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Categories of cookies
This Site uses the following categories of cookies.
Cookie category |
Details |
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Strictly necessary |
These cookies are essential to make the Site function properly. They are essential to enable the user to move around the Site and use its features. Without these cookies, we cannot provide the service that you have requested. This Site uses strictly necessary cookies to remember cookie preferences you have previously made. |
Performance |
Performance cookies allow us to update this Site to cater for Site user preferences and improve performance. They collect information about how this Site is used (for example, which pages users visit most often and where error messages are delivered). These cookies don't collect information that identifies individuals. All information is aggregated and anonymous. This Site uses performance cookies to:
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Functional |
Functional cookies allow this Site to remember choices you make, and any customisations you make to Site pages during your visit. These are used to provide features and services specific to individual users. This Site uses functional cookies to:
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Analytics |
We use Google Analytics cookies to understand how users engage with our Site. We use these cookies to collect information and report Site usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors to Google. We use these cookies to compile reports and to help us improve the Site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come from geographically and the pages they have visited, the devices and browsers the visitor is using. |
Advertising |
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Social Media |
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What are the specific cookies used on the Site?
Cookie name |
Provider |
Purpose |
Category |
Duration |
First party or third party cookie? |
Session or persistent? |
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Has_js |
Womble Bond Dickinson |
This cookie checks whether you have JavaScript enabled. It is deleted when you close your browser. |
Strictly necessary |
Session |
First |
Session |
_ga |
Google Analytics |
Used to distinguish users. |
Analytical |
Two years |
First |
Persistent |
_gat |
Google Analytics |
Used to throttle request rate. |
Analytical |
Session |
First |
Session |
_gid |
Google Analytics |
Used to distinguish users. |
Analytical |
24 hours |
First |
Persistent |
wbd_current_language |
Womble Bond Dickinson |
Temporary cookie submitted when user switches country through the website location picker. The cookie temporarily stores the currently selected language, to stop the redirecting on the homepage based on the ‘wbd_country_code’ cookie. |
Functional |
Session |
First |
Session |
wbd_country_code |
Womble Bond Dickinson |
Detects and stores which language the user has selected. |
Functional |
Two months |
First |
Session |
CookieControl |
Civic |
This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on Site. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie. |
Strictly necessary |
Two months |
First |
Persistent |
__cfduid |
CloudFlare |
The __cfduid cookie is used to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. |
Performance |
One year |
Third |
Persistent |
lidc, bcookie, bscookie |
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These cookies are used by Linkedin as part of their embedded services on the Site (likes, sharing etc.). |
Advertising / Social Media |
Lidc = 24 hours bcookie = 24 hours bscookie = 24 hours |
Third |
Persistent |
_twitter_sess Perzonalization_id ct0 |
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These cookies are used by Twitter as part of their embedded services on the Site (likes, sharing etc.). |
Advertising / Social Media |
twitter_sess = Session Personalization_id = Two years ct0 = Session |
Third |
Persistent |
PREF |
YouTube |
This cookie is used by Google to set each of its users’ preferred language preferences. |
Advertising / Social Media |
Eight months |
Third |
Persistent |
YSC |
YouTube |
This cookie is used by YouTube as part of their embedded services on the Websites (sharing etc.). |
Advertising / Social Media |
Session |
Third |
Session |
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
YouTube |
To track visitor views of YouTube videos embedded in the Site. These cookies may also be used for remarketing. |
Advertising / Social Media |
Eight months |
Third |
Persistent |
NID |
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On Site pages with embedded Google services, e.g. Google Maps. These cookies may also be used for remarketing. |
Advertising / Social Media |
Six months |
Third |
Persistent |
pardot |
Pardot |
When a visitor accesses a form, landing page, or page with Pardot tracking code on the US side of the website. This cookie denotes an active session and isn’t used for tracking. For more information, click here. Pardot is used by WBD US LLP. |
Performance |
Session |
First |
Session |
visitor_id<accountid> |
Pardot |
The visitor cookie includes a unique visitor ID and the unique identifier for your account.This cookie is set for visitors by the Pardot tracking code used by WBD US LLP. For more information, click here. |
Analytical / Advertising / Social Media |
Expires in 10 years |
First |
Persistent |
visitor_id<accountid>-hash |
Pardot |
The visitor hash cookie contains the account ID and stores a unique hash. This cookie is a security measure to make sure that a malicious user can’t fake a visitor from Pardot and access corresponding prospect information. For more information, click here. Pardot is currently used by WBD US LLP. |
Analytical / Advertising / Social Media |
Expires in 10 years |
First |
Persistent |
wbd.gated | Womble Bond Dickinson | We use the web browser localStorage to store a list of what 'gated content' that no longer requires the traditional Drupal form for users. The key in localStorage is called wbd.gated. Currently this is used by WBD US LLP. | Strictly necessary | Lifetime | First | Persistent |
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