Cookie Policy

We use cookies to help improve your experience of our website at https://www.theapartmentnetwork.com. This cookie policy is part of The Apartment Network Ltd’s privacy policy. It covers the use of cookies between your device and our site.

We also provide basic information on third-party services we may use, who may also use cookies as part of their service. This policy does not cover their cookies.

If you don’t wish to accept cookies from us, you should instruct your browser to refuse cookies from https://www.theapartmentnetwork.com. In such a case, we may be unable to provide you with some of your desired content and services.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small piece of data that a website stores on your device when you visit. It typically contains information about the website itself, a unique identifier that allows the site to recognise your web browser when you return, additional data that serves the cookie’s purpose, and the lifespan of the cookie itself.

Cookies are used to enable certain features (eg logging in), track site usage (eg analytics), store your user settings (eg time zone, notification preferences), and to personalise your content (eg advertising, language).

Cookies set by the website you are visiting are usually referred to as first-party cookies. They typically only track your activity on that particular site.

Cookies set by other sites and companies (i.e. third parties) are called third-party cookies They can be used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party service.

Types of cookies and how we use them

Essential cookies

Essential cookies are crucial to your experience of a website, enabling core features like user logins, account management, shopping carts, and payment processing.

We use essential cookies to enable certain functions on our website.

Performance cookies

Performance cookies track how you use a website during your visit. Typically, this information is anonymous and aggregated, with information tracked across all site users. They help companies understand visitor usage patterns, identify and diagnose problems or errors their users may encounter, and make better strategic decisions in improving their audience’s overall website experience. These cookies may be set by the website you’re visiting (first-party) or by third-party services. They do not collect personal information about you.

We use performance cookies on our site.

Functionality cookies

Functionality cookies are used to collect information about your device and any settings you may configure on the website you’re visiting (like language and time zone settings). With this information, websites can provide you with customised, enhanced, or optimised content and services. These cookies may be set by the website you’re visiting (first-party) or by third-party services.

We use functionality cookies for selected features on our site.

Targeting/advertising cookies

Targeting/advertising cookies help determine what promotional content is most relevant and appropriate to you and your interests. Websites may use them to deliver targeted advertising or limit the number of times you see an advertisement. This helps companies improve the effectiveness of their campaigns and the quality of content presented to you. These cookies may be set by the website you’re visiting (first-party) or by third-party services. Targeting/advertising cookies set by third-parties may be used to track you on other websites that use the same third-party service.

We use targeting/advertising cookies on our site.

Strictly necessary

Name	Domain	Expiration	Description
__session:0.******:	www.theapartmentnetwork.com	1 month	Used on sites built with Wordpress. Tests whether or not the browser has cookies enabled
wordpress_test_cookie	www.theapartmentnetwork.com	Session	Used on sites built with Wordpress. Tests whether or not the browser has cookies enabled
wordpress_test_cookie	ajax.theapartmentnetwork.com	Session	Used on sites built with Wordpress. Tests whether or not the browser has cookies enabled
PHPSESSID	.theapartmentnetwork.com	10 months	Used to maintain a user session between all pages accessed during your time on the website.
tan_pref_currency	.theapartmentnetwork.com	1 year	Used to clarify your currency choice
tan_pref_currency_symb	.theapartmentnetwork.com	1 year	Used to clarify your currency choice
tan_recent	.theapartmentnetwork.com	1 year	Used to note recent properties viewed for easy selection when using our enquiry forms
tan_promo_popup	.theapartmentnetwork.com	1 year	Used to clarify if we have already shown you notification popups or not.

Performance

Name	Domain	Expiration	Description
_ga	.theapartmentnetwork.com	1 year	This cookie name is asssociated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners.
_gid	.theapartmentnetwork.com	1 month	This cookie name is asssociated with Google Universal Analytics. This appears to be a new cookie and as of Spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited.
_gat	.theapartmentnetwork.com	1 month	This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes.

Targeting

Name	Domain	Expiration	Description
__cfduid	.theapartmentnetwork.com	2 weeks	Cookie assoiated with sites using CloudFlare, used to speed up page load times. According to CloudFlare it is used to override any security restrictions based on the IP address the visitor is coming from. It does not contain any user identification information.
UserMatchHistory	.linkedin.com	2 weeks	This cookie is used to track visitors so that more relevant ads can be presented based on the visitor's preferences.
lang	.ads.linkedin.com	Session	Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.
lidc	.linkedin.com	1 month	This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of this website.
_fbp	.theapartmentnetwork.com	1 month	Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers
fr	.facebook.com	1 month	Contains browser and user unique ID combinaton, used for targeted advertising.
lang	.linkedin.com	Session	Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.
bcookie	.linkedin.com	1 year	This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie for sharing the content of the website via social media.
bscookie	.www.linkedin.com	1 year	Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.
lissc	.linkedin.com	10 months	Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services.

Functionality

Name	Domain	Expiration	Description
TawkConnectionTime	.theapartmentnetwork.com	10 months	Used to power our online chat service.
tipBox_tipBoxSideBar	.theapartmentnetwork.com	1 year	Used to remember the state of on-screen user prompts.
shortlist	.theapartmentnetwork.com	2 years	Used to maintain a list of properties you have chosen for shortlisting.