Cookie Policy
What are cookies?
A 'cookie' is a small amount of data that is sent to your browser and stored on your computer's hard drive. Like most websites we use both first and third party cookies. Cookies enable you to navigate around our Website and (where appropriate) enable us to provide users of our website with a good experience and personalise their visits to the Website (for example, remember login details). They help us monitor visitor behaviour and usage of the website. They provide us with generic usage statistics to allow us to improve our website and to provide users with information about our services that may be of interest. Cookies are also used to help ensure the overall accuracy of the data collection and analysis processes described above.
First-party cookies are those cookies placed directly by us and are only used by us. By using our website, you may also receive certain third-party cookies on your computer or device. Third-party cookies are those placed by websites, services, and/or parties other than us. Third-party cookies are used on our website for analytics and advertising purposes. For more details, please refer to the table below.
All Cookies used by and on our website are used in accordance with current Cookie Law.
Managing cookies
If you do not wish to enable cookies, you can still use the website.
If you wish to block or delete cookies on to your device you can do so by adjusting the settings on your browser.
http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ provides a guide to how you can do this on the most commonly used browsers, or you can visit the following webpages:
- Google Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
- Microsoft Internet Explorer https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
- Mozilla Firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
- Apple Safari https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=en_GB
Below we have listed the cookies that we use on our website; be aware that if you do not enable cookies, some features of our websites may not be available to you and some webpages may not display properly.
If you have concerns about any cookies set by the website please contact privacy@french-property.com
Website cookies
| Usage | Purpose | Type of cookie | ICC UK Cookie Guide Category | Privacy Impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preferences |
These cookies allow us to personalise the way the website behaves or looks when you visit. These include preferred language, number and order of properties displayed on the website, preferred currency & land unit. For instance, by remembering your preferred currency, our website will display property prices in your preferred currency to and improve the visitor experience. The majority of website users will have a preference cookie in their browser. A browser sends this cookie with requests to our websites. The cookie contains a unique ID used to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred currency (e.g. Euros), and how you would prefer to sort property listings (e.g. Lowest price first) The website will still function when these cookies are blocked or deleted. |
First party, Persistent | Functionality | Low – non personal |
| Security |
These cookies allow us to protect user data from unauthorised parties, authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use of login credentials. The website cannot function properly without these cookies. |
First party, Session | Strictly Necessary | Low – non personal |
| Processes |
These cookies help the website work and deliver expected services to visitors, such as accessing secure areas or navigating around the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies. |
First party, Session | Strictly Necessary | Low – non personal |
| Session State |
These cookies help us to improve our services and visitor experience by collecting information about how visitors interact with the website. For instance whether visitors view error messages on certain webpages and the most frequently visited webpages. The website will function when these cookies are blocked or deleted. |
First party, Session | Performance | Low – non personal |
| Analytics |
We use Google Analytics to carry out statistical analysis of visitor behaviour and to support display advertising we carry out using Double Click (a Google subsidiary). Analytics allows us to more accurately understand visitor requirements and behaviour. For more information about how Google uses the data collected via this service, see here: http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ To opt out of Google Analytics for advertising, you can opt out using the Google Ad Settings. To opt out of Google Analytics cookies, you can also use Google's opt-out browser add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout |
Third party, Session | Performance | Medium – analytics tracking information shared with third party |
| Advertising |
We use DoubleClick, a third-party advertising company to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information (not including your name, address, email address or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you. If you would like more information about this practice and would like to know your options in relation to not allowing this information to be used visit: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads. To opt out of DoubleClick campaigns visit: http://google.com/settings/ads |
Third party, Session | Targeting or Advertising | High – personal information for targeted advertising |