Understanding how we use cookies to enhance your browsing experience
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the website owners.
Cookies help us understand how you interact with our website, which allows us to improve your browsing experience and tailor our services to better meet your needs.
Mortgage PLC uses cookies for several purposes, including:
These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. Without these cookies, services like mortgage calculators or application forms cannot be provided.
These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often. This data is aggregated and anonymous, and is used to improve how our website works.
These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
The table below provides more information about the cookies we use and why:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| session_id | Maintains your session while using our website | Session | Essential |
| user_preferences | Stores your website preferences such as language and region | 1 year | Functionality |
| _ga | Google Analytics - Used to distinguish users | 2 years | Performance |
| _gid | Google Analytics - Used to distinguish users | 24 hours | Performance |
| _gat | Google Analytics - Used to throttle request rate | 1 minute | Performance |
| fbp | Facebook Pixel - Used to deliver targeted advertisements | 3 months | Targeting |
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. However, if you do this, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. 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.
If you want to opt out of Google Analytics tracking, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. We have no control over these cookies, which may be analytics cookies or targeting cookies. These third parties may include:
We recommend that you check the respective privacy policies of these third parties for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our data use practices. Any changes will be posted on this page, so we encourage you to check back periodically.
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us:
This Cookie Policy was last updated on 15th September 2023.