Use of Cookies by Shropshire Homes
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by 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 cookies we use are either necessary for the site function or analytical which provides use with information on how our site is being used by visitors, which helps us improve it.
We have set our cookies so that information collected is anonymised and there is no direct means to identify you as an individual; there will be a unique visitor ID allocated and saved to your browser if you accept the use of all cookies. This ID is used by us to track your browsing of our website and can also be used by third parties such as Google to track your browsing of other websites.
The cookies we are using are listed in the table below:
|
Type |
Name |
Purpose |
Duration |
|
Analytic |
_ga |
This cookie is installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. |
2 Years |
|
Analytic |
_gid |
Installed by Google Analytics, this cookie stores information on how visitors use the site, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that is collected includes the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. |
1 day |
|
Analytic |
_gat |
This cookie is set by Google and is used to distinguish visitors to the site and provides analysis of browsing behaviour. |
1 minute |
|
Analytic |
_hjid |
This is a Hotjar cookie that is set when a visitor first lands on a page and assigns a Hotjar ID used for reporting visitor browsing on the site. |
1 Year |
|
Analytic |
_hjFirstSeen |
This cookie is set by Hotjar to identify a new visitors first session on the site. It stores a true/false value, indicating whether this was the first time Hotjar saw this user. |
30 minutes |
|
Analytic |
_hjIncludedInPageviewSample |
This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that user is included in the data sampling defined by you’re the site's pageview limit. |
2 minutes |
|
Analytic |
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress |
This cookie is set by Hotjar - This cookie is used to detect the first pageview session of a visitor. |
30 minutes |
|
Necessary |
ct_pointer_data ct_ timezone ct_check_js |
Used to prevent spam on the sites comments and forms and acts as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site. This cookie is also used for storing dynamic variables from visitor’s browser. |
Session |
|
Necessary |
apbct_timestamp ct_fkp_timestamp apbct_prev_refer |
Used to prevent spam on our comments and forms and acts as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for the site. This cookies is also used to collect information about the current visitor’s browsing. |
Session |
|
Necessary |
apbct_cookies_test |
Used to prevent spam on our comments and forms and acts as a complete anti-spam solution and firewall for this site. This cookie is used also to validate other cookies, so they can’t be spoofed. |
Session |
|
Necessary |
OptanonConsent |
This cookie remembers your consent preference |
3 months |
|
Necessary |
OptanonAlerBoxClosed |
Records that the cookie banner has been closed when cookie preferences chosen |
Session |
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