This Cookies Policy sets out the basis on which we, 39 Essex Chambers, use cookies and similar technologies on or in relation to our website, https://www.39essex.com/.
‘Essential’ cookies are automatically placed on your computer or device when you access our website or take certain actions on our website. ‘Non-essential’ cookies and other technologies are only placed on your computer or device if you have consented to us doing so. For information on the difference between essential and non-essential cookies, see the section below entitled About cookies.
For information on how you consent and how you can withdraw your consent to us placing non-essential cookies and other technologies on your computer or device, see the section below entitled How to accept or reject cookies.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files sent by a website’s server to a web browser, processor memory or hard drive and stored there. They can be used for a range of different purposes, such as customising a website for a particular user, helping a user navigate a website, improving that user’s website experience, and storing that user’s preferences and login information.
Essential and non-essential cookies
Cookies can be classified as either ‘essential’ or ‘non-essential’.
Essential cookies: these are cookies that are either:
- used solely to carry out or facilitate the transmission of communications over a network; or
- strictly necessary to provide an online service (e.g. our website or a service on our website) which you have requested.
Non-essential cookies: these are any cookies that do not fall within the definition of essential cookies, such as cookies used to analyse your behaviour on a website (‘analytical’ cookies) or cookies used to display advertisements to you (‘advertising’ cookies).
List of cookies used
The table below explains the cookies we use, why we use them and how long they last.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the site and use its features and/or services. Without these absolutely necessary cookies, the site will not perform as smoothly for you as we would like it to and we may not be able to provide the site with certain services or features.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Category | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CookieControl | www.39essex.com | 15 months | This cookie is used to remember a user’s choice about cookies on our website. Where users have previously indicated a preference, that user’s preference will be stored in this cookie. | |
| SPSI | stackpath.com | HTTP Cookie | Session | Sets a unique ID for the session. This allows the website to obtain data on visitor behaviour for statistical purposes. This cookie is required in order for the WAF to function properly. |
Analytical Cookies
Analytical cookies help us to improve our website by collecting and reporting information on its usage.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Category | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | www.39essex.com | Statistics | 2 Years | This cookie is used for Google Analytics to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. |
| _gid | www.39essex.com | Performance | 1 Day | This cookie is used for Google Analytics to store and update a unique value for each page visited. |
| hjsessionuser | www.39essex.com | Statistics | 1 Year | This cookie is used for statistics on the visitor's visits to the website |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample | www.39essex.com | Statistics | Session | This cookie is used for statistics on the visitor's visits to the website |
Security Cookies
Security cookies help improve the website's security.
| Cookie Name | Provider | Category | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adOtr | stackpath.com | HTTP Cookie | Session | Used in order to detect spam and improve the website's security. Does not store visitor specific data. |
| PRLST | stackpath.com | HTTP Cookie | Session | Used in order to detect spam and improve the website's security. Does not store visitor specific data. |
| sp_lit | stackpath.com | HTTP Cookie | 1 day | Used in order to detect spam and improve the website's security. Does not store visitor specific data. |
| spcsrf | stackpath.com | HTTP Cookie | 1 day | Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor. |
| SPSE | stackpath.com | HTTP Cookie | Session | Ensures visitor browsing-security by preventing cross-site request forgery. This cookie is essential for the security of the website and visitor. |
| UTGv2 | stackpath.com | HTTP Cookie | 179 days | Used in order to detect spam and improve the website's security. Does not store visitor specific data. |
Accepting or rejecting cookies
You can accept or reject some or all cookies (for example, blocking all third party cookies) by adjusting your browser settings. If you do not know how to do this, the links below set out information about how to change your browser settings for some of the most commonly used web browsers:
Existing cookies
To clear cookies that have previously been placed on your browser, you should select the option to clear your browsing history and ensure that the option to delete or clear cookies is included when you do so.
Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on
You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the browser add-on which is available here: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Google Adsettings
You can manage and opt out of personalisation of advertisements by Google by visiting Google’s ad settings page here https://adssettings.google.com/ and by:
- unticking the button entitled ‘Also use Google Account activity and information to personalize ads on these websites and apps and store that data in your Google Account’; and
- switching the ‘Ads Personalisation’ setting off (i.e. by ensuring the switch at the top of the page is set to the left/grey and not the right/blue).
Alternatively, you can install a free browser plugin here: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/7395996
