COOKIE Policy

Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a small file that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred on your computer’s hard drive to distinguish you from other users of our website. Cookies help us to provide you with a good experience when you use our website and allow us to improve our website

We use the following types of cookies. We have set out a detailed list below which contains more information about the cookies we use and how long they last:

  • Necessary and required cookies: these cookies are required for the operation of our website and they are always enabled because our website will not work properly without them. If you switch off these cookies in your browser settings, you may not be able to access all of our website.

  • Analytical or performance cookies: these cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of people who visit our website and to see how users move around our website. These cookies help us to improve the way our website works.

You may choose which cookies you accept when you first visit our website by checking the appropriate consents in our consent banner. You can also use your browser settings to disable certain cookies automatically.

We use Squarespace to create and host our website. Click here for further information on the cookies Squarespace uses.

If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:

  • By email: claire.stockill@ciel-legal.com

  • By phone: +44(0)7814731805

  • By post: Ciel Legal LLP, c/o Millhouses Accountancy, Millhouses Business Centre 2-4 Abbeydale Road, Sheffield, S7 2QN

Necessary and required cookies

TZ

  • Enables scheduling appointments to display correctly based on time zone preferences

  • Persistent cookie

Test

  • Investigates if the browser supports cookies and prevents error

  • Lasts for the session

ss_sd

  • Ensures that visitors on the Squarespace 5 platform remain authenticated during their sessions

  • Lasts for session

_dd_cookie_test

  • Tests if cookies are supported

  • Expires instantly

_dd_s

  • Tracks browser errors

  • Lasts four hours

_dd_site_test

  • Tests if cookies are supported

  • Expires instantly

_grecaptcha

  • Helps reduce spam in Acuity Scheduling (the tool we use to allow you to book a chat with us)

  • No expiry

_ssid

  • Remembers devices for anti-fraud purposes

  • Lasts four years

ss_cookieAllowed

  • Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies

  • Lasts 30 days

Analytical and performance cookies

ss_cid

  • Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

  • Lasts two years

ss_cpvisit

  • Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

  • Lasts two years

ss_cvisit

  • Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

  • Lasts 30 minutes

ss_cvr

  • Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

  • Lasts 30 minutes

ss_cvt

  • Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site

  • Lasts 30 minutes