Cookie Policy

An Overview of Our Cookie Policy

At José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez Law Office, we strive to respect and protect your privacy while you browse our website and use our online features. Our Cookie Policy provides detailed information on how and why we use cookies and other related technologies, the types of information those cookies collect, and ways you can manage your settings. As an eminent law firm focused on international contract, arbitration, and legal consulting, with clients in the United States and worldwide, we believe it’s paramount to build trust through ethical use of data. This page provides relevant source material so you can explore any questions and decide what is best for you when interacting with our firm online.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit a website. The files contain information that might be useful to the website so it can recognize and remember a previous visitor’s preferences, try to improve their experience or learn from their activity on the site. Cookies exist everywhere on the internet and have many different uses, from enabling essential functionality to sites to supporting advanced analytics features and opt-in services. Cookies used on the José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez Law Office website aim to provide our visitors, clients and collaborators with a fast, secure and customized experience.

The Different Types of Cookies We Use

We make use of a few kinds of cookies that enable the website’s functionality and create a better user experience:

  • Necessary Cookies
    These are necessary for the operation of the website. They include features such as login authentication, apps navigation, and downloads of our legal publications. Without these, there are parts of the site that may not work correctly.
  • Performance Cookies
    These cookies allow us to collect information about how users access the website without revealing their identity. This includes information such as which pages on the website are opened most frequently and from what regions visitors are viewing content. We use this information to improve performance, relevance, and user experience. These services are provided by trusted analytics providers who comply with privacy regulations.
  • Functionality Cookies
    These cookies allow the website to ‘remember’ features such as your choice of language, optimum page display, and settings viewed in previous sessions to ensure a better user experience.
  • Embedded Content Cookies
    Sometimes we include content or functionality from other partners in the site (for example, legal publication downloads or video seminars). These sites may set their own cookies when you interact with their services. We always work with trusted partners and use their services in accordance with their policy on cookies.
  • Marketing Cookies
    Although we do not use cookies for unsolicited marketing, we may use cookies to analyze the effectiveness of invitations to a seminar, newsletters, legal publications, and similar communications. These cookie types are always used with full respect for your right to privacy and never for disruptive marketing purposes.

How We Use Cookies on This Site

Cookies serve several essential functions at the José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez Law Office.

  • Enhancing User Navigation: Cookies play a crucial role in facilitating seamless browsing of our legal resources, service offerings, and publications, ensuring that users experience no interruptions or delays.
  • Personalizing User Experience: By utilizing information previously stored on your device, cookies simplify navigation through our website, making it more user-friendly. For instance, cookies enable us to better understand and address your specific needs concerning international law, arbitration, or contract resources.
  • Website Security: Cookies are vital for maintaining the security of our website, as they support secure login processes, prevent unauthorized access, and ensure reliable downloading of legal texts and articles.
  • Behavior Analysis: The data collected through cookies allows us to analyze download numbers, traffic rates for articles, and other pertinent information, thereby enhancing our understanding of what is beneficial for our visitors, particularly U.S. and international clients.
  • Facilitating Communication: We may utilize cookies to retain your contact information or track your history of interactions with us via this website, thereby streamlining follow-up on consultations, arbitration, academic cooperation, or other communication methods.

The Legal Reasons for Our Use of Cookies

Our usage of cookies is based on our legitimate interest to maintain a functioning, secure, and high quality website as well as to fulfill our obligation to comply with all U.S. and international privacy regulations. To the extent necessary, we will rely on your consent before placing non-essential cookies on a user’s device, such as analytics cookies or cookies provided by third parties. By continuing to use our website or clicking on the banner provided by our website you consent to the placement of such cookies in accordance with this policy. You can change your mind or update your preferences at any time as described below.

For more information about the cookies listed above, including specific information regarding third parties’ processing of your personal data, please visit each third party’s site respectively. You may also review our Privacy Policy for further details.

Modification of Your Cookie Settings

We recognize your right to decide how cookies are used while you use our site. It is possible for you to set your browser so that cookies are automatically accepted, or you can control the cookies sent to your device in various ways:

  • Cookie banner: When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie banner which will permit you to accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or change cookie preferences.
  • Browser settings: Most browsers now allow you to view, manage, delete, or block cookies by site. Please refer to the help section of your browser for instructions on how to do this.
  • Opt out tools: For analytics cookies, we provide links to “opt-out” solutions made available by the analytics programme provider. You can find further details in our Privacy Policy or contact us to request this information.
  • Withdraw consent: If you have previously accepted cookies, but wish to withdraw your consent, you may revisit and choose your preferences either by clicking the “Cookies Settings” button at the foot of our website or by deleting cookies stored on your browser and revisiting the site (please refer to instructions on how to do this in the browser settings above for details).

Please note that, if you block some cookies, it may impact your ability to access certain content and applications (for example downloadable legal guides, secure client portals, interactive teaching material).

Embedded Content and Third-Party Cookies

Our website may feature content and areas constructed with information or resources supplied by the following external providers (3rd parties):

  • Downloadable legal resources hosted by recognised academic publishers;
  • Seminar videos or webinars embedded from reputable educational service providers; and
  • Social media connectivity, enabling you to share articles within your social networks or to contact our office.

These third parties may also deploy their own cookies in connection with use of these facilities to monitor usage or enhance service functionality. We exercise discretion in the choice of external providers in order to ensure, as far as possible, that they comply with your expectations of privacy and data protection. For further details concerning the practices of such third parties, we suggest that you read their cookie and privacy policies. The page/site hosted by José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez Law Office is not responsible for the cookie policies of other websites linking to our own.

Types of Information We Gather Through Cookies

Cookies on this site may include a variety of information, including:

  • Device/browser data (e.g., type, version, language settings)
  • IP address/anonymized IP address (for internal analytics purposes only)
  • Pages you view, amount of time viewed, and interactions with certain content (e.g., downloading a legal text or ordering an arbitration service)
  • Language/display/region preferences
  • Information entered via forms (if saved by user for future use)

We do not use cookies to collect sensitive information about a user. We do not sell, rent or otherwise disclose information generated by cookies to unauthorized or independent third parties. Data collected by cookies will be processed in accordance with the Privacy Policy and relevant legislation.

Information We Hold on Cookies and Their Retention

The duration of cookies on your device is determined by their functionality:

  • Session Cookies are temporary cookies that make navigation secure. They remain on the device until you close your browser.
  • Persistent Cookies remain in your device for a fixed period or until manually deleted by you. They remember user preferences and allow us to conduct usage analysis over time.

We regularly review and revise cookie durations to avoid storing them for longer than necessary. You can check, reduce, or prevent cookie duration using your browser’s settings.

Cross Border Transfers and Consistency With International Laws

Since we have an international practice in which our clients and collaborators are based in every region of the United States, and in The Hague, Madrid, Paris, and points beyond, all cookie-related data processing shall be performed in accordance with applicable US and international privacy regulations, including the GDPR for visitors from the EU. All data transferred across borders is protected using recognized legal means and encrypted connections. We take the highest level of prudent care to ensure data privacy wherever you are located.

Our Privacy and Security Pledge

Privacy and data security is a cornerstone of everything we do at the José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez Law Office. Whether you are a U.S.-based corporation looking for legal consulting services, a university downloading international law information, or a lawyer using our arbitral services, we ensure all necessary steps are taken to safeguard your information. We make use of secure protocols (HTTPS), routinely updated software, and internal policies to keep safe any information, including that retrieved via cookies, that we collect.

Modifications to Our Cookie Policy

We review and update our Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legal considerations, or the products and services we offer. We will give notice of any material changes when we make them through our website or otherwise directly to you if you are a registered member or subscriber of our publications. We recommend that you check this page periodically for our latest information on cookies we use and other privacy measures.

Questions or Issues

If you have any questions, requests, or complaints concerning our Cookie Policy or the handling of your data while browsing the José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez Law Office website, please contact us using the following official contact details:

We will respond to all clients’, collaborators’ and users’ inquiries promptly and without delay. For more information on our general data processing, please see our Privacy Policy.

Common Questions Regarding Cookies

  • Do you use cookies to target advertising? No. We do not use unsolicited advertising or cookies to target advertising. Cookies are used for site functionality, analytics, and site experience enhancements.
  • Can I use the site without accepting cookies? Necessary cookies are utilized for basic functionality. You may refuse all but necessary cookies and still be able to access the majority of the content, though some functionality may be restricted.
  • Does this site use cookies to track my physical location? Distributed aggregated anonymized analytics data is used for general geographic awareness, and individual locations are not tracked.
  • How do we protect any information we collect using cookies? All data is processed in a secure fashion, anonymized where possible, and never shared or sold to any third party.

Please contact our office directly with other questions or comments. You may also visit our FAQ for more information.

Summary: Your Rights and Responsibilities

Your trust is very important to the José Antonio Moreno Rodríguez Law Office. Thus, we implement strict ethical and professional control in all our data processes, including cookie processing. You have a right to understand, control, and secure your privacy. We have an obligation to process your data and preference requests fairly, minimize risks, and offer clear options for choice and control. We invite you to contact us at any time with questions about your privacy rights, our services, or to find out more about how we can safeguard your digital life.