Cookie Policy

At PropertySaleWatchdog.com we make use of cookies this is so we can ensure that our website works in the most effective and efficient manner. They help us to understand how users access our website so we can develop and improve the design, layout, content and function of the site.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

When using the PropertySaleWatchdog.com website, some information may be collected automatically using ‘cookies’. These are small text files that help us understand how our websites work, they can be temporary or permanent.

Temporary cookies form part of the security process while you are using the website; permanent cookies identify the link you used to find our website, check your browser so that we can make sure that our website and services work well with your computer and help us monitor traffic on our website.

WHY ARE COOKIES USED?

They help visitors. Cookies allow sites to do things like provide personalised content and remember their log-in details and settings. You can turn them off – this won’t stop a website from working, but it might mean it won’t work as well as it could, or that you have to do the same thing more than once.

They help website owners. Cookies tell website owners things like – what search engine a visitor used to find the website, how often they’ve visited it, how long they’ve spent on it, and so on.

We’ve set out below the cookies that we may use and those that are set by third parties on our website.

Cookie Name – Google Analytics; Purpose – On-site behaviour tracking

Cookie Name – Facebook; Purpose – Retargeting and Tracking Conversions

Cookie Name – Adwords; Purpose – Retargeting and Tracking Conversions

Cookie Name – Bing Ads; Purpose – Retargeting and Tracking Conversions

Cookie Name – Twitter Ads; Purpose – Retargeting and Tracking Conversions

Except for essential cookies, all cookies will expire after 10 years.

We may also use ‘cookies’ on our website to provide a way for the website to recognise you and keep a track of your preferences, and to enable you to contact us directly from the website. Cookies may also be used to optimise website speed for your convenience, to allow you to customise our web pages and so that you do not have to keep filling in your details repeatedly. We may collect information about your IP address and how you used our site.

That data collected by cookies does not usually identify you, but may be combined with other information to identify you. If we identify you using information from cookies, we may use that information to track how you use our website and send you information more specific to your needs or to invite you to purchase one of our services.

ADVERTISING PARTNERS POLICY 

You may consult this list to find the Privacy Policy for each of the advertising partners of Property Sale Watchdog.

We also use third party advertisements on PropertySaleWatchdog.com to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such as cookies, Javascript and/or Web Beacons when they advertise on our site, which will also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense program) information including your IP address, your ISP, the browser you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash installed. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes or showing certain ads based on specific sites visited. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalise the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

Property Sale Watchdog may use AdSense to monetise certain pages of this website. 

However, Property Sale Watchdog has no access to or control over the cookies used by third-party advertisers.

LOG FILES 

As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in log files. The information in the log files includes your IP (internet protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider), the browser you used to visit our site, the time you visited our site and which pages you visited throughout our site.

DOUBLE CLICK DART COOKIES

We also may use DART cookies for ad serving through Google’s DoubleClick, which places a cookie on your computer when you are browsing the web and visit a site using DoubleClick advertising (including some Google AdSense advertisements). This cookie is used to serve ads specific to you and your interests (”interest based targeting”).

The ads served will be targeted based on your previous browsing history. DART uses “non personally identifiable information”.  It does NOT track personal information about you, such as your name, email address, physical address, telephone number, social security numbers, bank account numbers or credit card numbers.

You can opt-out of this ad serving on all sites using this advertising by visiting http://www.doubleclick.com/privacy/dart_adserving.aspx

You can choose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or third-party cookies in your browser settings. However, this can affect how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites. This could include the inability to log in to services or programs, such as logging into forums or accounts.

Deleting cookies does not mean you are permanently opted out of any advertising program. Unless you have settings that disallow cookies, the next time you visit a site running the advertisements, a new cookie will be added.

DISABLING/ENABLING COOKIES

You can accept or decline cookies by changing the settings on your browser. Please remember though that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website.

QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK

PropertySaleWatchdog.com is always appreciative of all questions and feedback that pertain to this cookie policy. 

If you think that PropertySaleWatchdog.com hasn’t adhered to this policy and/or you have any other disagreements with the way we handle your cookies, please don’t hesitate to contact us at hello@propertysalewatchdog.com

We will do everything within our grasp to quickly identify and remedy the issue.