Effective date: August 9, 2026
This Cookie Policy describes the cookies and similar technologies used on lawyers.lyricalguy.com, the independent guide to VA claims, decision reviews, appeals, and accredited representation for veterans and families affected by mesothelioma and asbestos exposure. It sits alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains the wider picture of what we do and do not collect.
What cookies are
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store. On a later visit the browser hands it back, so the site can remember something — that a page was already cached, that you dismissed a notice, or that an ad has already been shown to you. Related technologies such as local storage and pixel tags do a similar job. Cookies cannot read files on your computer and they do not tell us your name.
First-party cookies are set by lawyers.lyricalguy.com itself. Third-party cookies are set by other companies whose code runs in a page, most importantly our advertising partner. We can describe third-party cookies but we cannot read or control them.
Categories of cookies used here
Strictly necessary
These make the site work. They come from WordPress and our LiteSpeed caching layer and cover things like serving a cached page correctly, load balancing, and basic security. They carry no advertising value and cannot be switched off without breaking the site. There are no logins on this site, so we set no account or session cookies for readers.
Advertising
This site is funded by Google AdSense display advertising. Google and its partners set cookies through the ad slots to do three main things: choose which ads to show (personalization, where you have consented or where it is permitted), limit how often you see the same ad (frequency capping), and detect invalid clicks and fraud so advertisers are billed correctly. These are third-party cookies and are governed by Google’s own policies.
Analytics
Where analytics is enabled, a cookie may be used to distinguish one visit from another so we can see which guides — appeals deadlines, representation, decision reviews — readers actually use. We look at these numbers in aggregate. We do not connect them to any individual reader.
Google advertising cookies and how to opt out
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website and other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet.
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of many participating vendors at once at www.aboutads.info/choices. For background on Google’s practices, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services and How Google uses cookies.
If you are in the EEA or UK, non-essential cookies are set only in line with the consent choice you make in the consent notice, and you can change that choice at any time.
Controlling and deleting cookies in your browser
Every major browser lets you see, block, and delete cookies. The controls are usually under Settings, then Privacy or Privacy and security:
- Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Third-party cookies / Delete browsing data.
- Safari (Mac and iOS): Settings → Safari → Block All Cookies, or Clear History and Website Data.
- Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Enhanced Tracking Protection and Cookies and Site Data.
- Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Manage and delete cookies and site data.
Most browsers also offer a private or incognito window, which discards cookies when you close it. If you share a device with family — common while a spouse or caregiver is helping with a claim — clearing cookies is a simple way to keep browsing separate.
What happens if you block cookies
Blocking or deleting cookies does not lock you out of anything here. Every guide on this site stays free to read, with no paywall and no sign-in. Blocking advertising cookies means the ads you see will be less relevant to you, and it may reduce the revenue that pays for the writing and research — but that is your choice to make, and we would rather you make it knowingly. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may cause pages to load more slowly or display oddly.
A note on what these cookies are not
We are not a law firm and we run no lead-generation. No cookie on this site is used to build a claim inquiry, capture a phone number, score you as a prospect, or pass your details to an attorney, a claims-services company, or any marketing partner. We do not accept payment from law firms and we do not sell leads. See our Advertising Disclosure for how the site is funded.
Changes and contact
We will revise this policy when our advertising or analytics setup changes, updating the effective date above. Questions about cookies, or a request to have data associated with your visits deleted, can be sent to support@lawyers.lyricalguy.com.