This policy describes how we may collect, use and share the information you provide when you visit this website, receive our emails or interact with our advertisements on third-party websites.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a piece of data stored in a user’s web browser while they view a website. When the user browses the website again, the data can be retrieved to notify the website of the user’s previous activity.

How we use cookies:

When you browse our website or receive one of our emails, eckersleyproperty.co.uk use cookies to collect information about your online preferences.

The cookies we use do not capture information that can identify you. The information they gather helps us improve your online experience and could include, for example, the time and duration of your visit to our website, pages you view, or the addresses of sites from which you arrive and leave our site.

Cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful. They do not give us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of a website.

We take your privacy seriously and comply with UK and EU law on handling cookies.

Your personal information

We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so. We may use your personal information to send you promotional information about third parties which we think you may find interesting if you tell us that you wish this to happen.

In regards the personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have rights to request, access and amend including the right to be forgotten. If you would like to do any of the aforementioned please write to the Eckersley’s Preston Office address or email info@eckersleyproperty.co.uk with the reference ‘Subject Access Request’.

If you believe that any information we are hold on you is incorrect, please contact us at the above address.

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

Notice of changes

From time to time, we may change this policy. The effective date of this policy, stated below, indicates the last time this policy was revised.

Effective Date

Below is a table of the cookies our website placed on your computer.

Cookie Name Cookie Category Description Duration
wordpress_ 2 WordPress cookie for a logged in user. session
wordpress_logged_in_ 2 WordPress cookie for a logged in user session
wordpress_test_ 2 WordPress cookie for a logged in user session
wordpress_test_cookie 2 WordPress test cookie session
wp-settings- 1 WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-[UID] cookies.
The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table.
This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
1 year
wp-settings-time- 2 WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface. 1 year
PHPSESSID 1 To identify your unique session on the website session
SESS 1 To ensure that you are recognised when you move from page to page within the site and that any information you have entered is remembered. session
__utma 2 This cookie keeps track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site pertaining to the cookie, when their first visit was, and when their last visit occurred. Google Analytics uses the information from this cookie to calculate things like Days and Visits to purchase. permanent
__utmb 2 __utmb is a Google Analytics cookie. It takes a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor enters a site. session
__utmc 2 __utmc takes a timestamp of the exact moment in time when a visitor leaves a site. 30 mins
__utmz 2 Keeps track of where the visitor came from, what search engine you used, what link you clicked on, what keyword you used, and where they were in the world when you accessed a website. This cookie is how Google Analytics knows to whom and to what source / medium / keyword to assign the credit for a Goal Conversion or an Ecommerce Transaction. 6 months