Cookies

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like most websites, our Website uses cookies and other web technologies to analyze how our Website is used and to monitor site performance so we can create the best user experience. Certain areas of our Website also use cookies to understand more about you, so we can provide you a more personalized browsing experience.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small amounts of data that are stored on your browser, device, or the page you are viewing and are used only by our Website while you are on our Website.  Use of Cookies helps us gather information about your usage patterns when you navigate our Website, in order to determine your preferred location and language so that we can direct you to the correct country home page.

Please note, Cookies are not used to determine the user’s personal identity when visiting our Website.

We also use cookies on our Website in order to collect information about your online activities on our Website over time and across different websites you visit. This information is used to provide marketing and advertising tailored to your interests on websites you visit and to analyze the effectiveness of such advertising for you. 

What are your options to disable cookies?

If you do not want to receive a cookie from our Website, you can review your Internet browsing settings to notify you when you receive a cookie, so that you may determine whether to accept it or not.

What cookies do we use?

Cookies used by our Website are generally divided into the following categories:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies

These are required for the operation of our Website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas (if applicable). These cookies are session cookies that are erased when you close your browser.

  • Analytical/Performance Cookies

Some cookies help us with the performance and design of our Website. These allow us to recognize and count the number of users of our Website and understand how such users navigate through our Website. This helps to improve how our Websites works, for example, by ensuring that users can find what they are looking for easily.

  • Functional Cookies

These improve the functional performance of our Website and make it easier for you to use. For example, cookies are used to remember that you have previously visited our Website and asked to remain logged into it. These cookies qualify as persistent cookies, because they remain on your device for us to use during a next visit to our Website.

  • Targeting Cookies

These cookies help us to record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed to recognize you as a previous visitor and to track your activity on our Website and other websites you visit. This allows us in delivering relevant content and advertising to you during various advertising campaigns active from time to time through other participating third party sites.

These cookies collect information regarding the device you used to visit our Website, the origin of your visit, where you were exposed to Vernon | David advertising, what advertising feature you detected or activity you performed, whether a page has been visited on our Website through an advertisement or by other means. The cookies we use do not store personally identifiable information collected via certain third parties.

We also use cookies on certain pages of our Website to communicate with third party data suppliers in order to collect information about your online activities on our Website. This helps us to tailor the advertising content on our website to fit the needs of our visitors and helps us improve the user experience. The information we receive is all aggregated and anonymous and does not identify a user personally.  Usually such information includes browsing presence, demographic data, product interests or lifestyle. We also allow tracking cookies to be provided via trusted third party suppliers.  If you would like more information about third party cookies, please contact us.

What are Web Beacons?

Vernon | David occasionally advertises on third party web sites which may contain a visitor identification technology, sometimes referred to as ‘web beacons’ (also known as ‘clear gifs’ or ‘action tags’). Web beacons only collect limited information, including a cookie number, a timestamp, and a record of the page on which they are placed. Websites may also carry web beacons placed by third party advertisers. These beacons do not carry any personally identifiable information and are only used to track the effectiveness of a particular campaign (for example by counting the number of visitors).

By browsing our Website, you agree that we can place cookies and web beacons on your computer or device. If you choose not to receive our cookies or web beacons, then you have two options: consult your browsing settings or stop using our Website.

Social Media Platforms

Vernon | David places at your disposal various forums, blogs and social media platforms (“Social Media Platforms”), in order to facilitate and allow you to share relevant content, for which Vernon | David will not be responsible in case this personal data will be misused by another user.

Vernon | David may use links to other social media platforms located on separate servers by individuals or organizations over which Vernon | David has no control. Vernon | David is not responsible for the accuracy or any other aspect of the information located on such servers.
By giving access to a link to a third-party’ website, Vernon | David does not give its approval for that third party or its products and services. Vernon | David is not responsible for the data stored or used on third-party servers, so we recommend reviewing the privacy statement of each third-party site linked from our Website to ensure the accurate use of your personal information.

Children’s personal information

Our Website is not designed or intended for use by children. For us, the protection of children’s information is of major importance, so if you believe that we have mistakenly or unintentionally collected such information, please notify us immediately so that we may delete the information from our servers and make any necessary corrections our collection systems.

Changes to this policy

Vernon | David reserves the right, at any time, to modify or replace this Privacy Policy, as needed. This may be in relation to changes in the law, best practices, changes in our services or treatment of your personal information. Please note that it may take up to 30 business days before new privacy practices are amended on our Website. So if would like to monitor these specific changes, we encourage you to visit our Website periodically to stay informed about our privacy practices.

Unsubscribe policy

Vernon | David strives to only send emails that our users will want to receive. We pledge to always give you the option to decline to receive any further emails from us. If you have registered for any Vernon | David related updates and want to be removed from a mailing list, please unsubscribe by sending an email to us at:  office@vdalegal.com.  We will promptly update your preferences for this email address.

Complaints

Anyone directly affected by the way in which Vernon | David has carried out its functions, or anyone acting directly on such a person’s behalf, may make a complaint under this Policy.  This is done by contacting your usual local Vernon | David representative who will then contact the relevant management person to investigate your complaint.  We will, of course, keep you inform as to how such complaint will be and is handled.

If you are not satisfied with the outcome of your complaint, you have the right to complain to the data protection authority in your country or to a court of competent jurisdiction.