Last Updated: December 16, 2019
McGuireWoods Consulting LLC uses cookies on our website. This Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use cookies, how third parties we may partner with may use cookies on our site, your choices regarding cookies and further information about cookies.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer or mobile device. They are widely used to make websites work or improve the efficiency of a website. Cookies help with website functionality and user experience because websites can read and write to these text files, enabling the site to recognize you and remember important information that will make your use of the site more convenient (i.e., by remembering your language or font preference settings).
Cookies Used By Our Website
Our site may use the following cookies:
Strictly Necessary Cookies. These are cookies required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log in to secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services. Below is a description of the cookies of this type that we use on our website, including the retention period for such cookies.
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Description
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Expiration
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ASP.NET_SessionId
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Microsoft Application Session Cookie
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This general purpose platform session Cookie is used by sites written with Microsoft .NET-based technologies. It’s usually used to maintain an anonymized user session by the server.
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Session
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CookieConsentScript
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Cookie Script Consent Cookie
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This anonymous cookie records preferences for visitors who agree to the use of cookies.
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30 days
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Analytics and Performance Cookies. These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they use it. This helps us improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. Below is a description of the cookies of this type that we use on our website, including the retention period for such cookies.
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Description
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Expiration
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AddThis Persistent Cookie
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This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. It stores an updated page share count.
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1 year
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__atuvs
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AddThis Persistent Cookie
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This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms.
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1 day
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__unam
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Share This Persistent Cookie
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This cookie is usually associated with the ShareThis social sharing widget placed in a site to enable sharing of content across various social networks. It counts clicks and shares of a page.
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9 months
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_cfduid
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Siteimprove Analytics Persistent Cookie
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Cookie set by Siteimprove analytics service to remember actions and preferences including: traffic data, location and IP address, communication data, operating system, browser
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1 year
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_ga
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Google Analytics Persistent Cookie
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This cookie is associated with Google Universal Analytics. It is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.
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2 years
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_gat
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Google Analytics Persistent Cookie
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This cookie is associated with Google Universal Analytics. It is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites.
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10 minutes
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_gid
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Google Analytics Persistent Cookie
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This cookie is associated with Google Universal Analytics. It stores and updates a unique value for each page visited.
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1 day
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_stid
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Share This Persistent Cookie
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ShareThis provides web widgets that site owners embed into their pages or other content, to enable visitors to create and share links to the content across social networks. They also make use of the data collected to provide advertisers and marketers with profile information for targeted, behavioral advertising. Randomly generated unique identifier - used for interest profiling.
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1 year
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nmstat
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Siteimprove Analytics Session Cookie
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Cookie set by Siteimprove. It enables site owners to gather usage statistics about their websites.
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Session
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siteimproveses
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Siteimprove Analytics Session Cookie
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Cookie set by Siteimprove analytics service to remember actions and preferences including: traffic data, location and IP address, communication data, operating system, browser.
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Session
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Third Party/Embedded Cookies. Our sites make use of different third party applications and services to enhance the experience of website visitors. These include social media platforms such as Facebook or embedded content from Youtube and Vimeo. As a result, cookies may be set by these third parties, and used by them to track your online activity. We have no direct control over the information that is collected by these cookies.
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Expiration
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_fbp
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Facebook Targeting/Advertising Persistent Cookie
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Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.
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3 months
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1P_JAR
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Google Marketing Persistent Cookie
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Cookie placed by Google. Carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website.
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30 days
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ANID
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YouTube Targeting/Advertising Persistent Cookie
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YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.
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2 years
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APISID / HSID / SAPISID / SID / SIDCC / SSID
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YouTube Targeting/Advertising Persistent Cookie
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YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.
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3 months
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bcookie
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LinkedIn Targeting/Advertising Persistent Cookie
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Used by LinkedIn, the business networking platform, as a browser ID cookie. LinkedIn typically acts as a third party host where website owners have placed one of its content sharing buttons in their pages, although its content and services can be embedded in other ways. Although such buttons add functionality to the website they are on, cookies are set regardless of whether or not the visitor has an active Linkedin profile, or agreed to their terms and conditions. For this reason it is classified as a primarily tracking/targeting domain.
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1 year
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bscookie
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LinkedIn Functionality Persistent Cookie
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Used by LinkedIn, the business networking platform, as a secure browser ID cookie.
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1 year
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DV
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YouTube Targeting/Advertising Persistent Cookie
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YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.
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1 day
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fr
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Facebook Targeting/Advertising Persistent Cookie
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Used by Facebook to track opted-out Facebook users for advertising purposes.
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90 days
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lang
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LinkedIn Targeting/Advertising Persistent Cookie
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Used by LinkedIn to store language preferences, potentially to serve up content in the stored language.
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Session
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lidc
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LinkedIn Functionality Persistent Cookie
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Used by LinkedIn for routing.
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1 day
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NID
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YouTube Targeting/Advertising Persistent Cookie
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This cookie contains a unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language (e.g. English), how many search results you wish to have shown per page (e.g. 10 or 20), and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on.
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6 months
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personalization_id
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Twitter Targeting/Advertising Persistent Cookie
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Used by Twitter. This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website.
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2 years
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UserMatchHistory
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LinkedIn Functionality Persistent Cookie
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Used by LinkedIn for ad analytics.
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6 months
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How to Manage, Disable or Opt-Out of Cookies Used By This Site
You may refuse, accept or remove cookies from our website at any time by activating or accessing the Cookie preferences setting on your browser. To change your Cookie preferences or disable cookies altogether, refer to http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html for information on commonly used browsers. Please be aware that if cookies are disabled or removed, not all features of this website may operate as intended.
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