Cookies Policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files which get saved to your computer (or any other device capable of browsing the internet) as part of your interactions with a website.

These cookies remain stored on your device until such a time that the cookie expires or is manually deleted. This allows for the information stored within the cookie to be sent back as part of any subsequent interactions you have with the issuing website. This exchange of information allows websites to remember basic information about you, such as whether you’re “logged in” or to remember recent searches.

Bellway use cookies to help ensure that we provide you with the best user-experience possible on our websites. We use cookies to remember your browsing preferences; to allow you to return to your search results and to identify how you found and interact with our websites so that we can identify any areas for improvement.

Bellway do not store personally identifiable information, such as your name, telephone number or email address as part of the first-party cookies that we set on our websites (see below) and we do not track your activities on our website (or others) for advertising purposes.

In order to be as transparent as possible regarding the information we collect, we’ve provided a detailed list below of the cookies currently set as part of your time spent with us online. We’ve included additional information regarding the exact purpose of each cookie in addition to the duration the cookie is stored on your device. We’ve also identified whether the cookie is created by Bellway or by a third-party company.

Cookies set by Bellway (“First-party cookies”)

Cookie name	Purpose	Expiry	More information
__utma	Used on Bellway.co.uk & Bellwaycorporate.com Used to report anonymously in aggregate on how you found and interact with our website. We use this information to identify possible areas for improvement and to monitor the response to our marketing activity.	2 years	https://developers.google.com/ analytics/resources/concepts/ gaConceptsCookies
__utmb	As above	30 minutes	As above
__utmc	As above	Stored only for the duration of your visit (Session)	As above
__utmv	As above	2 years	As above
__utmz	As above	6 months	As above
ASP.NET_SessionId	Used on Bellway.co.uk Used to log and remember your search queries so that you can return to your search results at any point during your visit.	Stored only for the duration of your visit (Session)	http://support.microsoft.com/ kb/899918
aaaEle aaaSize	Used on Bellwaycorporate.com Used to remember your preferences regarding font size.	Stored only for the duration of your visit (Session)
hsid	Used on Bellwaycorporate.com Used to remember your login to the email alerts subscription area of Bellwaycorporate.com. This allows you to navigate around this section without the need to re-enter your login details.	Stored only for the duration of your visit (Session)
hsDisclaim1	Used on Bellwaycorporate.com Allows us to verify that you have viewed the necessary disclaimer required to view additional content.	Stored only for the duration of your visit (Session)

Cookies set by third-party websites (“Third-party cookies”)

Cookie name	Purpose	Expiry	More information
PREF	Used on Bellway.co.uk Set by Google.com as part of their mapping service. We’ve integrated Google Maps into our website to allow you to find and locate developments and to provide you with directions.	2 years	http://www.google.co.uk/ intl/en/policies/privacy/
NID	As above	6 months	As above

Managing & Deleting cookies

The cookies used on our websites help us to provide you with the best user experience possible. Overall we feel that the cookies used on our sites have a low impact on user privacy, however we do appreciate that some users may prefer to restrict, block or delete the cookies used by our websites.

Information on how to manage cookies can usually be found within the “Help” menu of your web browser or within the instruction manual of your mobile device.

Further information on how to manage cookies can also be found at www.aboutcookies.org