Our website uses cookies or similar technologies. Home, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 4224297 whose registered address is at 7 Unicorn Park, Whitby Road, Bristol, BS4 4EX, hereinafter referred to as ‘Home’ or ‘We’ have created this cookie policy (‘Cookie Policy’) in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to disclosing to You the data that We collect about You online emanating from Your use of our Site at www.thisishome.co.uk. By using our Site and agreeing to this Cookie Policy, You consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this Cookie Policy. In this Cookie Policy, references to ‘You’ and ‘Your’ are references to a Home Member (or a Home Visitor as the case may be).
We ask You to consent to our use of cookies in accordance with the terms of this Cookie Policy when you first visit our Site. When You use the Site, You agree that this Cookie Policy applies to that use in addition to any other terms and conditions which may apply including those contained in the Privacy Policy, Website Terms of Use. Home reserves the right to change this Cookie Policy at any time without notice, effective immediately upon posting on the Site. Please check this page of the Site periodically.
Read it carefully and ensure that You understand its effect before proceeding to use the Site. Your continued use of the Site is taken as meaning that You agree to such changes or updates.
A cookie is a small text file that some websites store via the browser on Your computer’s hard drive when You visit them. Cookies 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. Some expire at the end of Your session on the Site, others will remain on Your computer for a little longer. When You return to websites or visit websites that use the same cookies, these cookies and therefore Your browsing device, are recognised. Cookies do lots of different and useful jobs like letting You navigate between pages efficiently, remembering Your preferences and generally improving Your browsing experience. Cookies can also be used to customise areas of content online to be more relevant to You and Your interests. We use cookies on our Site to make Your browsing experience better. By using this Site, You accept our use of cookies.
First-party cookies are cookies set by the specific website You visit i.e. the website displayed in the URL window.
Third party cookies are set by third party services that appear on our pages. They are set by the operators of that service and are not in our control. They are set by e.g. Twitter, Facebook and other advertisers or file sharing platforms. They may use the information they obtain from Your use of their cookies to track Your browser across multiple websites; to build a profile of your web surfing; or, to target advertisements which may be of particular interest to You. Home does not control the use of these cookies. You should check the relevant policy of the third party website for more information about these.
Some of Home’s chosen social media widgets such as Twitter and Facebook use a short url service to rebrand and produce simpler to handle urls such as http://t.co/xxxxx link. These services provide anonymised, aggregated statistics relating to use of the shortened URL’s, for example by telling us how many times it has been clicked on. Home does not have access to the IP address of your computer collected by the service or any other identifiable information about you.
The type of cookies used on websites can be put into 1 of 4 categories, based on the International Chamber of Commerce guide to cookie categories.
A. Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential, as they enable You to move around a website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. Without these cookies, the Home services You have asked for (such as access to secure areas) cannot be provided. These cookies don’t gather information about You that could be used for marketing or remembering where You have been on the internet. These cannot be restricted or blocked.
B. Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how You use a website, for example which pages You go to most often and if You get any error messages from certain pages. These cookies do not gather information that identifies You. All information these cookies collect is anonymous and is only used to improve how a website works. These cookies are not used to target You with online advertising. Without these cookies we cannot learn how our Site is performing and make relevant improvements that could better Your browsing experience. These can be restricted or blocked.
C. Functionality & Profile Cookies: These cookies allow a website to remember choices You make (such as Your user name, language or the region You are in) and tailor the website to provide enhanced features and content for You. For instance, they remember Your login details and allow You to watch videos. They also ensure the onsite marketing and experience is relevant to You. These cookies can also be used to remember changes You have made to text size, font and other parts of pages that You can customise. The information these cookies collect may be anonymous and they cannot track Your browsing activity on other websites. Without these cookies, a website cannot remember choices You have previously made or personalise Your browsing experience. These can be restricted or blocked.
D. Targeting Cookies: These cookies gather information about Your browsing habits. They remember that You have visited a website and share this information with other organisations such as advertisers. They do this in order to provide You with adverts that are more relevant to You and Your interests. Although these cookies can track Your visits to other websites, they do not usually know who You are. Without these cookies, online advertisements You encounter will be less relevant to You and Your interests. These can be restricted or blocked.
Cookies on our Site are used for many purposes including but not limited to:
Here is a full list of the cookies our site uses:
More information about cookies can be found at: http://www.allaboutcookies.org
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer in order to make our website work more efficiently as well as to provide information on how we can improve our web service. We do not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. However, if you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are used by our website, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your web browser settings. The ‘Help’ function within your browser should explain how to do this.
www.aboutcookies.org provides comprehensive instructions on blocking cookies on a selection of the most commonly used browsers. You will also find a detailed explanation on how to delete cookies from your computer as well as more information about cookies and how they are used. To remove cookies from your mobile browser you should consult your handset user manual.
Please be aware that some of our Home Services will not function if your browser does not accept the cookies. More information about cookies can be found at: http://www.allaboutcookies.org
Internet Advertising Bureau: Guide to online advertising and privacy, International Chamber of Commerce, United Kingdom: ICC UK cookie guide
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