WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies are simple text files. They are needed to help navigate automatic logins, password authentication, shopping cart functions, personal preference settings and a variety of other functions. Cookies make these functions smooth and hassle-free to the user.
Cookies don’t search your computer for information. Cookies register the information you provide through your browser. When you enter personal and/or financial information on a website, the cookies store your information, both for ease of use on your next visit and advert tracking.
Information stored by cookies is usually encoded; it is protected from potential computer hackers by security features.
Cookies are necessary and enhance your browsing experience. Without cookies, you would have to reenter all of your information every time you revisited a site. A cookie will simply remember your information on the website to save you time.
Cookies only store the information you provide. A cookie cannot “grab” your email address. A cookie can store your email address on the website—if you have typed in your email address; a cookie stores all information you voluntarily give when you visit a website.
Cookies themselves contain very little information other than the URL of the website that created the cookie. Because there is so little information, a cookie can’t be used to identify you by name or other personal information. However, advances in technology have seen an increase in how companies can manipulate cookie information to create a profile of your web surfing habits. Again, this is a profile of a particular consumer’s surfing habits and product preferences, there is no name (your name) attached to the profile.
Cookies are harmless. They cannot introduce viruses on your computer.
Cookies are not the same thing as Spyware. A cookie stores your website surfing information; Spyware stores your Internet surfing information (every site you visit).
HOW TO BLOCK COOKIES
Cookies don’t identify personal details, but your IP address (every computer has an Internet Protocol address) is registered wherever you browse. abbotFox, have no control over that. Electronic acknowledgement of the IP address is just that—it identifies the computer. (It requires extensive computer knowledge and resources, such as those at the disposal of law enforcement agencies, to dig deep enough to identify the person using a particular computer, and even then, the person may not be identifiable if he or she used a computer at a public library, for instance.)
All browsers (Google, Firefox, Bing, Internet Explorer, etc.) have a “Settings” on their toolbars, which may be represented by text or an icon. If you wish to disable cookies you can do so here.
In Internet Explorer, you can refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy”, and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding selector.
In Firefox, you can adjust your cookies settings by clicking “Tools”, “Options” and “Privacy”.
Blocking cookies could have a negative impact upon the usability of some websites.
We aim to keep the cookie information provided here as accurate as possible and use all reasonable efforts to review regularly and update the details.
Cookies used in this website
We only use two types of cookie on this website:
Session cookies
These are typically required by us to make sure you can move freely from one page to another and so that you can access and use certain services within the website. Normally these cookies only last while your browser is open and are deleted when it is closed. Some may need to remain for longer than the duration of your visit (or “session”).
| Cookie's Name | When Created | What is its purpose? | Cookie Type |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | When you enter the site | Remembers which browser version you are using and certain choices you make so you do not have to repeat your choices on each page. | Session |
| LastSearch | When you perform a search | Remembers what you searched so you do not need to re-key the information if you return to the search. | Session |
| ctl_cntrlSearch | When you perform a search | Controls what is displayed in search results and how results are displayed; how many per page etc. | Session |
| AFP SearchResults | When you perform a search | Remembers search criteria for use on search results and for populating a search panel with previous search data (if present on search results page) | Session |
Persistent cookies
These cookies allow you to set and store preferences for the website, such as when you are offered the option to customise elements of the layout or content of the website. These cookies may also help us to monitor, debug and optimise the performance of the website. These cookies remain after you close your browser to remember your actions and preferences when you return to our website.
Some websites use persistent cookies to provide targeted advertising based on your device’s browsing history, but not ours!
| CMS.User.Profiling.Profile | When you ‘save’ a property | Remembers which properties you have saved into the list | Persistent |
| Form_Your Name_Forms.RadTextInput | When you submit a form | Variations of this cookie store data from forms you complete & submit so you don’t have to enter it again | Persistent |
| Estateweb_CIP_Email_Alerts | When you perform a search | Remembers your user ID for email alerts log-in if you return to the website | Persistent |
| Shortlist | When you ‘save’ a property | Used to display saved properties and to allow for arranging viewings for multiple properties | Persistent |
Updates to this policy
So that we can offer you the best possible online experience, new services using cookies may be added to our website from time to time. We aim to keep the cookie information provided here as accurate as possible and use all reasonable efforts to review regularly and update the details. When we update these details, we will post changes on this page so please check back frequently.
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