Cookie Policy
Privacy Statement: how we use Cookies
As part of our initiative to comply with legislative changes here is our Cookie policy to make sure we’re clear and honest with you about your privacy when using our website.
What is a Cookie?
Cookies are very small text files that are stored on your computer when you visit some websites.
Cookies allow browsers to store information from individual sites such as the display preferences you might have set. They are entirely specific to you and are used to keep a record of how you use a website and any preferences that you may have set. They use a special session ID to identify who you are, so that no personal information is ever exchanged.
Depending on the use, cookies can be stored on your computer for different lengths of time. Session cookies will remember you for the length of time you have a browser open and are looking at a site, but are deleted when you close the browser. Persistent cookies are not deleted when the browser is closed but will continue to remember you for a set amount of time.
Why are they used?
Cookies can be used for a variety of different reasons; to remember personal preferences on a website, to remember your name during a visit to a site, to store login status or to show you relevant information on your next visit. They are also used by companies to track your use of their website and see where you’ve clicked and how long you’ve been on a page, in order to improve the site performance and layout for future users.
Third party Cookies
Third party cookies differ from other cookies as they are set by a separate company to the website that is being visited. They allow these companies to see what you might have been looking at on a specific site, and use this information to show you relevant data on other sites that they are linked to. They are also used by social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter to allow you to ‘Like’ or tell your friends about the site.
How we use cookies
Cookies used on any Queen Street Residential site never store any personal information and they cannot infect or install anything on your computer.
ASP.NET_SessionId |
This gives each user an anonymous user ID which is used to identify the user whilst navigating around the site. |
__utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmz |
Used by Google Analytics and Adwords to track your movements around the site, where you click and what you look at the most. We use this information to be able to improve the experience of the website for you. Used by Google Analytics and Adwords to track your movements around the site, where you click and what you look at the most. We use this information to be able to improve the experience of the website for you. These cookies can only be seen by Queen Street Residential and Google and will never contain any personal information. |
Other Cookies
You may also find some of the following cookies on our site whilst you are browsing. These cookies are not controlled by Queen Street Residential but are part of tracking systems from third party companies. They are used by social media networks and provide sharing services for pages on the Queen Street Residential site.
| Third Party Cookies | Uses |
|---|---|
| PREF, NID, BEAT, ULS, HSID, SSID, APISID, SAPISID, SID | Used by Google+ to keep track of anything posted to the social network |
| k, guest_id, auth_token_session, secure_session, twll, dnt, twid, _twitter_sess, auth_token | Used by Twitter to monitor when sites are tweeted about or sites are linked to on Twitter. |
| c_user, datr, lu, xs, sub, p, act, presence | Used by Facebook to monitor when sites are ‘liked’ or linked to on Facebook. |
Managing Cookies
If you want to stop websites from placing cookies on your computer, it is possible to make changes in the options of your web browser. You should note however, by doing this some functions of the Queen Street Residential website may not work correctly.
Further Information
If you’d like to learn more about cookies in general and how to manage them visit www.allaboutcookies.org