Cookie Policy
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by the websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. The use of cookies is now standard for most websites. If you are uncomfortable with the use of cookies, you can manage and control them through your browser, including removing cookies by deleting them from your ‘browser history’ (cache) when you leave the site.
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How do we use cookies on our website?
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. Cookies are used to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website, and allow us to improve our website.
We use the following types of cookies:
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Other cookie types
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Persistent cookies – these cookies remain on a user’s device for the period of time specified in the cookie. They are activated each time that the user visits the website that created that particular cookie.
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Session cookies – these cookies allow website operators to link the actions of a user during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and finishes when they close the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. Once you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted.
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First Party – these cookies are set by us to give you the best user experience and to make sure our website is performing as it should.
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Third Party – these cookies are set by our third party providers such as Google. We use Google Analytics to see how many people visit our site and how they use it, allowing us to make any necessary changes so that you have the best experience possible.
First party cookies
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Third party cookies
Some pages use third party services or software, such as maps, online videos or social networking features. Many of these services may set cookies in your browser.
AddThis
Cookie NameCookie TypePurposeDuration
__atuvc
Necessary
This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. It stores an updated page share count.
Persistent
__atuvs
Necessary
This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. This is believed to be a new cookie from AddThis which is not yet documented, but has been categorised on the assumption it serves a similar purpose to other cookies set by the service.
Session
di2
Necessary
Keeps track of expiry dates of other cookies used by the social sharing platform.
Persistent
loc
Necessary
Geolocation, which is used to help providers determine how users who share information with each other are geographically located (state level).
Persistent
ouid
Unclassified
Persistent
uid
Necessary
Creates a unique, machine-generated user ID. AddThis, which is owned by Clearspring Technologies, uses the user ID to make it possible for the user to share content across social networks and provide detailed statistics to various providers.
Persistent
uvc
Necessary
Detects how often the social sharing service, AddThis, encounters the same user.
Persistent
vc
Unclassified
Persistent
CloudFlare
Cookie NameCookie TypePurposeDuration
__cfduid
Performance/Security
Used by the content network Cloudflare, to identify trusted web traffic, and to speed up page load times. According to CloudFlare It does not contain any user identification information.
Persistent
DoubleClick
Cookie NameCookie TypePurposeDuration
__gads
Marketing
This cookie is associated with the DoubleClick for Publishers service from Google. Its purpose is to do with the display of advertisements on the site.
Persistent
IDE
Marketing
Used by Double Click for re-targeting, optimisation, reporting and attribution of online advertisements.
Persistent
Google Analytics
Google's privacy policy | Opt out of Google Analytics
Cookie NameCookie TypePurposeDuration
__utma
Statistics
Used by Google Analytics to collect data on the number of times a user has visited the website as well as dates for the first and most recent visit.
Persistent
__utmb
Statistics
Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user accessed the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit.
Session
__utmc
Statistics
Registers a timestamp with the exact time of when the user leaves the website. Used by Google Analytics to calculate the duration of a website visit.
Session
__utmt
Statistics
Used by Google Analytics to throttle the speed of requests to the server.
Session
__utmt_gwo
Statistics
This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics. It appears to be a variation of the __utmt cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites.
Persistent
__utmz
Statistics
Collects data on where the user came from, what search engine was used, what link was clicked and what search term was used. Used by Google Analytics.
Persistent
_ga
Statistics
Used by Google Analytics to register a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
Persistent
_gid
Statistics
Used by Google Analytics to register a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
Persistent
Google Maps
Google's privacy policy | Opt out of Google Analytics
Cookie NameCookie TypePurposeDuration
APISID
Necessary
Google set a number of cookies on any page that includes a Google Map. While we have no control over the cookies set by Google, they appear to include a mixture of pieces of information to measure the number and behaviour of Google Maps users.
Persistent
HSID
Necessary
Persistent
NID
Necessary
Persistent
SAPISID
Necessary
Persistent
SID
Necessary
Persistent
SIDCC
Necessary
Persistent
SSID
Necessary
Persistent
Housefax
Cookie NameCookie TypePurposeDuration
ARRAffinity
Necessary
This cookie is set by websites run on the Windows Azure cloud platform. It is used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session.
Persistent
Incapsula
Cookie NameCookie TypePurposeDuration
incap_ses_xxx_xxxxxx
Performance/Security
Used by Incapsula's Web Application Firewall (WAF). These cookies preserve user states across page requests. It improves performance and security of the website.
Session
visid_incap_xxxxxx
Performance/Security
Persistent
Listhub
Cookie NameCookie TypePurposeDuration
lhac
Unclassified
Persistent
MortgageLoan
Cookie NameCookie TypePurposeDuration
gwcc
Necessary
Integration of widget from Mortgageloan.com to provide mortgage rates.
Persistent
Third party cookies
You can restrict or block cookies which are set during your use of the website by changing your browser’s settings. Some pages and features may not work if you completely disable cookies, but many third party cookies can be safely blocked.
Check information in your browser’s help section for specific instructions on how to manage cookies. Alternatively, more information on the use of cookies can be found on the website www.allaboutcookies.org
Update
We reserve the right to modify this cookie policy from time to time. It is your responsibility to regularly verify whether you have read and consented to the latest version of the applicable cookie policy.
This Cookie Policy was last updated on 05/18/2018
