Please read this cookie policy carefully as it contains important information on who we are and how we use cookies and other similar storage and access technologies on our website. This policy should be read together with our Website Privacy Policy, which sets out how and why we collect, store, use and share personal information generally, as well as your rights in relation to your personal information and details of how to contact us and supervisory authorities if you have a complaint.
Who we are
This website is operated by Legatia Law, the trading name of Miriam Bailey-Parkyns. Legatia Law is a mediation and professional training practice. It is conducted separately from the legal practice of Miriam Bailey-Parkyns, which has its own website and its own policies.
Our website
This cookie policy relates only to your use of our website, legatialaw.com.
Throughout our website we link to other websites owned and operated by third parties, including the website on which payment for the mediator training programme is taken, the register of the Civil Mediation Council, and our pages on social media platforms. Those third party websites may use cookies or similar technologies in accordance with their own separate policies. For information relating to those websites, please consult their policies as appropriate.
Cookies
A cookie is a small text file which is placed onto your device (for example a computer, smartphone or other electronic device) when you use our website. We use cookies on our website. These help us recognise your device, store the choice you make about cookies, and understand how our website is used.
For example, we monitor how many times our website is visited, which pages are viewed, how long visitors stay and from which country and type of device they arrive. This information helps us to see which pages are read and to improve the website. This data is statistical, which means that we are not able to identify you individually from it.
For further information on our use of cookies, including a detailed list of the information which we and others may collect through cookies, please see below.
For further information on cookies generally, including how to control and manage them, visit the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, or www.allaboutcookies.org (https://www.allaboutcookies.org).
Consent to use cookies and changing settings
We will ask for your consent to place cookies or other similar technologies on your device, except where certain, limited, exceptions apply such as where they are essential for us to provide you with a service that you have requested (for example, to record the choice you make about cookies so that you are not asked again on every page), are used only to collect statistics about the use of our website with the aim of making improvements (subject to any objection on your part), or are only used for the purpose of ensuring our website appears or functions correctly on your device (again, subject to any objection on your part).
You can withdraw any consent to the use of cookies or other similar technologies, or object to the use of cookies for statistical purposes, or manage any other such preferences, by clicking on ‘Cookie settings’ at the bottom of any page on our website. You can then switch each category of cookie on or off. It may be necessary to refresh the page for the updated settings to take effect.
Our use of cookies
The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why:
| The cookies (and other similar technologies) we use | Name | Purpose | Whether the technology is subject to an exception or whether we will seek your consent before using the technology |
|---|---|---|---|
Consent record cookie (CookieYes) |
| This cookie is set by the CookieYes consent tool used on our website. It records the choices you make when the cookie notice is shown to you, so that the notice is not shown again on every page and your choices are applied. This cookie collects information in an anonymous form: a reference number for your browser and the choices you have made. It does not identify you by name. This is a persistent cookie. It will remain on your device for one year, or until you delete it from your browser. | Yes, essential (we will therefore not request your consent before using this technology). |
Google Analytics 4 (Google LLC) |
| This is a web analytics service provided by Google LLC which uses cookies to show us how visitors found and explored our website, and how we can improve it. It provides us with information about the behaviour of our visitors (for example how long they stayed on the website and the average number of pages viewed) and also tells us how many visitors we have had. These cookies collect information in a statistical form: a random number assigned to your browser, the pages you view, the time of your visit, the country and type of device from which you arrive, and the website that referred you. They do not collect your name, your email address or anything you type into a form. Google processes this information on our behalf and does not use it for advertising or for any purpose of its own. These are persistent cookies. The _ga cookie is used to distinguish visitors and remains on your device for two years. The _ga_[container id] cookie is used to keep track of a single visit and remains on your device for two years, or until you delete them from your browser. Read How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services for guidance on how Google uses these cookies and the data generated by them. | Yes, solely for statistical purposes to collect information about the use of our website (we will therefore not request your consent before using this technology, but you can object to this use at any time by clicking on ‘Cookie settings’ at the bottom of any page and switching statistical cookies off). |
Third party access to the cookies
The cookies we use will only be accessed by us and by Google LLC, named in the table above, for the purposes referred to in this cookie policy. Those cookies will not be accessed by any other third party.
How to turn off all cookies and the consequences of doing so
If you do not want to accept any cookies, you may be able to change your browser settings so that cookies (including those which are essential to the services requested) are not accepted. If you do this, please be aware that the cookie notice may be shown to you again on each visit, because the choice you made cannot be stored.
For further information about cookies and how to disable them, please go to the guidance on cookies published by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, or www.allaboutcookies.org (https://www.allaboutcookies.org).
How to contact us
Please contact us if you have any questions about this cookie policy or the information we hold about you.
If you wish to contact us, please use the contact page on our website, or write to Legatia Law, [postal address].
Do you need extra help?
If you would like this policy in another format (for example audio, large print or braille), please contact us (see ‘How to contact us’ above).
Changes to this policy
This policy was published on [date] and last updated on [date].
We may change this policy from time to time. When we do, we will inform you by updating the date shown above and, where the change is material, by displaying a notice on our website for a period after the change.