Cookie Policy
Last Updated: 14 April 2025 · Effective Date: 14 April 2025
This Cookie Policy explains how Mekong Counsel ("we", "us", "the Firm") uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit this website. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy. If you have questions about how we handle your data more broadly, the Privacy Policy is the primary reference.
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device when you visit. They allow the site to recognise your browser on a return visit and remember certain preferences or actions. Some cookies are placed by the site you are visiting; others are placed by third parties whose content or tools appear on the page.
Similar technologies — such as local storage entries and session storage — can serve comparable purposes. Where we refer to "cookies" in this policy, the same principles apply to those technologies unless otherwise stated.
2. Categories of Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for the website to function correctly. They include cookies that remember your cookie consent choice so you are not asked each time you visit. Without these cookies, certain features of the site cannot operate. Because they are necessary, they do not require your consent under applicable Thai and international standards.
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
mc_cookie_consent |
Stores your cookie consent preference so the notice is not repeated on each page load. | 12 months | First-party / localStorage |
PHPSESSID |
Maintains server-side session state for form submissions and page requests. | Session | First-party / Cookie |
Analytics Cookies
We may use analytics tools to understand how visitors navigate this site — for example, which pages are visited most often and where visitors arrive from. This helps us improve the content and structure of the site. Analytics data is aggregated and does not identify you personally.
Analytics cookies are placed only if you have accepted their use via the consent notice. If you decline, no analytics cookies are set.
| Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga |
Google Analytics: distinguishes users to measure sessions and page activity. | 2 years | Third-party / Cookie |
_ga_* |
Google Analytics: maintains session state for a specific GA4 property. | 2 years | Third-party / Cookie |
_gid |
Google Analytics: distinguishes users across a 24-hour window. | 24 hours | Third-party / Cookie |
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies remember choices you make on the site — for example, a form field you have already completed. We do not currently place functional cookies beyond what is strictly necessary, but we may do so in the future if we add features that require them. This policy will be updated if that changes.
Marketing and Tracking Cookies
We do not place marketing or advertising tracking cookies on this website. No third-party advertising networks receive data about your visit via cookies from our site.
3. Third-Party Services
This website embeds a Google Maps frame on the contact section. When that frame loads, Google may place cookies or read device identifiers in accordance with their own policies. We do not control those cookies. You can review Google's approach at policies.google.com/privacy.
If analytics cookies are accepted, data is sent to Google Analytics servers. Google acts as a data processor in that context under a data processing agreement. Aggregated, anonymised data may be transferred outside Thailand; we have taken reasonable steps to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place.
4. Your Choices and Controls
Consent Notice
When you first visit this website, a notice appears at the foot of the page. You may accept all cookies, accept only necessary cookies, or close the notice to accept only necessary cookies. Your choice is stored in local storage and respected on subsequent visits. You may change your preference at any time by clearing your browser's local storage for this site, which will cause the notice to reappear.
Browser Settings
All major browsers allow you to manage, block, or delete cookies through their settings. The steps vary by browser; you can usually find them under Settings → Privacy or Settings → Cookies. Blocking all cookies may affect the functioning of some parts of this site.
Google Analytics Opt-Out
If you wish to prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about your visits across all websites that use it, Google provides a browser add-on for this purpose at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
5. Retention
Cookies are retained for the durations shown in the tables above. Local storage entries used for consent records are cleared if you reset your browser storage. Server-side session cookies are removed when you close your browser.
6. Changes to This Policy
We may revise this Cookie Policy when we change the cookies we use or when legal requirements change. Updates will be published on this page with a revised Last Updated date. We will not make changes that significantly expand our use of cookies without giving visitors the opportunity to adjust their preferences.
7. Contact
Questions about how cookies are used on this site may be sent to:
Mekong Counsel
156 Sukhumvit Soi 49, Khlong Tan Nuea, Watthana, Bangkok 10110
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +66 2 392 6741