Cookie policy
1. Background and objectives
This Cookie Policy explains how our website uses cookies and similar technologies to provide you with an enhanced browsing experience. By continuing to use our website, you agree to the use of cookies as described in this policy.
2. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
3. How do we use cookies?
Cookies such as Google Analytics help us to collect information on how people use our website, including the number of visitors, and which parts of the site they visit. This information helps us to make improvements to our website and make sure it is meeting your needs.
4. What cookies do we use and why?
Strictly necessary cookies:
These are essential to enable you to move around the website and use its features.
Cookie |
Name |
Purpose |
| Alliance Homes | AllianceHomesPrefs | This cookie is used to track acceptance or rejection of Alliance Homes website setting cookies on a user’s browser after the user chooses an option in the cookie banner. |
| Alliance Homes ASP Session Cookie | __RequestVerificationToken | This cookie is set by web application built in ASP.NET MVC Technologies. This is an anti-forgery cookie used for preventing cross site request forgery attacks. |
| Alliance Homes ASP Session Cookie | ASP.NET_SessionId | Issued by Microsoft's ASP.NET Application, this cookie stores session data during a user's website visit. |
| YouTube | __Secure-1PSID | This cookie is set by YouTube and is used to authenticate users, store session preferences, and perform security measures. |
| YouTube | PREF | YouTube cookie to store user preferences. |
| YouTube | SOCS | Google cookie to track a user’s cookie choices. |
| YouTube | VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user sees the new or old player interface. |
| YouTube | VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | Set by YouTube to store the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. |
Performance cookies:
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance, which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.
Cookie |
Name |
Purpose |
| Google Analytics | _ga _gid |
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works. |
| YouTube | SAPISID | YouTube set this to collect visitor information for videos. |
| YouTube | SSID | YouTube collect visitor information for videos hosted by YouTube on maps integrated with Google Maps. |
| YouTube | YSC | Set by YouTube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on YouTube pages. |
Functionality cookies:
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing your current region in a cookie. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
Cookie |
Name |
Purpose |
| Alliance Homes Privacy | AHPrivacy | This cookie is set based on the user’s choice on the cookie banner. |
| Google reCAPTCHA | _GRECAPTCHA | Used by reCAPTCHA on forms. |
| Google Translate | googtrans | Set by Google Translate if visitor switches to a translation of the website. |
Targeting cookies or advertising cookies:
These cookies are usually placed by advertising networks and are present on the website because of the features incorporated on the website, such as YouTube videos.
Cookie |
Name |
Purpose |
| _fbp | Facebook sets this cookie to show advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. | |
| DV | Google advertising cookie | |
| YouTube | Secure-1PAPISID | Targeting cookie set to profile a website visitor's interests to show personalised Google advertising. |
| YouTube | AEC | YouTube cookie to protect advertisers from fraud. |
| YouTube | APISID | YouTube advertising personalisation cookie. |
| YouTube | HSID | Google Ad optimization cookie to prevent advertising fraud. |
| YouTube | SID | Google Ad optimization cookie. |
| X | guest_id | Set by X (formerly twitter) to track visits from embedded website listing. |
5. How to change cookie preferences
You can control, accept, and decline cookies. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of our site and any preferences will be lost if you delete cookies. You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the Open Cookie settings in the footer of the website which will bring up a pop-up box allowing the user to define their cookie preferences.
Alternatively, most web browsers allow users to control most cookies through the browser settings. Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
• Google Chrome
• Microsoft Edge
• Mozilla Firefox
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Opera
• Apple Safari
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
6. Cookies and data protection
If you would like to know how we collect and process your personal information, please click here to visit our Privacy Policy.
7. Policy Revision
Approval stage |
Date completed |
| SLT review/ approval | 11/04/2024 |
| Next review date | 30/04/2026 |