Overview of Our Cookie Policy
Preserving your privacy and being open about how information is collected and used on the Booth Law Criminal Defense website is a priority for us. This Cookie Statement outlines the cookies used on the Booth Law Criminal Defense site, describes how and for what purpose we use these cookies, and how you can manage cookies on your device. This Statement is designed to give you meaningful information about our use of cookies so you can make informed choices about your data on our website. Should you have questions specific to the Cookie Statement or our privacy practices generally, you can contact us at 424-272-1134 or [email protected].
Definition of Cookie
Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, smartphone, tablet) that are used by most websites, including Booth Law Criminal Defense. Cookies enable the website to identify your device and recall your preferences or actions over some time and across different web pages. Cookies carry out many different tasks, which help us improve the functionality of our site, analyze site traffic, enable personalization, and facilitate security features. Our use of cookies makes your browsing experience faster, safer, and more convenient.
Category of Cookies Used
To provide you with the best experience, when you visit our website, we use a number of types of cookies:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential to enable you to browse our site and use its features-they let us move around the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas (such as your profile panel). Without these, services you have asked for cannot be provided.
- Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, for example, the pages visited most often and if they get error messages from web pages. We use Google Analytics and other reliable providers to help us get a better idea of how the website is being used, so we can tailor it to improve our content and services.
- Functionality Cookies: These are used to remember your preferences and choices (such as language choice or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
- Marketing and Targeting Cookies: These are used to help us deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and to measure the impact of the advertisements. They may also enable us to play online ads about Booth Law Criminal Defense to a user who visited our site within a specified period of time.
We never use cookies to obtain sensitive personal data (such as information about your criminal case) unless you voluntarily submit such information through means such as contact form inquiries or consultation requests.
How the Booth Law Website Utilizes Cookies
Booth Law Criminal Defense uses cookies for the following purposes:
- To ensure that our website functions properly and securely
- To analyze how visitors navigate through our site and use that information to provide better and more informative content
- To remember your preferences, such as contact form information (if you have opted to save it) or acceptance of our cookie notification banner
- To improve the effectiveness of our advertising on various platforms by communicating relevant information about our legal services to interested visitors
- To enable social network integration and social sharing functionality (when relevant)
We only use cookies that facilitate your web experience in these ways or would enhance your experience, and we do not sell or use cookie data for any unauthorized purpose.
Cookies Placed by Third Parties
Some of the cookies we use are created by trusted third-party providers. These cookies are used to help us understand website performance, deliver interactive content, or enable marketing campaigns. The most common third-party cookies are:
- Google Analytics: Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google to track and report website traffic. We use Google Analytics to track our website’s usage statistics including visitor demographics, page views, and other traffic data.
- Google Ads: Google Ads is a remarketing service offered by Google that helps us deliver paid advertisements to site visitors who will benefit from them (e.g., if you have not yet obtained a lawyer for your legal issue, we will serve you ads for our criminal law services).
- Social Media Plugins: Various social media sites offer plugins which allow you to share content or engage with Booth Law Criminal Defense on social networks such as Facebook or LinkedIn.
We carefully choose and monitor the work conducted by third-party providers to be sure your data is properly collected and handled. Third-party cookies are governed by the privacy policies of the third-party providers, which you can find on their respective websites.
How to Manage Your Cookie Preferences
You Control Your Cookie Settings
When you visit the Booth Law Criminal Defense website for the first time, you may see a banner asking you to agree to the website’s use of cookies. You can choose to accept cookies, reject cookies, or choose specific types of cookies to which you wish to agree. At any point, you can change your cookie settings by:
- Clicking the cookie settings link (such link can usually be found at the bottom of your screen while on our website)
- Modifying your web browser settings to refuse or delete certain cookies (depending on your browser’s help section)
- Refusing or opting out of certain third-party cookies, such as Google Analytics, by following each individual third party’s links that will allow you to opt out from their tracking tool
Certain cookies that are deemed necessary on our website may impact the operation or need for you to complete some functions of our website.
How to Remove or Block Cookies
Most web browsers provide some method for controlling cookies through their preferences settings. You can generally choose to disable all cookies, delete any cookies already present, or set up a notice when a cookie is being placed on your device.
Instructions for deleting cookies in the major browsers are:
- Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data
- Mozilla Firefox: Preferences > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data
- Microsoft Edge: Settings > Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies and site data
- Safari (Mac): Preferences > Privacy > Manage Website Data
On mobile devices, please consult your device’s help documentation or browser settings. Note that restricting cookies may affect your ability to use certain applications or sites.
Your Privacy Rights and Security of Data
At Booth Law Criminal Defense, we value your privacy and handle your personal information with the utmost care. Cookies do not provide us with access to your computer or any of your personal information besides the data you choose to share with us. Any information obtained through cookies is used in accordance with our Privacy Policy, which describes in detail how we collect and use data. We use reasonable industry-standard security measures to protect your personal information and do not share cookie information with third parties without authorization from you. Please contact [email protected] or 424-272-1134 if you have questions about your personal information or would like to exercise your rights in connection with your personal information.
Cookies Used When Making Legal Inquiries
If you contact Booth Law Criminal Defense through our website with an information request or to schedule a free consultation, any personal information you include on the forms will be protected and kept confidential. Cookies may pre-populate and remember your contact information for convenience if you return to our site at a later date or time. We do not use cookies to harvest any sensitive legal information or other data that can only be provided directly by users. All communications on behalf of our office by phone, email, website forms, or any other medium are considered private and confidential between client and attorney(s) and their professional staff as required by our professional and ethical responsibilities.
Policy Changes to This Cookie Terms
We may modify this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, applicable law, or our practices. If we make an important change to this Cookie Policy we will provide a prominent notice on the Site and other prominent places we may have for communicating with Site users, and we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Cookie Policy. We recommend you review this Cookie Policy periodically to be informed about our use of cookies and your choices. Your continued use of the Booth Law Criminal Defense website after notice or opportunity to restrict cookies constitutes acceptance of the modified Cookie Policy.
Contact Us with Questions About Cookies or Privacy
Should you have any questions, concerns, or thoughts on this use of cookies and your privacy on the Booth Law Criminal Defense website, please feel free to reach out to us directly. You can contact our office Monday-Sunday, from 7am-9pm at 424-272-1134 or via email at [email protected]. Our office address is 2716 Ocean Park Blvd #2007, Santa Monica, CA 90405. We want to make sure your experience on our site is a safe, secure, and transparent one. Reach out to our team for a free consultation, or for any urgent crime-related needs, anytime by simply calling or emailing us.
About Booth Law Criminal Defense
Our firm is Miles Booth Criminal Defense, a Los Angeles County and Southern California law practice serving confidentially and effectively in all areas of criminal defense. Founded by former prosecutor Miles Booth, our firm has successfully handled thousands of cases-experience that adds value to your case, whether you are facing allegations from the charges of driving under the influence (DUI), drug offenses, violent crimes, theft, weapon charges, domestic violence, or more. Miles is Avvo-rated at 9.7 out of 10. Recognized for our commitment to aggressive and personalized service, we take on all types of criminal cases with the goal of giving you the greatest chances for case dismissal or acquittal. Our firm sets itself apart through free initial consultations, payment plans, and straightforward, honest advice with no upselling at every step along the way. Learn more about our firm and legal services on our About Booth Law page, or get started with a FREE & CONFIDENTIAL consultation at (424) 272-1134 or [email protected].