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This Cookie Policy explains what this website stores on your device, what it does not store, and how you can control it. It should be read with our Privacy Policy, which explains how personal data is handled generally.
1. The short answer
1.1 This website sets no cookies. Not analytics cookies, not advertising cookies, not cross-site tracking cookies, and not third party cookies of any kind. Browsing this website does not cause any cookie to be written to your device.
1.2 This website also loads no third party resources. There is no advertising network, no social media widget, no embedded video, no embedded map, no externally hosted font and no tag manager. Every font, script, style and image is served from this website's own domain. The practical consequence is that browsing this website does not disclose your visit to any third party.
1.3 Two small entries are written to your browser's own local storage, described in clause 3. They are not cookies, they are never transmitted to us, and they stay on your device.
2. What a cookie is, and why the distinction matters here
2.1 A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store and which your browser then sends back to that website, and in some cases to other websites, with each subsequent request. Because a cookie travels back to a server, it can be used to recognise a device across pages, across sessions and, in the case of third party cookies, across unrelated websites.
2.2 Local storage is different in the respect that matters. It is a store in your browser which a website can read and write, but which is never automatically transmitted anywhere. Data placed in local storage by this website stays on your device unless code on this website deliberately sends it, and none of ours does.
3. What this website stores on your device
3.1 Two entries are written to local storage, both of them records of a choice you made:
| Name | What it records | Why | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| sl-disclaimer-ack-v1 | That you acknowledged the notice shown when you first arrived | So that the notice is not shown again on every page. The acknowledgement is required by the regulatory position described in our Disclaimer | Until you clear your browser storage, or until the notice is revised, at which point the version suffix changes and you are asked afresh |
| sl-cookie-consent | Whether you accepted or declined optional analytics, recorded as "accepted" or "declined" | So that your choice is respected and you are not asked again. The default is declined: this entry only exists once you have made a choice | Until you clear your browser storage |
3.2 Neither entry contains your name, your email address, an identifier assigned to you, or anything about the pages you viewed. Neither is sent to our servers. Because they are not transmitted, we cannot read them, and we cannot use them to recognise you.
3.3 If your browser blocks storage, or you are browsing in a private window, the entries cannot be written. The website remains fully usable; you will simply be asked to acknowledge the notice again on your next visit, which is the correct outcome rather than a fault.
4. How we measure use of this website without cookies
4.1 We record a small amount of information about page views on our own servers, without setting any cookie and without any script running in your browser for the purpose. This is described in full in clause 4 of our Privacy Policy, and in summary it records the page path, the referring website's domain, a broad device category, an approximate country, and a rotating pseudonymous identifier that cannot be linked to you or to any other day's activity.
4.2 This measurement is applied to a sample of visits rather than to all of them, because the firm needs a sense of which pages are useful and does not need a complete record of everyone's browsing.
5. Optional analytics, and its current status
5.1 The notice shown when you arrive includes a separate, optional and unticked box for third party analytics. It is deliberately independent of the acknowledgement: the website is fully available whether or not you tick it, because consent that must be given in order to obtain access is not freely given consent.
5.2 As at the date of this policy no third party analytics provider is configured on this website. Even where a visitor has accepted, nothing is loaded and no third party cookie is set, because the necessary configuration is absent. Your acceptance is recorded and has no present effect.
5.3 If we do configure a provider in future, the position will be as follows, and this policy will be updated before it happens. The provider's script will load only after acceptance, not loaded and then suppressed, so that a visitor who has not accepted makes no request to it at all. Declining afterwards stops any further loading immediately, although cookies already written during the accepted period will remain on your device until you clear them, which clause 6 explains how to do.
6. Controlling what is stored
6.1 You can clear this website's local storage at any time through your browser's settings, usually under a heading such as Privacy, Cookies and site data, or Clear browsing data. Clearing it removes both entries in clause 3, after which the notice will be shown again on your next visit.
6.2 You can also configure your browser to block cookies and site storage generally, or for this website specifically. This website will continue to work.
6.3 Because we set no cookies and load no third party content, there is no advertising profile associated with this website to opt out of, and no third party opt out mechanism that is relevant to it.
7. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control
7.1 This website loads no tracking technology, so a Do Not Track header or a Global Privacy Control signal makes no practical difference to what happens when you visit. We do not sell personal data and we do not share it for advertising, which is the substance those signals are intended to convey.
8. The administrative area
8.1 The administrative area of this website, which is used by the firm to edit content and is not accessible to visitors, uses a single strictly necessary session cookie to keep an authenticated administrator signed in. It is set only after a successful sign in by an authorised user, it is not set for visitors, and it is deleted on sign out.
Effect, review and contact
A This Cookie Policy takes effect on 7 August 2026 and replaces any earlier version of it published on this website. The version published here is the operative version at any given time.
B We review this Cookie Policy at least once a year, and additionally whenever the law, our systems or our practice changes in a way that affects it. Where a change is material we will say so on this page and, where the change concerns personal data and we hold a means of reaching you, we will tell you directly.
C Questions about this Cookie Policy, and any request or complaint arising from it, should be sent to work@standinglawyers.com, marked for the attention of the Grievance Officer where it is a complaint. We can also be reached on +91 63766 28978.