Cookie policy
Use of cookies
Like many other websites, we collect information about you through the use of technology, such as cookies and device fingerprinting. Admiral Law’s website uses cookies.
You can manage your cookie preferences at any time - just click on the green tab with the cog icon, which can be found in the bottom left corner of every page on our website.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files which are placed on your device when you visit a website. They are used to make websites work efficiently, improve the experience of the user, and, where permitted, provide information to the website operator.
Like many other websites, we collect information about you through the use of technology such as cookies and device fingerprinting. Admiral Law’s website uses cookies to help our website work as you’d expect and to make your experience as smooth as possible. For example, some cookies help keep our website secure and allow you to navigate between pages, while others remember your preferences so you don’t have to enter the same information more than once. We may also use cookies to understand how people use our website – such as which pages are most popular – so we can improve our services. Where you allow it, cookies can also help us tailor content and provide more relevant information.
Cookies we use
Strictly necessary cookies are required for the operation of our website. They enable core functionality such as security, page navigation and access to secure areas of the website.
These cookies are always active, because our website cannot function properly without them.
We only use non‑essential cookies where you have actively provided your consent via our cookie banner. No non‑essential cookies are placed on your device before you make a choice, or are placed where you choose to reject them.
Third party cookies may be placed by third party providers. These are non-essential and, where used, the third party providers process these cookies in line with their own Privacy Notices.
Lawful basis for processing
· Our lawful basis for processing essential cookies is consent.
· Our lawful basis for processing non-essential cookies is legitimate interests, namely, our ability and obligation to maintain a functional, secure, website.
Your cookie preferences
When you visit our website, you are presented with a cookie banner which allows you to:
- accept all cookies;
- reject all non‑essential cookies; or
- to manage your cookie preferences.
You are able to amend or withdraw your consent at any time using the cookie controls on our website.
Managing, Disabling and Enabling Cookies
You have the ability to accept or decline cookies from any website, including ours, by modifying the settings in your browser. If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our website, you can do this through your browser settings. For information about how to manage and disable cookies you can use the “help” function within your browser, or you can visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. However, please note that deleting or disabling cookies may result in a loss of functionality when using our website.
| Cookie | Description | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| sp | This is a functional cookie, providing for functions across different pages in the website, reading and storing certain data from your computer in order to facilitate that process. | 11 months | Other |
| _gid | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. It is used to store information on how visitors use this website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the website is performing. The data collected includes: the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. | 1 day | Analytical |
| _gat_UA-619996-22 | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | 1 minute | Performance |
| PHPSESSID | This cookie is native to PHP applications. The cookie is used to store and identify a users' unique session ID for the purpose of managing user session on the website. The cookie is a session cookies and is deleted when all the browser windows are closed. | Session | Necessary |
| _ga | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, camapign data and keep track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assigns a randoly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 2 years | Analytical |
| SERVERID | This is a functional cookie which is used to effectively distribute incoming network traffic across multiple servers to ensure high availability and performance of the website. | Session | Other |
| cf_clearance | This cookies is a Cloudflare clearance cookie, which stores proof of visitors having passed a security challenge, helping to protect the site from malicious or automated traffic. | 1 year | Necessary |
| CookieControl | This cookie stores visitors' cookie consent preferences, so our website can remember your choices and manage optional cookies accordingly. | 90 days | Necessary |
| _ce.clock_data | This cookie stores the difference between the server time and the current browser time. | 1 day | Performance |
| _ce.s | This cookie tracks a visitor's session unique ID, tracking host and start time. | 1 year | Performance |
| cebs | This cookie is used to track the visitor's session internally, for instance, which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from certain web pages. | Session | Performance |
Concerns
If you have any concerns or complaints relating to the processing of your personal data, you can raise a complaint with Admiral Law by contacting the Privacy Operations Manager using the contact details above. For reference, our complaints process can be found here.
Changes to this policy
This cookie policy was last updated on 4th June 2026.
We review this policy regularly. We reserve the right to make changes to this policy and you will be notified of any changes when you next visit our website.