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We use cookies for several reasons including:
There are two types of cookies:
These cookies stay on a users device between browsing sessions but have an expiration date set in the cookie. Each time a user visits the site where they were set, the browser sends the cookie to the website.
These cookies only stay on a user’s device while they are browsing a website, when the user closes their browser, they are deleted.
We use two categories of cookies:
These cookies are essential to the functioning of the website. They do not collect any personally identifiable information about you.
PHPSESSID (Session cookie) - Allows our site to anonymously identify users and transfer their requests for information between pages of the site in a secure manner.
ShortlistId (Persistent cookie) - Created only when you add a cottage to a shortlist or visit the 'Your Shortlist' page. This allows users who return to our site in the same web browser on the same device (computer/phone/tablet) to view their last shortlist without having to save it.
wwhc_cookies (Persistent cookie) - This is where your cookie permissions are stored.
Google Analytics (Persistent cookie) - This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies to help analyse how users use the site. The anonymous information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) is transmitted to Google. Your IP address is anonymised before it is stored by Google. This information is then processed to compile reports on website activity for West Wales Holiday Cottages. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf.
You can opt-out of Google Analytics tracking by using the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
We use advertising services from the following companies: Google, Bing, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest. We use conversion tracking features of these services to help us understand the effectiveness of our marketing on those sites and services.
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