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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
Scope
Visible Public Signals
VISUAL UPDATE · 27 SEPTEMBER 2026
McEwan Fraser Legal — screenshot evidence
These screenshots show the website as it appeared on 27 September 2026. The June findings and score remain as published; we update the review when new evidence or feedback supports a change.
The homepage notice offered Preferences, Decline and Accept. Opening Preferences displayed Essential, Performance/Functionality, Analytics/Customisation and other cookie categories. This is evidence of the visible interface, not verification of the consent defaults or tracking behaviour described by the site.
Capture limits: The browser state was not reset before these captures, so they do not establish a fresh-visitor experience. This visual update did not test cookies, browser storage, network activity, Google consent signals or whether choices persist. A visible control or policy statement does not establish its technical effect.
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 area | What was observed | Review status | Not determined by this check |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie message | First-layer notice with Preferences, Decline and Accept controls. | Observed | Whether controls are presented identically on all devices, pages and visitor journeys. |
| Visitor choice | Public wording says settings can be changed later and a Consent Preferences footer route was identified. | Observed | The technical effect of each selection, category default states and complete save behaviour. |
| Cookie information | Essential cookies and optional experience, advertising and traffic-analysis uses are publicly described. | Observed | Whether all current live technologies are fully listed and categorised in every policy and settings view. |
| Privacy information | Privacy Centre and Privacy Policy provide information about usage data, contact routes and broader processing. | Observed | Accuracy, legal adequacy or completeness of all policy information. |
| Public forms | Public contact, property and legal-service journeys collect contact and service-related data. | Observed | Backend data handling, retention, security, lawful basis, user-account data or client-case processing. |
| Mobile applications | Privacy Centre refers to cookies and similar technologies across websites and mobile applications. | Policy wording observed | Whether the app consent journey, categories, scripts and settings exactly match the website. |
| Cookies and tags | Not technically inspected in this public visibility review. | Not tested | Cookies, 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
Request an Update or Correction
McEwan Fraser Legal, 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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