Your privacy is important to King & Spalding. This cookie policy explains what cookies are and how we use them on King & Spalding’s website (www.kslaw.com) and dependent pages (the "Site"). It supplements our Privacy Notice which you can find here. By using our Site you are agreeing that we can use cookies in accordance with this policy.

In this Policy, “King & Spalding” refers to King & Spalding LLP, a limited liability partnership under the laws of Georgia, U.S., and other affiliated limited liability entities organized under the laws of the United Kingdom, Singapore, and Delaware, U.S.

What are Cookies?

A cookie is an element of data that a website can send to your browser, which may then be stored on your system.

Types of Cookies

Cookies can be in the form of session cookies or persistent cookies. Session cookies are deleted from your computer or device when you close your web-browser. Persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer or device until deleted or until they reach their expiration date.

In addition to “classical” cookies as described above, some websites also use local and/or session storage and interaction requests, calling to store data on your computer with no expiration date. Despite the fact that these requests don't set any cookies, they can still transfer privacy information to first or third parties (see explanation below).

Categories of Cookies

On websites, cookies are typically used for different purposes, for example:

• Performance: Performance cookies allow webmasters to count visits and traffic sources to measure and improve the performance of their sites. They help webmasters to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

• Essential/Strictly Necessary: These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in the systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by individual site visitors which amount to a request for services, such as setting their privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms.

• Advertising/Targeting: These cookies are typically set by webmaster’s advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of a site visitor’s interests and show them relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying their browsers and internet devices. If the site visitor does not allow these cookies, they will experience less targeted advertising.

• Functional: Functional cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by the owner of the website or by third party providers whose services the website owner has added to its pages. If a site visitor does not allow these cookies, then some or all of these services may not function properly.

• Customization: These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help webmasters understand how their websites are being used or how effective their marketing campaigns are, or to help them customize their websites and applications for site visitors in order to enhance their experience.

Sources of Cookies

• First Parties: First party cookies are set by the site itself and can only be read by a particular local site. They are commonly used for the functionality of a site (e.g. an e-commerce shopping cart).

• Third Parties: Cookies set by third parties can be tracking or marketing companies (e.g. advertising networks). These cookies get re-read during visits to other sites if the visited sites do business with these tracking/marketing companies.

How Do We Use Cookies?

The King & Spalding Site employs several types of cookies, including:

How to Control Cookies

You can control and/or delete several types of cookies as you wish – for details, please see www.aboutcookies.org.

For example, you can set your browser to notify you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. You can further delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed.

If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.

To modify your cookie settings for this Site, please click the button below.

Cookie Settings

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