Privacy & Cookie Policy
This is the privacy and cookie policy for the Taylor Wessing website. Taylor Wessing consists of: Taylor Wessing LLP UK, Taylor Wessing France, Taylor Wessing Germany, Taylor Wessing Belgium, Taylor Wessing Dubai, RHTLaw Taylor Wessing LLP Singapore, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c Austria, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c Czech Republic, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c Hungary, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c Slovakia, Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c Poland and Taylor Wessing e|n|w|c Ukraine.
For more information about these entities, please go to the Regulatory pages of each country for more information.
The information you voluntarily provide us through this site (which may include your name, company, address and contact details such as your telephone number, email address or fax number) will be used solely for the purposes of satisfying your requests, such as publications or recruitment brochures. If you have emailed us with an enquiry (for example, in relation to a press release or forthcoming seminar or other event) we will use your email address to respond to your query. Once we have dealt with your request, your details may be kept for a limited period for internal administrative purposes only so that we can keep track of what types and numbers of requests we are receiving through the website.
With whom is the information shared?
We may disclose personal information if required to do so by law, Court order or for the purposes of prevention of fraud or other crime or if we believe that such action is necessary to protect and defend the rights, property or personal safety of Taylor Wessing LLP, the Taylor Wessing website or its visitors.
Use of cookies by Taylor Wessing
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently to improve the user experience, as well as to provide certain information to the owners of the site. Taylor Wessing’s website sets cookies which remain on your computer for differing times. Some expire at the end of each session and some remain for longer so that when you return to our website, you will have a better user experience.
The table below explains the cookies we use and why and how long they last.
Cookie | Name(s) | Expires | Purpose |
Google Analytics | _utma | - 2 years | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited. |
TW cookie consent | CookieConsent | - after 10 years | This cookie records that a user is happy to accept cookies. |
Content Management | fe_typo_user | - at end of session | This cookie is set by our content management system mainly for the processing of forms. It is not used by us for any purpose. This cookie is deleted when a user closes their browser. |
Microsite | | | |
taylorwessing.com | TYW_MS_ADDRESS | - after 10 years | As above. |
taylorwessing.com | sid | - end of session | As above. |
taylorwessing.com | sid | - end of session | As above. |
taylorwessing.com | sid | - end of session | As above. |
taylorwessing.com | _atuvc | - after 1 year | This cookie allows us to update the count of how often a page is shared when a user forwards or shares one of our web pages on social media sites or with another user. |
taylorwessing.com | _atuvc | - after 1 year | As above. |
The use by Taylor Wessing of Google Analytics cookies
We collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns by using Google Analytics cookies. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information does not identify visitors or collect any personal details. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our websites. We will not associate any data gathered from this site with any personal information from any source. We will make it clear when we collect personal information and will explain what we intend to use it for.
For more information about Google Analytics cookies
- Google Analytics browser Opt-out
To provide website visitors with more choice on how their data is collected by Google Analytics, Google have developed the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. The add-on communicates with the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js) to indicate that information about the website visit should not be sent to Google Analytics. The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on does not prevent information from being sent to the website itself or to other web analytics services.
Learn more about the Google Analytics Opt-out Brower Add-on
Control of cookies
Web browsers allow you to exercise some control of cookies through the browser settings. Most browsers enable you to block cookies or to block cookies from particular sites. Browsers can also help you to delete cookies when you close your browser. You should note however, that this may mean that any opt-outs or preferences you set on the site will be lost. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org which includes information on how to manage your settings for the major browser providers
Your acceptance of these terms
By using the Taylor Wessing website, you consent to the collection and use of your information by Taylor Wessing LLP as set out in this privacy and cookie policy. If we change our privacy and cookie policy in any way, these changes will be posted on this page.
Please email any questions, concerns or comments you have about this policy to:
Julie Crowhurst
Email
Tel +44 (0)20 7300 7000
Taylor Wessing LLP
5 New Street Square
London EC4A 3TW
England
