Cookies Notice
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1. Introduction
This Cookies Notice explains how Proust Legal (“Proust Legal”, “we”, “our” or “us”) uses cookies and similar technologies on its website.
Our website is an informational website designed to present the legal services offered by Proust Legal. We do not use cookies for advertising, behavioral profiling, social media integration or personalized marketing.
The only non-essential cookies used on this website are performance and analytics cookies, which help us understand how visitors use our website so that we can improve its performance and user experience.
Because analytics cookies are not strictly necessary for the operation of the website, they are placed on your device only after you have provided your consent through our cookie banner. No analytics cookies are set before your consent has been obtained. Consent must be freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous, and you may withdraw it at any time as easily as you gave it.
This Cookies Notice should be read together with our Privacy Policy (insert link), which explains how we process personal data more generally.
2. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They enable websites to recognise your browser, remember certain information and improve the performance and functionality of the website.
Cookies may be:
First-party cookies, which are placed directly by Proust Legal; or
Third-party cookies, which are placed by service providers acting on our behalf.
Cookies are classified according to their purpose, namely strictly necessary cookies, performance cookies, and analytics cookies.
Proust Legal only uses strictly necessary cookies required for the functioning of the website and analytics cookies, which are subject to your prior consent.
3. Cookies Used on this Website
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly necessary cookies are essential for the operation and security of the website. They cannot be disabled because the website would not function properly without them.
These cookies do not require your consent under applicable European legislation.
Analytics Cookies
Subject to your prior consent, Proust Legal uses analytics cookies to understand how visitors use the website.
Analytics cookies enable us to measure, for example:
the number of visitors to the website;
the pages that are most frequently visited;
how visitors navigate through the website;
the duration of visits; and
general information about website performance.
The information collected through analytics cookies is used exclusively to improve the website and the services offered by Proust Legal.
Proust Legal does not use analytics cookies to profile visitors or to deliver personalized advertising.
Performance Cookies
Subject to your prior consent, Proust Legal may also use performance cookies to monitor the technical performance and reliability of the website. Unlike analytics cookies, which measure how visitors interact with the website, performance cookies are used to evaluate how the website itself performs, for example by identifying technical errors, measuring page loading times, monitoring system performance and helping us detect and resolve technical issues.
The information collected through performance cookies enables Proust Legal to improve the stability, security and overall performance of the website. These cookies are not used to identify individual visitors or to create user profiles.
4. Legal Basis
The use of analytics cookies is based on your consent in accordance with:
Article 5(3) of Directive 2002/58/EC (the ePrivacy Directive), as amended; and
Article 6(1)(a) GDPR.
Analytics cookies are only activated after you have clicked “Accept All” in the cookie banner or otherwise consented through your cookie preferences.
If you select “Reject All”, no analytics cookies will be placed on your device.
5. Cookie Preferences
When you first visit our website, you are presented with a cookie banner allowing you to:
accept analytics cookies;
reject analytics cookies; or
access this Cookies Notice for further information.
You may withdraw or change your consent at any time by clicking the “Cookie Settings” link available in the footer of our website.
Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
6. Cookies Used by this Website
Name of Cookie
Type of Cookie
Purpose
Legal Basis
Duration
To be completed
Strictly Necessary
Enables the core functionality and security of the website. These cookies are essential for the website to function properly and cannot be disabled.
Article 6(1)(f) GDPR (legitimate interests) and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive (consent exemption for strictly necessary cookies)
To be completed
To be completed
Performance
Measures the technical performance of the website, such as page loading times and error reporting, in order to improve the functioning of the website.
Article 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent)
To be completed
To be completed
Analytics
Measures how visitors interact with the website (e.g. pages visited, session duration and navigation patterns) in order to improve the website and user experience.
Article 6(1)(a) GDPR (consent)
To be completed
7. Third-Party Providers
Proust Legal uses Google Analytics to collect aggregated statistical information about the use of its website. Google Analytics enables us to understand how visitors interact with the website, such as the pages visited, the duration of visits and general navigation patterns, so that we can improve the website and the services we provide.
Google Analytics is configured so that analytics cookies are placed only after you have provided your consent through our cookie banner. If you reject analytics cookies, Google Analytics cookies will not be stored on your device.
Further information is available in the Google Analytics Terms of Service.
Any personal data collected through analytics cookies is processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
8. Changes to this Cookies Notice
Proust Legal may update this Cookies Notice from time to time to reflect changes in applicable legislation or the technologies used on the website.
The latest version will always be published on this page together with the date of the most recent update.
9. Contact
If you have any questions regarding this Cookies Notice, please contact us by email at: dpo@proustlegal.com