Cookie Policy
Introduction
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This is the Cookie Policy (the "Policy") for kensington.digi.mortgage (the "Site"). The Site is operated by MortgageGym of Fourth Floor Abbots House, Abbey Street, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 3BD (“we”, “us” and “our”) pursuant to an agreement with Kensington Mortgage Company Limited of Ascot House, Maidenhead Office Park Maidenhead, SL6 3QQ (‘Kensington’). For the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation 2016, the Data Protection Act 2018 and Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 (together “the Data Protection Legislation”), Kensington is the controller of the information collected through this Site.
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Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our Site.
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We reserve the right to change this Policy from time to time by changing it on the Site. This Policy was last updated on 11th March 2020.
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What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.
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What Types of Cookies do we Use?
We use the following cookies:
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Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.
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Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
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Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
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Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
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Information about Cookies Including Third Party Cookies
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When do we collect cookies?
We collect these cookies when users access our website from any device (mobile, tablet or PC), and we collect information about the device or browser you use to access the Site (including device type, operating system, screen resolution etc.), the way you interact with this Site, and the IP address your device connects from.
If cookies are not enabled we cannot assure you that the website and your experience of it are as we intended it to be.
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Cookies that we use:
Cookie Name Type and duration Purpose Essential Site Cookie:Session APPSERVERID These cookies will be deleted once the user closes the browser window. These cookies are essential for the website to operate and are set as soon as you visit our website. Techically, these cookies are required to ensure consistent system behaviour for the user. Cookie preference cookieConsent This cookie is set to expire after one month. Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain. Google Analytics _dc_gtm_<id>
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_gidClick here to find the duration of these cookies We use Google Analytics to collect information about how our website is being used. Learn more about Analytics cookies and privacy information. Google reCAPTCHA Cookies set by Google Various We use Google reCAPTCHA to protect our website against spam and other types of automated abuse. Learn more about Google security cookies. -
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can change your browser settings to prevent this, and your help screen or manual will tell you how to do this. You can learn more about cookies by visiting allaboutcookies.org which includes useful information on cookies and how to block cookies using different types of browsers. However, you may not be able to take full advantage of the Site if you choose to block or restrict cookies.
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Third Party Cookies
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you follow a link, we are not responsible for the data protection and cookie policies of the other sites even if you access the links from our website. We recommend that you read the policies of those websites.
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How to withdraw your Consent to Cookies / removing Cookies
If you want to find out more about cookies and how to manage and delete cookies from your computer you may wish to visit allaboutcookies.org. 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 use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.
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Information sharing
We may share your information with Google Analytics, agencies acting on our behalf and search engine providers that assist us in the improvement and optimisation of our Site. Where we do so, we ensure that those providers handle any such data to strict contractual controls solely for the purposes given in this Policy.
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Useful Information
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A number of websites provide detailed information on cookies, including aboutcookies.org and allaboutcookies.org.
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The European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance website Your Online Choices allows you to install opt-out cookies across different advertising networks.
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Google has developed a browser add-on to allow users to opt-out of Google Analytics across all websites which use it. This is also available in the Chrome web store.
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Some browsers include a feature known as ‘Do Not Track’ or DNT. This allows you to indicate a preference that websites should not track you. However, whilst DNT is available in many browsers, websites are not required to recognise its request, so it may not always work. You can get help on how to use DNT in Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera.
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Internet Explorer has a feature called Tracking Protection Lists which allows you to import a list of websites you want to block.
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For more information on how private browsing works as well as its limitations, visit the support pages for your browser: Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari (mobile and desktop) and Opera.
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For more information on how and why data is processed about you, the reasons for doing so, and your rights relating to data protection please see the Fair Processing Notice, which is available on the Kensington Mortgage Company website.
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Queries and Complaints
If you have any questions about this Policy or wish to complain, please contact:
The Data Protection Officer
Kensington Mortgage Company Limited
Ascot House
Maidenhead Office Park
Maidenhead
SL6 3QQYou have a right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office www.ico.org.uk whose contact details are: Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire SK9 5AFTel: 0303 123 1113
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