Legal
Cookie Policy
Last Updated: 18 January 2026
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device when you visit it. They allow the website to remember certain information — such as your preferences or whether you have previously agreed to a cookie notice. Cookies are widely used to make websites function properly and to provide website owners with information about how their sites are being used.
How We Use Cookies
Birchwood Legal uses cookies on this website to support core functionality, understand how visitors use the site, and remember your settings where you have given consent. We do not use cookies to personally identify you beyond what you voluntarily provide through our contact form.
Cookie Types We Use
Always active — cannot be disabled
Required for the website to function. These include cookies that record your cookie consent preferences and support basic session integrity. They do not collect data for analytics or marketing.
Duration: Session or up to 12 months
Optional
Help us understand how visitors interact with our website — which pages are visited most, how long people stay, and where they come from. We use this to improve the site. Provided by Google Analytics; your data is anonymised and not shared for advertising.
Example providers: Google Analytics · Duration: Up to 2 years
Optional
Used to track visits across websites for advertising purposes, including through Google Ads. These help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. Disabling these cookies will not remove all ads but may make them less relevant to you.
Example providers: Google Ads · Duration: Up to 90 days
Optional
Remember your settings and choices on this website — such as your preferred language or region — so you don't need to reconfigure them on return visits.
Duration: Up to 12 months
Use the toggles above and the buttons below to manage how we use cookies on your device. Your choices are stored locally and apply to this website only.
Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are set by third-party services used on our website. We do not control these cookies. Relevant third-party services include:
- Google Analytics — website usage analysis. See Google's Privacy Policy.
- Google Ads — advertising measurement if you arrive via a Google campaign.
Cookie Duration
Cookies are either session cookies (deleted when you close your browser) or persistent cookies (stored on your device for a defined period). Essential cookies are typically session-based or persist for up to 12 months. Analytics and marketing cookies may persist for up to 2 years depending on the provider.
Managing Cookies in Your Browser
You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings at any time. Note that blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of some websites.
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Apple Safari
Microsoft Edge
Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Withdraw consent to optional cookies at any time using the controls above
- Access information about what personal data is held about you
- Request that data collected via optional cookies be deleted
- Lodge a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada at priv.gc.ca
Withdrawing consent to optional cookies does not affect your ability to use this website or to receive legal services from Birchwood Legal.
Contact
If you have questions about our use of cookies or this policy, please contact us:
Suite 2750, 10180 101st Street NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 3S4
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (780) 426-5193