At Marwan Moursy Firm, protecting your privacy and ensuring transparency and openness in all our dealings is fundamental to our approach to clients. This Cookie Policy highlights the main points of our use of cookies and similar technology on our website https://marawanmoursy.com/. We want to give our visitors the ability to make an informed decision about their visit. Whether you have come to Marwan Moursy for legal advice or services, or you are simply browsing our site, we want you to understand how cookies work and how you can control your cookie settings. This policy explains what cookies are, the types we use, how we use them, your rights regarding them and how you can manage cookies.
What Exactly are Cookies?
Cookies are a small text file sent to your web browser and stored on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit a website. Cookies are used to ‘remember’ your actions and preferences across a period of time, so that upon subsequent visits those actions and preferences need not be re-entered. There are many different cookies used for many different purposes: to enable the functionality of a given website, improving the user experience, for analytics, and more. Cookies can be direct or associated with a specific site (first-party cookies), or they can be for a third-party service appearing on that site (third-party cookies).
How We Use Cookies
- To ensure that the site operates in the correct manner for all visitors.
- It remembers your preferences and enhances our site usability.
- To collect analytics to better understand how visitors use our website so we can improve services to you and enhance content.
- To enable faster, more efficient communication with visitors (direct contact form and WhatsApp).
- To comply with relevant laws and statutes regarding data collection and privacy.
Types of Cookies We Use on Our Site
- Strictly-necessary cookies: These are essential for the website to operate. These cookies cannot be turned off in our systems and are set in response to actions undertaken on our site by you, including filling out forms.
- Performance cookies: These cookies collect information about how you use our site, what pages you visit most often, and whether users get error messages. All information these cookies gather is aggregated and anonymous. These cookies allow us to improve the functionality of our website.
- Functionality cookies: Functionality cookies enable the website to remember choices you make (such as your username or area of interest) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
- Targeting and advertising cookies: As a legal consultancy, we do not sell, market, or directly advertise our services. However, if you interact with our site we may use cookies to provide information that may be relevant to you for possible future services.
- Third-party cookies: These include those set by partners whom we trust – such as analytical software providers (for example, Google Analytics), communication tools (such as WhatsApp integration via a cookie), or embedded external content providers (e.g., map or video tools).
Where We Use Information Collected by Cookies
- Better understand users’ browsing patterns and the way they interact with our site, so that we can improve the experience for individuals and companies in need of lawyers and consultants.
- Provide you with information that is more in line with your interests such as promoting specific legal services (e.g. company incorporation, dispute resolution, family law) based on the page you browse.
- Quickly identify and fix technical problems, to maintain the accessibility, safety and friendliness of our site for all visitors.
- Keep a record of your preferences so that you do not need to repeatedly enter your information when you visit our site.
- Measure the performance of communication channels and outreach, including direct contact forms and chat messaging (WhatsApp).
Cookie Management
Privacy and the ability to control personally identifying data is very important to us. You may opt out of cookies at any time. When you first visit our website, a cookie consent banner will appear. Through the cookie consent banner, you can:
- Accept all cookies to fully experience the site
- Reject non-essential cookies and continue to experience the site through cookies that are strictly necessary
- Make additional adjustments to your cookie settings by choosing specific types of cookies to be included or excluded
Many web browsers also allow users to control cookies using their browser settings. Typically, you may be able to:
- Find out which cookies are on your browser
- Delete them individually or delete them all at once
- Prevent cookies from being set up on your computer by certain websites or all websites
- Notify you when a cookie is set on your browser
For more information, visit your browser’s help section or check out trusted resources like www.allaboutcookies.org.
How You Can Change Your Cookie Settings on Major Browsers
To change your cookie preferences outside of our website’s banner, you can go to your browser settings. Here’s how to manage cookies in some popular browsers:
- Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data – to allow or block all cookies, or to manage exceptions.
- Mozilla Firefox: Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data – adjust to your preferred settings, or to clear.
- Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and Delete Cookies and Site data.
- Safari (macOS): Preferences > Privacy – to block or manage cookies and website data.
Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality and your experience of our website.
Third-party Cookies and Cookies Embedded in Our Website
Our Site may contain content and features provided by third parties, including embedded Google Maps (to locate our office in San Francisco), WhatsApp chat features, and YouTube videos. Those third-party providers may place cookies that may also be used to independently collect information from you. Although we do not enter into arrangements with third parties unless they have good reputations for protecting privacy, you should review the privacy and cookie policies of those providers for information about their practices. Those who provide content and features include:
- Google Analytics and Google Maps: Helping us understand how our site is used through encrypted site usage statistics and show where we are.
- WhatsApp chat: Gives you a convenient way to call or communicate on our site with us via chat.
- YouTube: So you can watch legal video content we think might interest you.
We have no control over the data collected through those cookies other than through browser control settings or the privacy controls of the third-party provider.
Data Security, Privacy, and Confidentiality
At Marwan Moursy Firm, the privacy and security of our clients’ information is a key priority. Specifically, we use cookies to automatically collect certain information through your use of our website. Like all client data, the data we store in cookies is held to high standards of care and protected with technical, administrative, and physical security measures from loss, theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, etc. Cookie information is never used to identify or personally recognize you unless you submit personally identifiable information when you fill out one of our contact forms or an interactive form. We will never sell to third parties any information that we obtain using cookies.
Your Rights as a User of Our Website
- The right to be informed – the right to be told what data is being collected, what it’s being used for and for how long
- The right of access – the right to request and receive a copy of your personal data held by us
- The right of rectification – the right to request changes to any inaccuracies or incomplete information
- The right to erasure – the right to request the removal or deletion of your information in certain circumstances
- The right to restrict processing – the right to limit the way we use your information
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected] or call us at (628) 368-4584. We promise to reply as quickly and as openly as possible to all requests.
How to Reach Us with Questions Regarding This Policy
If you have questions or comments in connection with our Cookie Policy or our handling of data, please contact us. Our legal team is on hand to answer your questions and provide more information about our privacy practices. You can contact Marwan Moursy Firm via:
- 100 Spear St Ste 530
- San Francisco CA 94105
- Phone: (628) 368-4584
- Email: [email protected]
For immediate assistance or to schedule an appointment, please call us directly or visit Contact Marwan Moursy Firm and use the contact form provided there. Your trust is most important to us, and we work hard to safeguard that confidence at every opportunity.
Changes to Our Cookie Policy and Aspects of Our Terms and Conditions
At times we may make changes to this Cookie Policy as technology, regulations or our business practices change. Any changes will be posted on this page with a new revised effective date. In order to stay informed about how we protect your privacy and use cookies, please check back regularly for updates to this Cookie Policy. Your continued use of our website after any changes to this Cookie Policy will be deemed your acceptance of such changes. Any material changes to this Cookie Policy will be clearly disclosed on our site or we will notify you of the changes if appropriate.
Frequently Asked Questions About Cookies
- No, the cookies we use are helpful to your browsing experience as well as your security. We only collect personal data where you have provided it to us voluntarily such as completing a contact form on our site.
- You can browse most parts of our sites without accepting cookies that are not strictly necessary, but for some site features to work properly then certain cookies will need to be accepted.
- Session cookies are removed when you close your browser window. Cookies are persistent until they expire or until you remove those cookies from your computer. Cookies have different durations depending on their purpose.
- We do not rent or sell your cookie information. Some aggregated and anonymised data are shared with some trusted analytics service providers. These allow us to help us improve our online services.
If you have any queries please email us at [email protected]
Our Promise of Transparency, and Your Choice, Regarding Our Cookie Policy
At Marwan Moursy Firm, we are committed to transparency, accountability, and respect for your privacy. Your ability to understand how and why cookies are being deployed allows you to know how to best control your digital footprint and the information you share online. As a trusted law firm that serves thousands of clients in the United States and around the world, we are held to the highest standards of data protection and lawful compliance (with respect to our use of any and all client information). By giving you the ability to govern your control management with regard to cookies, we hope to ensure that your online experience remains safe, secure, and reliable – which is exactly what we strive to provide our clients in every case and consultation.
Legal Disclaimer
This Cookie Policy is part of the wider Privacy Policy of Marwan Moursy Firm. The information provided herein is presented in good faith, but is not intended and should not be taken as offering legal advice or creating any type of legal relationship. If you require more detailed legal assistance that is specific to your situation i.e. as a person, company or institution, you would need to contact our office directly to obtain proper legal advice. We are very keen on maintaining your rights both online and offline.
Conclusion: Protecting Your Rights Online and Off
Your trust is our priority here at Marwan Moursy Firm. Learning about how cookies work, and how to manage them, is one more step we take to ensure you are in control of your online experiences. Regardless of whether you are a Client looking for legal services from us, a Business interested in our Consultancy Services, or a Visitor interested in our Website and Brand, the value of privacy, safety, and legal rights remain the same. If you have any questions, or would like to know more information about our website data practices, please reach out to us at (628) 368-4584 or [email protected]. The law is complex – Let us simplify it both online and off!