How We Use Cookies
Cookie Policy
Bates White, LLC (“Bates White,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) uses cookies and other similar technologies, such as web beacons and pixels, to help improve the various services offered through our website (the “Site”). We generally refer to cookies, web beacons, pixels and other tracking technologies collectively as “cookies.” This Cookie Policy provides you with clear and comprehensive information about the cookies Bates White uses across its Site and the purposes for using them.
1. What is a Cookie?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your browser or device by websites, apps, online media, and advertisements. They are downloaded to your device as you browse the web and visit websites, or otherwise interact with digital content. Cookies are used to remember your browser or device during and across website visits and any number of other reasons such as authenticating users, remembering user preferences and settings, analyzing website traffic and trends, and generally understanding the online behaviors and interests of people who interact with our Site.
2. What cookies we use and why
Bates White issues cookies as soon as you visit our Site. While we may automatically use some cookies that are strictly necessary (“necessary cookies”) to provide the services you request or enable communications, we request your consent for our use of all other cookies. The necessary cookies Bates White uses are functionality cookies.
Functionality cookies remember choices you make to improve your experience on our Site. By using the Site, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device. They allow the Site to remember choices you make (such as your username or the region you are in) and provide enhanced features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other customizable parts of the Site. These cookies do not enable visitor identification over time and across websites.
In terms of non-essential cookies used on our Site, Bates White uses performance cookies. Performance cookies collect information about how you use our Site. These cookies do not collect any information that could identify you and are used to generate aggregate statistics that are not associated with any individualized profiles. Performance cookies are only used to help us improve how our Site works and to understand how effective our content is. Although some of our performance cookies are managed for us by third parties, we do not allow third parties to use the cookies for any purpose other than web analytics (to provide anonymous statistics on how our Site is used) and error management (to help us improve the Site by measuring any errors that occur).
In addition, Bates White uses Google Analytics to assist with web analytics. Google Analytics collects information and reports trends without identifying individual users. Google Analytics uses its own cookies to store information such as the date and time you visit our Site and whether this is your first visit.
For more information about cookies used by Google Analytics, please see Google's help pages and privacy policy:
Google has developed the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on for the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, dc.js). If you want to opt out of Google Analytics, you can download and install the add-on for your web browser here.
3. Consenting to cookies
If you continue to use our Site and do not reject the non-essential cookies, you consent to the use of the cookies outlined in this Cookie Policy for the purposes stated herein. You may withdraw your consent to the use of non-essential cookies at any time through any of the following options:
a. Opt Out Preference Signals. For residents of certain U.S. states or other states and jurisdictions with applicable laws, you may opt-out of certain uses of many cookies by installing a recognizable opt out preference signal in your browser, such as Global Privacy Control ("GPC").
b. Deactivate cookies directly through the configuration settings of your browser. You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including necessary cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our Site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit our Site. For further information about deleting or blocking cookies, please visit: About Cookies.
4. Use and disclosure of personal information collected through cookies
Personal information collected through our use of cookies will be shared by Bates White only in accordance with our applicable Privacy Policy and Privacy Policy for California Residents (specific to residents of the State of California). With respect to third party cookies, information collected is used and disclosed by such third party in accordance with such third party’s privacy policy.
5. Third party websites and their cookies
If you go (via our Site) to our pages on (external) third party social media websites, cookies are used by those websites and your data is controlled by those websites, not Bates White. Therefore, Bates White is not responsible for the cookies placed by such websites. Please read carefully the privacy policies of those social media websites before accessing those pages.
Last Updated: November 4, 2025
