Cookie Policy
The Use of Cookies
We want to make our website as useful and reliable as possible. In order to make our website a better experience and to provide some of the services we provide we use small files, called cookies, to store small amounts of information on your device (e.g. PC, tablet or smart phone). They cannot be used to identify you personally.
This information is used to improve services for you through, for example:
- recognising that you may have set preferences on a previous visit so we can display content appropriate to you
- measuring how people are using the website so we can improve how we present our content to you
If you do not wish these cookies to be tracked you can disable them in your browser, but this may negatively effect your experience on the site.
There are two types of cookie you may encounter when using our website:
- First party cookies: these are our own cookies, controlled by us and used to provide information about usage of our site.
- Third party cookies: these are cookies found in other companies’ internet tools which we are using to enhance our site, for example Facebook or Twitter have their own cookies, which are controlled by them.
First Party Cookies
- exp_last_visit: Allows us to remember the last time you visited the site
- exp_last_activity: Allows us to remember the last time you interacted with the site within the current visit
- exp_tracker: Allows us to remember the last 5 pages you viewed
Third Party Cookies
Cookies with names prefixed by ‘__utm’: Stores information used by Google Analytics to track user activity on the site.
PREF: Used by Google Maps to remember your viewing preferences
NID: Used by Google Maps to remember your viewing preferences
Cookies on our websites
Cookie: __RequestVerificationToken
Usage: This cookie is a security measure and helps protect the website from unauthorised data submissions.
Expires: This cookie will expire automatically when you close your browser.
Cookie: yourAuthCookie
Usage: Allows visitors to remained logged into the website during visits.
Expires: This cookie will expire automatically when you close your browser.
Cookie: cookieconsent_status
Usage: This is the site cookie acceptance. This cookie is used to record if a user has accepted the use of cookies on the website.
Expires: 12 months
Changes to this policy
We reserve the right to change this policy at any time. Any such changes will be effective once posted on this page.
Contacting us
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to knightfrank_dpo@knightfrank.com