Cookie Policy
Similar to other commercial websites, Lewis Silkin's website uses a technology called "cookies" and web server logs to collect information about how our website is used.
This Cookie Policy (“Policy “) is intended to inform you how our Website uses a technology called “cookies” and web server logs. This Policy is intended to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Website. Please take a minute to read and understand the Policy.
What are cookies and what do they do?
A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website, that site’s computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies.
Information gathered through cookies and web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed and the time spent at our Website.
For further details on cookies, please visit All About Cookies where you can find comprehensive information on cookies and similar technologies.
Consent to the use of cookies on this website
By continuing to use our Website, you are deemed to consent to our use of the cookies described in this Policy.
Blocking our use of cookies
You can block our use of cookies by activating the settings in your browser. Please visit All About Cookies where you can find comprehensive information on cookie management and blocking for a wide variety of browsers.
What happens if I block cookies?
In order to use certain services offered through our Website, your web browser must accept cookies. If you choose to withhold consent, or subsequently block cookies, some aspects of the Website may not work properly and you may not be able to access all or part of our Website.
How we use cookies
We use “analytics” cookies which, in conjunction with our web server’s log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate number of people visiting our Website and which parts of our Website are most popular. This helps us gather feedback so that we can improve our Website and better serve our customers. We do not generally store any personal information that you provide to us in a cookie.
We also use personalisation cookies to build profiles relating to you and other visitors (where we have received consent) so that we can direct more relevant content to you based on your use of our Website. Such personalisation uses cookies to recognise visitors returning to our Website so that relevant content can be directed based on previous visits.
We may also use “social media” cookies to personalise your interaction with third party social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook where our Website uses such features. Such cookies recognise users of these social media sites when you view social media content on our Website. They also allow you to quickly share content across media, through the use of simple “sharing” buttons.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Cookie Type |
Purpose |
More Information |
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Google Analytics |
To store information such as the time you visit the Website, whether you have visited before and the website that you visited prior to visiting our Website. |
For further information about Google Analytics please seehttp://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html |
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Social Media |
These cookies are set by AddThis, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube. |
For more information about the cookie policies of the social media services we use, please see: |
Most of our cookies expire within 30 days, although our analytics cookies may persist for between two and ten years.