga | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to track unique users and track their engagement with the website. | No Analytic | 2 years | GoodLaw Solicitors |
| _ga | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to track unique users and track their engagement with the website. | No Analytic | 2 years | Vimeo |
| _fbp | This cookie is used by Facebook to track the user’s activity across different websites. | No Analytic | 90 days | GoodLaw Solicitors |
| __Secure-3PSID | This cookie is used by Google to track the user’s session across different Google websites. | No Analytic | 2 years | |
| SIDCC | This cookie is used by Google to track the user’s session across different Google websites. | No Analytic | 2 years | |
| OTZ | This cookie is used by Google to track the user’s time zone. | No Analytic | 2 years | |
| NAP | This cookie is used by Bing to track the user’s activity across different websites. | No Analytic | 365 days | Microsoft |
| MoneypennyVisit | This cookie is used by Moneypenny to track the user’s visit to the website. | No Analytic | 1 year | Moneypenny |
| MoneypennyUserAlias | This cookie is used by Moneypenny to track the user’s alias on the website. | No Analytic | 1 year | Moneypenny |
| MoneypennyRef | This cookie is used by Moneypenny to track the user’s referrer to the website. | No Analytic | 1 year | Moneypenny |
| MUID | This cookie is used by Bing to track the user’s unique identifier. | No Analytic | 365 days | Microsoft |
| IDE | This cookie is used by DoubleClick to track the user’s unique identifier. | No Analytic | 1 year | |
| __Secure-3PAPISID | This cookie is used by Google to deliver more relevant ads to users. It builds a profile of the user’s interests based on their browsing activity. | No Marketing | 2 years | |
| __Secure-1PSIDCC | This cookie is similar to __Secure-3PSIDCC, but it is used for non-personalized ads. | No Marketing | 2 years | |
| __Secure-1PSID | This cookie is similar to __Secure-3PSID, but it is used for non-personalized ads. | No Marketing | 2 years | |
| __Secure-1PAPISID | This cookie is similar to __Secure-3PAPISID, but it is used for non-personalized ads. | No Marketing | 2 years | |
| SID | This cookie is used by Google to track the user’s interests and deliver more relevant ads. | No Marketing | 2 years | |
| SAPISID | This cookie is used by Google to deliver more relevant ads to users. It builds a profile of the user’s interests based on their browsing activity. | No Marketing | 2 years | |
| NID | This cookie is used by Google to deliver more relevant ads to users. It builds a profile of the user’s interests based on their browsing activity. | No Marketing | 2 years | |
| HSID | This cookie is used by Google to track the user’s interests and deliver more relevant ads. | No Marketing | 2 years | |
| APISID | This cookie is used by Google to deliver more relevant ads to users. It builds a profile of the user’s interests based on their browsing activity. | No Marketing | 2 years | |
| 1P_JAR | This cookie is used by Google to track the user’s interests and deliver more relevant ads. It builds a profile of the user’s interests based on their browsing activity. | No Marketing | 2 years |
Please note that while you can view, manage, delete and block cookies through most browsers, if you delete all cookies then any preferences you have set will be lost. This includes in relation to any cookies where you have opted in or out, as that preference also requires the placement of cookies on your device to manage your choice.
