Introduction

This website www.bristows.com (the "Site") is operated by Bristows LLP of 100 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DH, also referred to in this Cookie Policy as "we" or "us". Bristows LLP is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This Cookie Policy (which should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use) explains what cookies are, and how and why they may be stored on and accessed from your device when you view this Site.

What are cookies?

Cookies are text files containing a small amount of data, usually a unique string of letters and numbers. They are commonly used throughout the Internet and are stored on, and accessed from, your device when you visit a website (including this Site). This allows the website to recognise your visit and differentiate you from other users of the website.

The term ‘cookies’ also includes technologies that operate in a similar way to traditional web cookies, such as pixels or tags. A pixel or tag is a snippet of code that enable cookies to be stored on your device. They allow the owner of the website to identify a user’s browser as they navigate different websites.

You can find out more information about cookies and similar technologies on the Information Commissioner’s Officer (ICO) website by clicking here.

How does this Site use cookies?

Our Site uses cookies for the following purposes:

Cookie & Categorisation

Name

Duration

Purpose

Cookie Preference

(Strictly Necessary)

CookieControl

1 year

This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on our Site. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored using this cookie. This cookie is strictly necessary for the operation of our Site. This means we do not ask you for consent before we set this cookie.

 

Google Analytics

(Analytics)

_ga
_gat_UA-5570695-1
_gid

2 years

1 day

1 minute

These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. We use the information to compile statistic reports of our users’ browsing patterns so that we can improve the Site.

Read Google's overview of privacy and safeguarding data here.

 

 

The following cookies are used by our third party partners:

Cookie & Categorisation

Name

Purpose

Passle Cookies

(Third Party – Strictly Necessary)

_RequestVerificationToken

.PassleASPXANONYMOUS

passleCookieControl

These three cookies set by Passle are strictly necessary for the operation of the inqusitiveminds area of our Site. Please see Passle’s cookie policy and cookie table for more information about these cookies.

 

Passle Cookies

(Third Party – Analytics)

 

_ga

_gid

 

These two cookies are Google Analytics cookies set by Passle. Please see Passle’s cookie policy and cookie table for more information about these cookies.

 

Read Google's overview of privacy and safeguarding data here.

 

 

Refusing or withdrawing your consent to the use of cookies

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the ‘C’ icon in the bottom corner of your screen (this may present differently on a mobile device). You can then adjust the available sliders to ‘On’ or ‘Off’, then click ‘Accept’ to finalise your selection. You may need to refresh your page for your settings to take effect.

Alternatively, most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:

To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Contact us

If you have any questions or need further information about our use of cookies on the Site, please contact us at privacy@bristows.com or write to us at FAO: Data Protection Coordinator, Bristows LLP, 100 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DH.

This Cookie Policy may be amended by us at any time. Please check this page periodically to inform yourself of any changes. This Cookie Policy was last amended on 23 September 2022.