Cookies Policy
1. About this Policy
This policy explains how Bridge Peer Financial Limited, trading as Property Bridges, uses cookies and similar technologies on www.propertybridges.com. We use cookies in line with the General Data Protection Regulation, the Data Protection Act 2018, and the Irish ePrivacy Regulations (S.I. No. 336/2011). Strictly necessary cookies are set automatically because the website cannot function without them. All other cookies are set only with your consent, given through our cookie banner, which you can change or withdraw at any time.
This policy should be read together with our Privacy Statement, which sets out how we process the personal data we collect (including data collected via cookies) and explains your rights under the GDPR.
2. What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that a website asks your browser to store on your device. Cookies let a website recognise your device, remember your preferences, and provide a more useful experience across visits. Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser; persistent cookies remain until they expire or you delete them. References to “cookies” in this policy also include similar technologies such as pixels, web beacons, local storage, and tags.
3. Cookies We Use
The table below lists the cookies set on www.propertybridges.com, grouped by category. We review this inventory at least annually and whenever we add or remove a third-party service.
Strictly necessary cookies are required for the website to operate securely. Functional cookies remember your choices (such as language) and support customer support and referral tracking. Analytics and performance cookies help us understand how the site is used. Advertisement cookies are used by us and our partners to make advertising more relevant; these are set only with your consent.
Cookie name | Category | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
CAKEPHP | Strictly necessary | Property Bridges | Maintains the user’s session across HTTP requests during a visit to the platform. | Session |
AWSELB | Strictly necessary | Amazon Web Services | Routes the user’s traffic to the correct application server in our hosting environment to ensure platform availability. | Session |
XSRF-TOKEN | Strictly necessary | Property Bridges | Anti-forgery token used to protect the platform against cross-site request forgery attacks. | Session |
cookieyes-consent | Strictly necessary | CookieYes | Stores the cookie preferences you have set, so we can apply them on future visits. | 1 year |
language | Functional | Property Bridges | Remembers your language preference so the website is displayed in your chosen language. | Session |
intercom-session-$ID | Functional | Intercom | Identifies the customer-support session in our in-app messaging tool. | Session |
intercom-id-$ID | Functional | Intercom | Identifies the user in the in-app messaging tool to provide continuity of support conversations. | 9 months |
_ga | Analytics | Google Analytics | Used to distinguish users for the purpose of generating statistical data on website usage. | 2 years |
_ga_* | Analytics | Google Analytics | Used to persist session state for Google Analytics 4 properties. | 2 years |
_gid | Analytics | Google Analytics | Used to distinguish users over a 24-hour period. | 1 day |
_gat | Analytics | Google Analytics | Used by Google Analytics to throttle the request rate on high-traffic pages. | 1 minute |
Third parties (including advertising networks, analytics providers, and providers of social-media plugins or embedded content) may also set cookies through our website. Where this is the case the cookie is listed in the table above, except where the third party sets cookies directly that we do not control. The processing of your data by those third parties is governed by their own privacy and cookie notices, which we encourage you to review.
4. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You can change or withdraw your consent for non-essential cookies at any time by clicking the “Cookie Settings” link in the footer of our website. Withdrawing consent does not affect any processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.
You can also control cookies through your browser. Note that if you block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies), parts of our website may not work as intended. The links below take you to the cookie management instructions for the most commonly used browsers:
5. Changes to this Policy and Contact
We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, in our service providers, or in applicable law. The current version is always available at www.propertybridges.com/cookies, and where changes are material we will reset the cookie banner so you can review and re-confirm your preferences.
If you have any questions about this policy, please contact our Data Protection Officer at team@propertybridges.com or by post at Bridge Peer Financial Limited, 22 Fitzwilliam Street Upper, Dublin 2, D02 WR82, Ireland. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission at www.dataprotection.ie.
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