Effective Date: January 1, 2021
Cookie Notice
This Cookie Notice supplements our Global Website Privacy Notice, our UK/EU Privacy Notice and our AU Privacy Policy, our CCPA Privacy Notice and our DIFC Privacy Notice. You can access these notices/policy here.
1. Cookies – What Are They and How Do We Use Them?
Squire Patton Boggs uses cookies and similar technologies to collect information about the use of our website in order to make it function effectively and also to improve our website visitors’ experience when they browse our website. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is sent to your browser and stored on the hard drive of your computer (or Internet enabled device) when you visit a website. Session cookies are temporary cookie files that are erased from your device when you close your browser. Persistent cookies are cookie files that stay in one of your browser's subfolders after you close your browser.
2. Blocking Cookies
You do not have to accept all of the cookies used by our website. Certain cookies are strictly necessary for the performance of our website. If you reject certain cookies, however, you may not be able to use some of the features of this website. Others enhance the functionality, and if you reject those cookies, you may not be able to use some of the features of this website. The types of cookies that we use on our website are set out below. Your browser may be configured to allow you to refuse or delete cookies or to be notified when a cookie is stored on your device. To change your web browser settings for cookies, you can follow the instructions in the help section of your web browser or visit allaboutcookies.org. You will also find information about how to disable specific cookies by using our Privacy Preference Center to Update Your Cookie Settings (see button below).
3. What Do We Collect?
We use the following types of cookies on our website:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies
- Performance Cookies (optional)
- Functional Cookies (optional)
- Targeting Cookies (optional)
To see what each of these cookies do, visit our Privacy Preference Center and
4. Links to Other Sites
Our Privacy Notices/Policies only cover the Squire Patton Boggs website. Our website, newsletters, email updates and other digital communications may contain links to and from other third-party websites. When you click on these links, you are exiting our website, and the personal data that you provide through such third-party websites is not subject to our privacy notice(s)/policies. If you follow any link to a third-party website, please note that that website will have its own privacy notice(s) which set out how your information is collected and processed by them. We recommend that you check the privacy notices/policies of each website you visit. Some of these third parties may use applications that track your online activities across different websites and platforms over time.
5. Google Analytics
Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics works using cookies. Google Analytics cookies collect your IP address; however, because IP anonymization is used on this website, your IP address will be shortened (and therefore anonymized) as soon as technically possible and before it is stored or otherwise used in connection with Google Analytics. The anonymization process takes place within the European Union or the European Economic Area, except in exceptional cases, where your full IP address may be sent to a Google server in the United States and shortened there. We use the information collected by Google Analytics cookies to find out about how visitors use our website. Google will not combine the IP address sent by your browser in connection with Google Analytics with other data. You can prevent Google Analytics cookies from being stored by setting your browser software accordingly. You can also opt-out of Google Analytics by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at google.com.
6. Other Information
Any personal data that we collect from the application of cookies are stored on servers that are hosted by our third-party provider in the United States. The international transfer of this data is subject to the EU Commission approved Standard Contractual Clauses and a data processor agreement with the vendor. We retain personal data collected by means of cookies needed for personalized services where you have consented to the use of cookies for those purposes, and otherwise only for as long as necessary to aggregate personal data that we use for website performance and audience measurement.
If you are a UK or EU resident, you have certain rights in relation to any personal data that we process about you. These rights are set out in Section 7 of our UK/EU Privacy Notice, which you can find here.