Cookies Policy
Information about our use of cookies
We are Winkworth Franchising Limited, trading as 'Winkworth', a company registered in England and Wales. Our company registration number is 03950111 and our registered office is at 13 Charles II Street, St. James's, London SW1Y 4QU
We provide a web-based platform, which provides you with access to and an opportunity to identify properties, estate agency and property-related services and information via Our Website at the URL www.winkworth.co.uk ("Our Website").
This cookie policy sets out information about our use of cookies on Our Website.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file of letters and numbers which is placed and stored on your browser or the hard drive of your computer/mobile device by websites you visit, if you agree. Cookies contain information which is transferred to your computer's or mobile device's hard drive. Cookies are not used to identify you personally.
Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of Our Website. The information collected by cookies includes general information about your computer/device settings, your connection to the Internet e.g. operating system and platform, IP address, your browsing patterns and timings of browsing on Our Website, your location and type of device you use. This helps Our Website work more efficiently, providing you with a good experience when you browse on Our Website (including remembering settings) and also allows improvement of Our Website.
Consenting to use of cookies
By clicking the "Allow Optional Cookies" button on the pop-up when you first use Our Website you are agreeing to the use of cookies by Our Website. You are able to change this anytime by clicking on the "Cookie Settings" button on the side of this page.
We use the following cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
- Functional Cookies. These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
- Performance cookies. These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
- Targeting cookies. These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Manager your cookie settings
Website Terms of Use
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Name |
Description |
Lifespan/ Hostname |
Category |
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assets |
PERSISTENT |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
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__atuvc |
This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. It stores an updated page share count. |
PERSISTENT |
Functional Cookies |
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ARRAffinity |
This cookie is set by websites run on the Windows Azure cloud platform. It is used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session. |
SESSION |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
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__atuvs |
This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. This is believed to be a new cookie from AddThis which is not yet documented, but has been categorised on the assumption it serves a similar purpose to other cookies set by the service.
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PERSISTENT |
Functional Cookies |
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__RequestVerificationToken |
This is an anti-forgery cookie set by web applications built using ASP.NET MVC technologies. It is designed to stop unauthorised posting of content to a website, known as Cross-Site Request Forgery. It holds no information about the user and is destroyed on closing the browser. |
SESSION |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
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ARRAffinitySameSite |
SESSION |
Functional |
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_gid |
This cookie name is associated 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._gid |
PERSISTENT |
Performance Cookies |
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_fbp |
Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
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ARRAffinity |
This cookie is set by websites run on the Windows Azure cloud platform. It is used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session. |
SESSION |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
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_ga |
This cookie name is associated 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._ga |
PERSISTENT |
Performance Cookies |
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ARRAffinitySameSite |
SESSION |
Functional |
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_gat_UA-1537727-1 |
This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. |
PERSISTENT |
Performance Cookies |
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_gat_gtag_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx |
Google Analytics |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
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ARRAffinity |
This cookie is set by websites run on the Windows Azure cloud platform. It is used for load balancing to make sure the visitor page requests are routed to the same server in any browsing session. |
SESSION |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
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ARRAffinitySameSite |
SESSION |
Functional |
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OptanonConsent |
This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the site uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables site owners to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the users browser, when consent is not given. The cookie has a normal lifespan of one year, so that returning visitors to the site will have their preferences remembered. It contains no information that can identify the site visitor. |
PERSISTENT |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
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OptanonAlertBoxClosed |
This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables the website not to show the message more than once to a user. The cookie has a one year lifespan and contains no personal information. |
PERSISTENT |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
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cached-css-version |
PERSISTENT |
Functional |
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CRAFT_CSRF_TOKEN |
This cookie is used by Cloudflare to identify trusted web traffic. |
SESSION |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
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CraftSessionId |
This cookie name is associated with the Craft web content management system, where is functions as an anonymous session identifier. |
SESSION |
Strictly Necessary Cookies |
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bscookie |
Used by the social networking service, LinkedIn, for tracking the use of embedded services. |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
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SESSION |
Targeting Cookies |
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ASP.NET_SessionId |
General purpose platform session cookie, used by sites written with Miscrosoft .NET based technologies. Usually used to maintain an anonymised user session by the server. |
SESSION |
Functional |
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__atuvc |
This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. It stores an updated page share count. |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
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__atrfs |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
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__atuvs |
This cookie is associated with the AddThis social sharing widget which is commonly embedded in websites to enable visitors to share content with a range of networking and sharing platforms. This is believed to be a new cookie from AddThis which is not yet documented, but has been categorised on the assumption it serves a similar purpose to other cookies set by the service. |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
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AnalyticsSyncHistory |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
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lang |
There are many different types of cookies associated with this name, and a more detailed look at how it is used on a particular website is generally recommended. However, in most cases it will likely be used to store language preferences, potentially to serve up content in the stored language. |
SESSION |
Targeting Cookies |
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UserMatchHistory |
This cookie is used to track visitors so that more relevant ads can be presented based on the visitor's preferences. |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
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li_gc |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
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lidc |
This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of this website. |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
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bcookie |
This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie for sharing the content of the website via social media. |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
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NID |
This domain is owned by Google Inc. Although Google is primarily known as a search engine, the company provides a diverse range of products and services. Its main source of revenue however is advertising. Google tracks users extensively both through its own products and sites, and the numerous technologies embedded into many millions of websites around the world. It uses the data gathered from most of these services to profile the interests of web users and sell advertising space to organisations based on such interest profiles as well as aligning adverts to the content on the pages where its customer's adverts appear. |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
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sid |
PERSISTENT |
Functional |
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DRIVE_STREAM |
SESSION |
Functional Cookies |
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test_cookie |
This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to determine if the website visitor's browser supports cookies. |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
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IDE |
This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
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cid |
This cookie is used to improve advertising for website visitors. It can redirect more relevant advertisements to the visitor, and helps improve reports on campaign performance |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
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cid_XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX |
Ownership of this domain is unknown as it is masked behind a privacy registration service. It appears to be some form of tracking domain. |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
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PHPSESSID |
PHP session cookie associated with embedded content from this domain. |
PERSISTENT |
Functional |
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lang |
There are many different types of cookies associated with this name, and a more detailed look at how it is used on a particular website is generally recommended. However, in most cases it will likely be used to store language preferences, potentially to serve up content in the stored language. |
SESSION |
Targeting Cookies |
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uuid2 |
This domain is owned by AppNexus Inc. The company provides a range of online advertising technology and services. |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
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anj |
This cookie contains data denoting whether a cookie ID is synced with an AppNexus partner. |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
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xtc |
This domain is owned by AddThis. AddThis provides web widgets that site owners embed into their pages or other content to enable visitors to create and share links to the content across social networks. They also make use of the data collected to provide advertisers and marketers with profile information for targeted behavioral advertising. |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
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uvc |
Tracks how often a user interacts with AddThis |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
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YSC |
SESSION |
Targeting Cookies |
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VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
This cookie is set by Youtube to keep track of user preferences for Youtube videos embedded in sites;it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the Youtube interface. |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
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CONSENT |
This cookie carries out information about how the end user uses the website and any advertising that the end user may have seen before visiting the said website. |
PERSISTENT |
Targeting Cookies |
Please note third parties (including, for example, Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket, other business partners, providers of financial products and services, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies. For further information about the cookies used by Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket, please refer to the cookies policies on those website.
You can find Facebook’s Privacy Policy here: https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
You can find Facebook’s Cookie Policy here: https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
You can find further information regarding Facebook’s guidelines on cookie consent here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/privacy#what-info-to-provide
How can I refuse the use of cookies?
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you refuse to accept cookies you may not be able to access and/or use all or parts of Our Website nor all or any of the functionality offered by Our Website.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics please see http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
More information about cookies
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
Contact Us
Questions, comments and requests regarding this cookie policy are welcomed and should be addressed to [email protected] or to the following address:
The Data Protection Office
Winkworth Franchising Limited
13 Charles II Street,
St. James's,
London SW1Y 4QUT
Last updated 08 July 2021