Last updated: 26 August 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how WitnessDirectory.com (“WitnessDirectory”, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit or use our website.
WitnessDirectory.com is an online professional directory that helps lawyers, law firms and other legal professionals find and contact expert witnesses and professional consultants in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and other countries.
This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your computer, phone, tablet or other device when you visit a website.
Cookies allow a website to recognise your device, remember certain information and provide functionality such as login sessions, preferences and security.
We may also use similar technologies, including pixels, tags, local storage and other technologies that collect or store information about how you interact with our website.
2. Why We Use Cookies
Depending on the features and services enabled on WitnessDirectory.com, we may use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Operate the website
- Keep users logged in
- Remember preferences
- Maintain security
- Prevent fraud, spam and abuse
- Protect the website against malicious traffic
- Remember information entered into forms
- Understand how visitors use the website
- Measure website performance
- Improve our website and services
- Provide relevant functionality
- Support marketing or advertising, where applicable
Some cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be disabled through our cookie controls.
3. Types of Cookies We May Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the operation and security of WitnessDirectory.com.
They may be used for functions such as:
- User authentication
- Account and login sessions
- Security
- Fraud and abuse prevention
- Load balancing
- Remembering essential technical settings
- Protecting forms and website functionality
Because these cookies are necessary for the website to operate, they may be placed on your device without consent where permitted by applicable law.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced functionality.
For example, they may remember:
- Language or regional preferences
- Display preferences
- Search or directory preferences
- Other settings you have selected
Where required by law, we will request your consent before placing non-essential functional cookies.
Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use WitnessDirectory.com.
They may provide information such as:
- Number of visitors
- Pages visited
- Traffic sources
- Approximate geographic location
- Device and browser information
- Time spent on pages
- Website interactions
- Technical errors
We use this information to understand website performance and improve our services.
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Marketing and Advertising Cookies
If advertising, remarketing or similar technologies are used on WitnessDirectory.com, these technologies may be used to:
- Measure advertising performance
- Understand interactions with advertisements
- Provide or personalise advertising
- Limit repeated advertisements
- Measure conversions
We will obtain consent where required by applicable law before using non-essential advertising cookies.
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4. WordPress Cookies
WitnessDirectory.com uses WordPress.
Depending on the functionality enabled on the website, WordPress and its plugins may place cookies on your device.
These may include cookies associated with:
- Login sessions
- User accounts
- Comment functionality
- Security
- Preferences
- Forms
- Other WordPress functionality
The exact cookies used may change when WordPress, the website theme or plugins are updated.
5. Security and Cloudflare
WitnessDirectory.com uses security and performance technologies, including Cloudflare [confirm that this remains enabled], to help protect the website from malicious traffic, automated attacks, abuse and other security threats.
Security services may use cookies or similar technologies and may process technical information such as IP addresses, browser information and request information.
These technologies are used to protect the website and its users and to maintain website availability and security.
6. Third-Party Cookies
Some features of WitnessDirectory.com may be provided by third parties.
Depending on the services currently enabled on the website, third parties may place their own cookies or similar technologies.
These may include providers of:
- Analytics
- Website security
- Video
- Maps
- Social-media content
- Payment services
- Email services
- Advertising
- Spam prevention
- Other embedded services
Third-party cookies are controlled by the relevant third party and are subject to that provider’s own privacy policy.
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7. How Long Cookies Remain on Your Device
Cookies may be either session cookies or persistent cookies.
Session cookies
Session cookies are temporary and are generally deleted when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies
Persistent cookies remain on your device until they expire or are deleted.
The length of time a particular cookie remains on your device depends on its purpose and configuration.
The exact duration may vary as website functionality and third-party services are updated.
8. Your Cookie Choices
Where required by law, WitnessDirectory.com will provide a mechanism that allows you to accept or reject non-essential cookies.
You may also control or delete cookies through your browser settings.
Most browsers allow you to:
- View cookies
- Delete existing cookies
- Block cookies
- Allow cookies only from certain websites
- Delete cookies when closing the browser
- Control certain tracking technologies
If you disable necessary cookies, some parts of WitnessDirectory.com may not function correctly.
9. UK and European Visitors
If UK or European data-protection and cookie-consent laws apply to you, we will request consent before placing non-essential cookies where required.
You can change or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time through our cookie-consent mechanism, where available.
Withdrawing consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that took place before you withdrew consent.
10. United States Visitors
Depending on applicable state privacy laws, residents of certain US states may have rights concerning the collection and use of personal information and certain online tracking activities.
Where applicable, we will provide the controls and disclosures required by those laws.
[Developer/business owner: confirm which US state privacy laws apply to WitnessDirectory.com and whether any targeted advertising or “sale” or “sharing” of personal information occurs.]
11. Australian Visitors
Where Australian privacy law applies, information collected through cookies and similar technologies may constitute personal information depending on the circumstances.
You may have rights regarding personal information collected through the website. Further information is available in our Privacy Policy.
12. Do Not Track
Some browsers provide a “Do Not Track” setting.
Because there is currently no universally accepted standard for responding to all Do Not Track signals, WitnessDirectory.com may not respond to such signals in every circumstance.
Where applicable law requires recognition of a particular browser-based privacy signal, we will comply with the applicable requirements.
13. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, cookies, technologies, services or legal requirements.
When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this policy.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies or similar technologies, please contact us using the contact details provided on WitnessDirectory.com.
WitnessDirectory.com
511 W 165th St
New York, NY 10032
USA