At Clifford Chance we use cookies to make our websites easier to use and to help tailor content to you. This policy is intended to inform you about what cookies are; what the cookies we use are for and to help provide you options on how to manage or delete them.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file which is sent from our web server, and placed on your computer (laptop, mobile device etc.) when you browse the Clifford Chance websites or use our mobile apps. They hold only a modest amount of data, and allow the web server to recognise your computer's browser and respond accordingly.
You can find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu
What types of cookies are used and what choices do you have?
Below is a list of the types of cookies that we would like to use on our websites.
Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms, or to ensure the correct functioning of our site. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work.
Functional cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
Performance (or analytics) cookies
Performance cookies are used to gather statistics about the use of the websites in order to improve the performance and design of our services. For these purposes, performance cookies collect information about your device type, operating system type, browser type, domain, other system settings, IP address, referring URLs, information on actions taken on the websites and the dates and times of your visits, as well as the country and time zone in which your device is located.
These cookies are provided by our third-party analytics tool providers, Google Analytics and Adobe Analytics, and the information obtained through these cookies will be disclosed to, or collected directly by, these third-party service providers. For more information about Google Analytics' or Adobe Analytics' cookie and information practices (including the types of cookies used and their expiration date), please visit the links below:
Targeting cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Consent
By using our websites you agree that, unless you have set your device's browser to reject them, we can place the types of cookies set out above on your device, and use that data in accordance with this policy.
How to control cookies
You can control which cookies you want to be stored on your computer through the settings in your web browser. You can configure your browser to accept or reject certain or all cookies, as well as see what cookies have been set.
The "Help" menu in the toolbar of most web browsers will tell you how to change your browser's cookie settings, including how to have the browser notify you when you receive a new cookie and how to disable cookies altogether. Below is some helpful guidance about how to make these changes.
Guidance on how to block website cookies on other browsers can be found below:
More detailed information on disabling cookies can be found at www.allaboutcookies.org/. However, please note that if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including, for example, Strictly Necessary Cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our websites.
If you have a specific cookie query, please contact us.
Clifford Chance website and the Client Portal
Clifford Chance uses Performance (or technical) cookies to deliver its services via its websites, and its mobile apps.
Performance cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our website when they browse it - whether it is a new or returning visitor, which pages are viewed, how often and most frequently etc. These cookies do not collect any information which uniquely identifies you specifically - all data is aggregated and anonymous.
Strictly necessary cookies
| Name | Organisation | Function | Expires |
| ADRUM_BT1 | Clifford Chance | Browser issue detection and troubleshooting. | when you close your browser window |
| ADRUM_BTa | Clifford Chance | Browser issue detection and troubleshooting. | when you close your browser window |
| AWSALB | AWS | AWS ELB application load balancer. | After 1 week |
| AWSALBCORS | AWS | This cookie is managed by AWS and is used for load balancing. | After 1 week |
| AWSELB | AWS | This cookie name is associated with the Amazon Web Services Elastic Load Balancing functionality for routing client request on the server. | when you close your browser window |
| AWSELBCORS | AWS | This cookie name is associated with the Amazon Web Services Elastic Load Balancing functionality for routing client request on the server. | when you close your browser window |
| CC_GMAT_Login | Clifford Chance | Required for the correct functioning of Clifford Chance's online client services. | After 1 year |
| cc_whitelistcheck | Clifford Chance | Throttle request rates to server. | After 1 week |
| JSESSIONID | Clifford Chance | General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written in JSP. Usually used to maintain an anonymous user session by the server. | when you close your browser window |
| oktauser | Clifford Chance | Required for the correct functioning of Clifford Chance's online client services. | After 1 year |
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed | Clifford Chance | This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. | After 1 year |
| OptanonConsent | Clifford Chance | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. | After 1 year |
| saml_request_path | Clifford Chance | Required for the correct functioning of Clifford Chance's online client services. | when you close your browser window |
| sid | Clifford Chance | Required for the correct functioning of Clifford Chance's online client services. | when you close your browser window |
Functional cookies
| Name | Organisation | Function | Expires |
| .PassleASPXANONYMOUS | Passle Ltd | This cookie keeps track of the user's preferences between different pages of the site where that user is not logged in. | After 730 days |
| __cf_bm | Cloudflare | The __cf_bm cookie is a cookie necessary to support Cloudflare Bot Management, currently in private beta. As part of our bot management service, this cookie helps manage incoming traffic that matches criteria associated with bots. This is a CloudFoundry cookie. | when you close your browser window |
| _passle.clientweb | Clifford Chance | Used in the correct functioning of Passle's services. | when you close your browser window |
| at_check | Adobe | Used by Adobe Target to check if cookies are enabled/supported on the browser. | when you close your browser window |
| fbsr_ | This domain is owned by Facebook. The main business activity is: Social Media | After 1 year | |
| mid | This is an Instagram cookie that enables social media functionality within the site. | After 1 month | |
| ORA_OTSS_SESSION_ID | Clifford Chance | This cookie stores the application session id. It ceases to exist when the browser is closed. | when you close your browser window |
| passleCookieControl | Passle Ltd | Stores user consent selection. | After 1000 days |
| PassleSessionCookie.2 | Passle Ltd | Maintains browser session. | when you close your browser window |
| PHPSESSID | MPskin snc. | PHP session cookie associated with embedded content from this domain. | when you close your browser window |
Performance cookies
| Name | Organisation | Function | Expires |
| _ga | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners. | After 730 days | |
| _ga_SJ4RBQBT94 | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. | After 729 days | |
| _gat | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes. | when you close your browser window | |
| _gat_UA-nnnnnnn-nn | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | when you close your browser window | |
| _gid | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited. | After 1 day | |
| case_id | Josef | Enables Josef Legal platform to collect bot user performance data. | After 1 week |
| daysSinceLastVisit | Clifford Chance | Counts the number of days between your visits to the Clifford Chance website. | After 1095 days |
| daysSinceLastVisit_s | Clifford Chance | Recognises your return to the Clifford Chance online client services website. | when you close your browser window |
| mbox | Adobe | Cookie set by Adobe SiteCatalyst analytics software - used for measuring the performance of page content using A/B split testing. | After 732 days |
| nmstat | SiteImprove | This cookie name is associated with the website analytics service provided by SiteImprove. It enables site owners to gather usage statistics about their websites. | After 997 days |
| s_cc | Adobe | Adobe Site Catalyst cookie, determines whether cookies are enabled in the browser. | when you close your browser window |
| s_ppn | Adobe | This domain is owned by Adobe/Omniture. The main business activity is: Analytics. | when you close your browser window |
| s_ppu | Adobe | This domain is owned by Adobe/Omniture. The main business activity is: Analytics. | when you close your browser window |
| s_ppv | Adobe | Adobe Site Catalyst cookie. | when you close your browser window |
| test | Adobe | Adobe Analytics site tracking. | when you close your browser window |
| tp | Adobe | Adobe Analytics site tracking. | when you close your browser window |
Targeting cookies
| Name | Organisation | Function | Expires |
| _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. | After 90 days | |
| _gat_gtag_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | Google Analytics. | when you close your browser window | |
| _gat_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | Google Analytics Cookies. | when you close your browser window | |
| AMCV_E53C1C855B16A7F10A495E57%40AdobeOrg | Adobe | This is a pattern type cookie name associated with Adobe Marketing Cloud. It stores a unique visitor identifier, and uses an organisation identifier to allow a company to track users across their domains and services. | After 730 days |
| AMCVS_E53C1C855B16A7F10A495E57%40AdobeOrg | Adobe | This is a pattern type cookie name associated with Adobe Marketing Cloud. It stores a unique visitor identifier, and uses an organisation identifier. | when you close your browser window |
| anj | AppNexus | This domain is owned by AppNexus Inc. The company provides a range of online advertising technology and services. | After 90 days |
| at_check | Adobe | Used by Adobe Target to check if cookies are enabled/supported on the browser | when you close your browser window |
| CONSENT | YouTube | This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. | After 6094 days |
| demdex | Adobe | This cookie helps Adobe Audience Manger perform basic functions such as visitor identification, ID synchronization, segmentation, modeling, reporting, etc. | After 180 days |
| dpm | Adobe | This domain is owned by Adobe Audience Manager. The main business activity is online profiling for targeted marketing. | After 180 days |
| everest_g_v2 | Adobe | This domain is owned by Adobe. The main business activity is: Advertising | After 730 days |
| everest_session_v2 | Adobe | This domain is owned by Adobe. The main business activity is: Advertising | when you close your browser window |
| fr | Contains browser and user unique ID combination, used for targeted advertising. | After 90 days | |
| GPS | YouTube | YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. | when you close your browser window |
| test_cookie | This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange | when you close your browser window | |
| uid | Admaxim | Digital advertising targeting cookie. | After 24855 days |
| uuid2 | AppNexus | This domain is owned by AppNexus Inc. The company provides a range of online advertising technology and services. | After 90 days |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | YouTube | This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos | After 180 days |
| YSC | YouTube | YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites. | when you close your browser window |
CCConnect
The Clifford Chance Connect service uses the following Performance cookies to deliver its services and content to you:
| Name | Organisation | Function | Expires |
| JSESSIONID | Clifford Chance | Used to store information about your browsing history for the duration of that visit. | when you close your browser window |
| cfusi | Clifford Chance | Used to store additional security information about your browsing session for the duration of that visit. | when you close your browser window |
| fk | Clifford Chance | Used to assist in opening files on CC Connect. | after 60 minutes |
| cfdml | Clifford Chance | Used to manage concurrent logins to CC Connect. | after 24 hours |
| cup | Clifford Chance | Used to assist with the "Remember me" functionality of CC Connect. | after 30 days |
| rsu | Clifford Chance | Used to assist with the "Remember me" functionality of CC Connect. | after 100 days |
| dwp | Clifford Chance | Used to assist with the "Remember me" functionality of CC Connect. | after 100 days |
| ckCsrfToken | Clifford Chance | Used in securing the connection between your browser and the webserver when uploading files etc. | when you close your browser window |
Clifford Chance's mobile apps
The Clifford Chance mobile apps use the following Performance cookies to deliver their content to you:
| Name | Organisation | Function | Expires |
| _ga | Google Analytics | Used by Google Analytics (https://www.google.com/analytics/) to distinguish unique users of the Clifford Chance website, by using a randomly generated number as the unique identifier. | after 2 years |
| _gat | Google Analytics | Used by Google Analytics to limit the number of requests that can be made by the user. This cookie does not store any user information. | after 10 minutes |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Used by Google Analytics to understand the user journey (or session) a visitor to the Clifford Chance website takes when using the site. | after 24 hours |
| intercom-id-famp1ylj | Intercom messenger | Used by Intercom messenger to provide an anonymous visitor identifier. As users visit the product they receive this cookie. | after 9 months |
| intercom-session-* | Intercom messenger | Used by Intercom messenger as an identifier for each unique browser session. This session cookie is refreshed on each successful logged-in ping, extending it to 1 week from that moment. | after 1 week |
| user_notice | Neota Logic | Used by Neota Logic to store a "flash" error warning messages to be displayed in the browser by the front end. | after 12 hours |
| user_error | Neota Logic | Used by Neota Logic to store a "flash" error warning messages to be displayed in the browser by the front end. | after 12 hours |
| wid6 | Neota Logic | Used by Neota Logic to store a web session ID/token identifying the user's login session. | after 12 hours |
| sid6 | Neota Logic | Used by Neota Logic to store a web session ID/token identifying the user's login session. | after 12 hours |
| thirdparty_success | Neota Logic | Used by Neota Logic to contain a success message for admin users. | Transient |
| thirdparty_error | Neota Logic | Used by Neota Logic to contain an error message for admin users. | Transient |
| userId | Neota Logic | Used by Neota Logic to store the ID of the authenticated user. | after 24 hours |
| account | Neota Logic | Used by Neota Logic to store the email address of the authenticated user. | after 24 hours |
| name | Neota Logic | Used by Neota Logic to store the name of the authenticated user. | after 24 hours |
| neotalogicToken | Neota Logic | Used by Neota Logic to store the application API token. | after 24 hours |
