A cookie is a small piece of information stored by your web browser (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox) on your computer (or laptop, phone, etc.) when you use our website. Cookies are used to provide customised content, access to the full functionality of the website and information on the use of the website.
By using our website, you agree that we can place cookies on your computer.
The cookies our website uses do not store any personal information about you and cannot be used to identify any particular user. All information about how you used our website is collected anonymously.
By accepting the cookies our website uses you help us to improve the user experience for you and many others. Please note that turning off cookies may limit your use of our website and the services provided.
Our website uses cookies in order to provide a service to you, our customer. No personal data is stored in cookies and cookies are not used in order to provide advertising. Cookies are used for the following purposes:
Some features on this website will not function if you do not allow cookies.
You can restrict or block cookies set by our website but this may limit your use of some functionality, such as filling in forms and getting access to password protected areas.
Telford HomeFinder uses third-party suppliers who also set cookies throughout our websites on our behalf to deliver the services that they are providing or to record usage. More information on the cookies we and our third party suppliers set can be found below.
Types of cookies
We use both 'Session Cookies', which expire once you close your web browser, and 'Persistent Cookies', which stay on your computer until they expire or you delete them - examples of both are below:
Cookies set when visiting www.telfordhomefinder.co.uk
These cookies are used when completing our online forms. They do not contain any personal information and are set to expire as soon as you close your browser.
Cookie name | Purpose | Expiry |
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ASP.NET_SessionId | Used to store the session id of a user. This is required to determine whether a user is logged in to the website. A form reference number is also stored when a user is filling in an online form; the form data itself is stored on the server and not in the cookie. | When you close your browser. |
Analytical cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our website, and to see how visitors move around the website when they are using it. This helps us to improve your website experience and the services we provide. No personal information is collected about you or about your computer, all information collected is anonymous. The service we use is Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google.
For more details please visit the Google Privacy Centre.
Cookie name | Purpose | Expiry |
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_ga | Used to distinguish users. | 2 years |
_gid | Used to distinguish users. | 24 hours |
_gat | Used to throttle request rate. | 1 minute |
AMP_TOKEN | Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate opt-out, inflight request or an error retrieving a Client ID from AMP Client ID service. | 30 seconds to 1 year |
_gac_<property-id> | Contains campaign related information for the user. If you have linked your Google Analytics and AdWords accounts, AdWords website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out. | 90 days |
We use a number of social media tools and external applications to enhance visitor interaction on our website. If you already use these tools and applications their cookies may have been set before your visit to our website. These cookies do not collect any personal information.
We use these services on the basis that the third parties adhere to their privacy policies. Use the links below for more information on these policies:
You can modify your cookie settings to either accept all cookies, to be notified when a cookie is set or to reject all cookies. However, you should be aware that if cookies are rejected you will not be able to use some of the online services provided by this website. For more information on cookies, please visit the 'about cookies' website or watch a video about cookies (produced by the Government Digital Service). If you use a mobile phone or a tablet to browse our website (or other websites that use cookies), please refer to your device's manual for guidance.
We recommend that you allow the cookies we set by this website as they help us to provide a better service. Disallowing our cookies will affect the functionality of this website.