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Winston Solicitors (UK) Limited may collate and use information about visitors to this website or any other site managed or controlled by Winston Solicitors (UK) Limited. Some of this information will include the use of cookies. Cookies, also known as browser cookies or tracking cookies, are small often encrypted text files located in browser directories. They are used by web developers to help users navigate their websites efficiently and perform certain functions. The cookies in use on these websites owned and managed by Winston Solicitors (UK) Limited gather information and statistics about visitors. Cookies make it easier for you to access our content pages and to log on to any user accounts which we create for you. We do not use or store personal data without express permission and use cookie related data on a collective basis to analyse traffic and website performance. We use this information to help us improve our websites.

You can change the settings on your web browser to refuse cookies, or you can enable the browser to see your consent for each cookie it detects. You can find out how to do this by clicking “help” on your browser menu.

We use a number of different cookies on our site. If you do not know what cookies are, or how to control or delete them, then we recommend you visit https://www.aboutcookies.org for detailed guidance.

The list below describe the cookies we use on this site and what we use them for. Currently we operate an ‘implied consent’ policy which means that we assume you are happy with this usage. If you are not happy, then you should either not use this site, or you should delete the cookies having visited the site, or you should browse the site using your browser’s anonymous usage setting (called “Incognito” in Chrome, “InPrivate” for Internet Explorer, “Private Browsing” in Firefox and Safari etc.)

First party cookies

These are cookies that are set by this website directly.

Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to collect information about visitor behaviour on our website. Google Analytics stores information about what pages you visit, how long you are on the site, how you got here and what you click on. This Analytics data is collected via a JavaScript tag in the pages of our site and is not tied to personally identifiable information. We therefore do not collect or store your personal information (e.g. your name or address) so this information cannot be used to identify who you are.

You can find out more about Google’s position on privacy as regards its analytics service at https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245?hl=en-GB

Drupal: Our website runs the popular Drupal CMS and cookies are used to store basic data on your interactions with Drupal, and whether you have logged into Drupal. We use a session cookie to remember your log-in for you if you are a registered user and we deem these as being strictly necessary to the working of the website. If these are disabled then various functionality on the site will be broken.

More information on session cookies and what they are used for at https://www.cookieyes.com/session-cookies/#What_are_s_0

Third party cookies

These are cookies set on your machine by external websites whose services are used on this site. Cookies of this type are the sharing buttons across the site allow visitors to share content onto social networks. Cookies are currently set by LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Google+. In order to implement these buttons, and connect them to the relevant social networks and external sites, there are scripts from domains outside of our website. You should be aware that these sites are likely to be collecting information about what you are doing all around the internet, including on this website.

You should check the respective policies of each of these sites to see how exactly they use your information and to find out how to opt out, or delete, such information.