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McEwan Fraser Legal Cookie Notice & Privacy Signals Review

A fresh-visitor public review of visible cookie controls, privacy information and public data-collection signals on the McEwan Fraser Legal website.

Checked

27 June 2026

Review type

Fresh-Visitor Public Check

Website

mcewanfraserlegal.co.uk

Scope

Visible Public Signals

88out of 100

Strong visible visitor choice, with cross-platform consistency to maintain

The fresh-visitor notice presents “Preferences”, “Decline” and “Accept” controls, and states that non-essential cookies may be used with consent to improve user experience, personalise advertisements and analyse website traffic. The website also includes a persistent Consent Preferences route. McEwan Fraser Legal’s Privacy Centre says cookies and similar technologies are used across websites and mobile applications, so the useful next step is confirming that the same categories, choices and technical behaviour operate consistently across each digital environment.

Web controls observed · App journey not tested

Privacy information

24 / 25

A Privacy Centre, Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy route and named data-protection contact route were publicly accessible.

Cookie choices

25 / 25

Visible Preferences, Decline and Accept controls were identified in the first-layer website journey.

Cookie information

14 / 15

The visible wording distinguishes essential cookies from optional cookies used for experience, advertising and traffic analysis.

Form transparency

10 / 15

Public enquiry journeys collect contact, postcode, property and service-related information, with Privacy Policy links present.

Choice persistence

15 / 20

The banner says settings can be changed later and the footer includes Consent Preferences; full save and reopen behaviour was not tested.

Why the score is 88, not a compliance verdict
This score reflects visible public evidence from the website only. It gives credit for a clear first-layer choice between preferences, declining and accepting, alongside a visible route to revisit consent choices and accessible privacy information. Points are held back because this review did not technically inspect cookies, browser storage, network requests, script behaviour, category default states or the separate mobile-app journey. It is not a legal conclusion.
What was directly visible in this check
The website’s public cookie notice states that essential cookies are used to make the site work and that non-essential cookies may be used with consent to improve user experience, personalise advertisements and analyse website traffic. The notice presents “Preferences”, “Decline” and “Accept” actions and states that settings can be changed later by clicking “Preferences”. A Consent Preferences route is also present in the site footer. The Privacy Centre says cookies and similar technologies are used across websites and mobile applications to collect interaction and usage information.
What this check did not test
This public check did not inspect browser storage, cookie values, network requests, tag-manager settings, analytics requests, advertising pixels or Consent Mode behaviour. It did not determine whether all non-essential technologies are technically prevented from loading after Decline, whether individual categories default to off, whether every preference can be saved and reopened as expected, or whether mobile-app controls and technologies match the website journey.
Important: This is a Public Visibility & Transparency Score based on observed public evidence. It is not a GDPR, PECR, legal or formal compliance score, and it does not determine how scripts, cookies, pixels or tags operate in every consent state.

Review findings

Visible Consent and Privacy Signals

Cookie Notice

  • Visible “Preferences” control identified
  • Visible “Decline” control identified
  • Visible “Accept” control identified
  • First-layer wording distinguishes essential and non-essential cookies
  • Public wording says preferences can be changed later

The visible website journey gives visitors a clear first-layer choice. This review does not determine the technical effect of accepting, declining or changing a preference.

Cookie & Privacy Information

  • Privacy Centre publicly available
  • Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy routes available
  • Essential cookies described as making the website work
  • Optional cookies described for experience, advertising and traffic analysis
  • Consent Preferences route remains visible in the footer

The public explanation is clear for website visitors. The wider policy and preference settings should remain aligned with the live technologies used across all current digital services.

Public Data Collection

  • Public enquiry forms request name, telephone, email and postcode information
  • Property and legal-service enquiries collect relevant service details
  • Public Privacy Centre explains interaction and usage information
  • Data-protection contact details are publicly available
  • Public form journeys link visitors to privacy information

This review does not assess backend form configuration, retention, lawful basis, security arrangements, account information or client-case processing.

Evidence matrix

Observed Evidence and Review Boundaries

Review areaWhat was observedReview statusNot determined by this check
Cookie messageFirst-layer notice with Preferences, Decline and Accept controls.ObservedWhether controls are presented identically on all devices, pages and visitor journeys.
Visitor choicePublic wording says settings can be changed later and a Consent Preferences footer route was identified.ObservedThe technical effect of each selection, category default states and complete save behaviour.
Cookie informationEssential cookies and optional experience, advertising and traffic-analysis uses are publicly described.ObservedWhether all current live technologies are fully listed and categorised in every policy and settings view.
Privacy informationPrivacy Centre and Privacy Policy provide information about usage data, contact routes and broader processing.ObservedAccuracy, legal adequacy or completeness of all policy information.
Public formsPublic contact, property and legal-service journeys collect contact and service-related data.ObservedBackend data handling, retention, security, lawful basis, user-account data or client-case processing.
Mobile applicationsPrivacy Centre refers to cookies and similar technologies across websites and mobile applications.Policy wording observedWhether the app consent journey, categories, scripts and settings exactly match the website.
Cookies and tagsNot technically inspected in this public visibility review.Not testedCookies, browser storage, network requests, analytics requests, advertising technologies, third-party scripts or Consent Mode behaviour.

What a Deeper Review Would Check

The website shows strong public choice controls, but the review does not establish how the site or mobile applications behave before and after each selection. A technical review would compare cookies, browser storage, network requests and page behaviour before interaction, after Decline, after Accept and after changes through Preferences.

Because the Privacy Centre refers to cookies and similar technologies across websites and mobile applications, a useful technical follow-up would compare the website and app journeys to confirm that categories, default settings, preference storage and tracking behaviour are consistent across both environments.

Suggested technical scope

  • Clean-browser baseline
  • Accept versus Decline comparison
  • Cookie and browser-storage review
  • Network-request and tag-firing review
  • Preferences and reopening route check
  • Website versus app consistency review
  • Policy wording versus live-site comparison
  • Developer-ready action list

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