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Martin Searle Solicitors Cookie Banner & Tracking Review

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Martin Searle Solicitors Cookie Notice & Privacy Signals Review

A public review of visible cookie information, consent wording and public data-collection signals on the Martin Searle Solicitors website.

Checked

27 June 2026

Review type

Public Visibility Check

Website

ms-solicitors.co.uk

Scope

Visible Public Signals

75out of 100

Detailed tracker information, with a live-consent consistency question

The public Cookie Policy identifies Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, YouTube and other tracker categories, and says consent can be withdrawn through a privacy-choices panel. The same page also opens with wording that continued use constitutes consent. A useful next step is to confirm that the live banner, preference controls and tag behaviour consistently reflect the more detailed consent information.

Technical tag behaviour not tested

Privacy information

25 / 25

Public Cookie Policy, Privacy Standard, Mailing Privacy Policy and related legal information were identified.

Cookie choices

12 / 25

The policy refers to a privacy-choices panel, but the current visible banner and its controls were not live-tested in this review.

Cookie information

15 / 15

The policy identifies Google Analytics 4, Google Tag Manager, YouTube and tracker durations.

Form transparency

10 / 15

Public privacy information describes website contact forms and the types of personal data collected.

Choice persistence

13 / 20

The policy says consent may be withdrawn through a privacy-choices panel; the route was not technically tested.

Why the score is 75, not a compliance verdict
The score reflects visible public evidence only. It gives full credit for detailed published tracker information and accessible privacy documentation. Points are held back because the live consent interface, available first-layer choices, preference route and technical effect of each selection were not tested. The presence of both continued-use wording and a later reference to a consent panel also creates a useful consistency point for review. It is not a legal conclusion.
What was directly visible in this check
The public Cookie Policy states that Google Analytics is used to measure and analyse website usage. It also identifies Google Analytics 4 as a measurement service, Google Tag Manager as a necessary tag-management service and YouTube as an experience tracker. The policy says some tracker purposes may require consent and refers to a privacy-choices panel for providing or withdrawing consent.
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 Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, YouTube or other third-party technologies are technically prevented from loading until the relevant visitor consent selection is made.
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

  • Cookie Policy publicly accessible
  • Page refers to a privacy-choices panel
  • Policy says consent may be withdrawn
  • Continued-use wording also appears in the opening policy text
  • Current live consent controls were not technically tested

The published wording identifies a route for consent management, but a live check would confirm that the banner wording and preference options tell visitors one clear and consistent story.

Cookie & Privacy Information

  • Google Analytics described for website-usage analysis
  • Google Analytics 4 identified in the tracker information
  • Google Tag Manager identified as a tag-management service
  • YouTube tracker information included
  • Cookie durations and tracker categories published

The public policy contains useful technical detail. The practical follow-up is whether analytics and other non-essential trackers only activate after the relevant consent state is chosen.

Public Data Collection

  • Public Privacy Standard identifies website users and contact-form data
  • Names, contact details and other form data are described
  • Usage data and trackers are identified
  • Public information explains third-party service involvement
  • Website privacy documentation is available from the footer

This review does not assess live form configuration, backend handling, lawful basis, retention, access controls or client-file data processing.

Evidence matrix

Observed Evidence and Review Boundaries

Review areaWhat was observedReview statusNot determined by this check
Cookie informationPolicy identifies Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, YouTube and other tracker categories.ObservedWhether all listed trackers are technically accurate and complete for the current website.
Visitor choicePolicy refers to a privacy-choices panel and withdrawal of consent.Policy wording observedThe live banner, first-layer reject route, available settings and persistence of choices.
Privacy informationCookie Policy, Privacy Standard, Mailing Privacy Policy and legal information publicly available.ObservedAccuracy, legal adequacy or completeness of all policy information.
Public formsPublic privacy information describes contact-form data and related processing.Policy wording observedLive form configuration, backend data handling, retention or lawful basis.
Cookies and tagsNot technically inspected in this public visibility review.Not testedCookies, browser storage, network requests, Google Analytics behaviour, Google Tag Manager behaviour, YouTube trackers or Consent Mode behaviour.

What a Deeper Review Would Check

The published policy provides a useful tracker inventory, but it does not establish what happens in a clean browser before a visitor selects an option. A technical review would compare cookies, browser storage, network requests and visible changes before interaction, after acceptance, after rejection and after any settings change available through the privacy-choices panel.

Because the policy says Google Analytics is used to measure and analyse website usage, the practical review point is whether analytics, Google Tag Manager and other non-essential technologies remain inactive until the relevant visitor consent choice is recorded.

Suggested technical scope

  • Clean-browser baseline
  • Cookie and browser-storage review
  • Network-request and tag-firing review
  • Accept versus reject comparison
  • Privacy-choices panel review
  • Tracker inventory versus live-site comparison
  • Developer-ready action list

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Martin Searle Solicitors, or someone authorised to act for the business, may submit evidence that this review is inaccurate, incomplete or out of date. We will consider relevant information and update the page where appropriate.

Factual corrections and updates are not conditional on purchasing any service.

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