1.1 www.nelsonslaw.co.uk (our site) is a site operated by Nelsons Solicitors Limited (we).
1.2 A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you consent, the file is added, and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site.
1.3 Our site 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 allows us to improve our site.
1.4 We use the following cookies:
1.4.1 Necessary cookies. These cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies and they cannot be deselected.
1.4.2 Preference cookies. Enables a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, such as a website user’s preferred language or the region that they are in.
1.4.3 Statistic cookies. Helps website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
1.4.4 Marketing cookies. Used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.
1.4.5 Unclassified cookies. Cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.
1.5 You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the tables below:
Necessary
| Name | Provider | Expiry | Purpose/Description |
| CookieConsent | Cookiebot | 1 year | Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain |
| test_cookie | 1 day | Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies. | |
| _GRECAPTCHA | 180 days | Pending | |
| rc::a | Persistent | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website. | |
| rc::b | Session | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. | |
| rc::c | Session | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. | |
| rc::d-15# | Persistent | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. | |
| rc::f | Persistent | This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. | |
| sc_anonymous_id | Matterport | Persistent | Used in context with the 3D-view-function on the website. |
| CONSENT | YouTube | 2 years | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. |
| BIGipServer# | messenger.ngageics.com | Session | Used to distribute traffic to the website on several servers in order to optimise response times. |
| XSRF-TOKEN | webcalc.perfectportal.co.uk | 4 days | Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | www.nelsonslaw.co.uk | 1 year | Determines whether the user has accepted the cookie consent box. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary | www.nelsonslaw.co.uk | 1 year | Determines whether the user has accepted the cookie consent box. |
| SESS# | www.reviewsolicitors.co.uk | Session | Preserves users states across page requests. |
Statistics
| Name | Provider | Expiration | Purpose/Description |
| _ga [x4] | 2 years | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | |
| _ga_# [x4] | 2 years | Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit. | |
| collect | Session | Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. | |
| _gat | 1 day | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | |
| _gid [x2] | 1 day | Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. | |
| td | Session | Registers statistical data on users’ behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. |
Marketing
| Name | Provider | Expiration | Purpose/Description |
| _gcl_au [x3] | 3 months | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. | |
| IDE | 1 year | Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user’s actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser’s ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user. | |
| pagead/1p-user-list/#/ | Session | Pending | |
| LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | YouTube | Session | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. |
| LogsDatabaseV2:V#||LogsRequestsStore | YouTube | Persistent | Pending |
| nextId | YouTube | Session | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. |
| remote_sid | YouTube | Session | Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website. |
| requests | YouTube | Session | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. |
| ServiceWorkerLogsDatabase#SWHealthLog | YouTube | Persistent | Necessary for the implementation and functionality of YouTube video-content on the website. |
| TESTCOOKIESENABLED | YouTube | 1 day | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | YouTube | 180 days | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | YouTube | 180 days | Pending |
| YSC | YouTube | Session | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| yt.innertube::nextId | YouTube | Persistent | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| yt.innertube::requests | YouTube | Persistent | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | YouTube | Persistent | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| YtIdbMeta#databases | YouTube | Persistent | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. |
| yt-remote-cast-available | YouTube | Session | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | YouTube | Session | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | YouTube | Persistent | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| yt-remote-device-id | YouTube | Persistent | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | YouTube | Session | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| yt-remote-session-app | YouTube | Session | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| yt-remote-session-name | YouTube | Session | Stores the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video |
| perfectportal-session | webcalc.perfectportal.co.uk | 4 days | Used by perfectportal.co.uk |
2. How to control and delete cookies
2.1 We will not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you.
2.2 We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
2.3 Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
2.2 Our website is currently set not to collect any non-essential cookies, including tracking and analytics cookies unless you choose to opt in via the cookies pop-up that appears when you first visit any page on our website or clicking on the icon that appears in the bottom left-hand corner of your browser. You can change your cookie settings at any point via the icon.
2.3 We use a cookie to remember your cookie preferences, this has the following consequences:
2.3.1 If you delete all your cookies you will have to tell us your preference again; and
2.3.2 If you use a different device, computer profile or browser you will have to tell us your preference again.
2.4 If you ignore the pop-up our site will continue to set cookies as Necessary.
2.5 You can delete our cookies after you have visited the website, or you can use our site using your browser’s private usage setting (‘Incognito’ in Google Chrome, ‘InPrivate’ for Internet Explorer, ‘Private Browsing’ in Firefox and Safari, etc.). You are also able to modify your browser so that it notifies you when cookies are sent to it, or you can refuse cookies altogether. You can also remove cookies that have already been set.
2.6 If you would like to restrict or block cookies that are set on your device, you can do this through your browser settings. The help function in your chosen browser should provide you with some guidance on how to do this. Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org, which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your machine as well as more general information about cookies.
2.7 If you wish to view your cookie code, just click on a cookie to open it. You’ll see a short string of text and numbers. The numbers are your identification card, which can only be seen by the server that gave you the cookie. For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone, you will need to refer to your handset manual.
3. Third-party services and disclosure
3.1 Please note that third parties (including, for example, 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 statistic or marketing cookies.
3.2 Our site also includes embedded ‘share’ buttons to enable users of the site to easily share articles through a number of popular social networks, for example, Facebook, X (formerly Twitter) or LinkedIn. These websites may set a cookie if you click through. We do not control the dissemination of these cookies and you should check the relevant third-party website for more information about these.
4. Contact
Questions or comments regarding this policy should be addressed to Nelsons Solicitors Limited of Pennine House, 8 Stanford Street, Nottingham NG1 7BQ.