Privacy Policy

THomas H Wood

We take privacy and confidentiality seriously. We therefore comply with the principles of the United Kingdom Data Protection Act 1998. This act states that personal data will be:

  • fairly and lawfully processed
  • processed for limited purposes
  • adequate, relevant and not excessive
  • accurate
  • not kept longer than necessary
  • processed in accordance with the data subject’s rights
  • secure
  • not transferred to countries without adequate protection

If you register your details on our website this information will be securely held and correspondence we believe to be of interest will be sent out to you, usually by post or email. If you do not wish to receive this correspondence please let us know and you will be immediately removed from our mailing list.

PLEASE NOTE: No data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, as such we will strive to protect your personal information but cannot ensure the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk. We do not disclose any of your personal details to third parties. If you have any concerns regarding your personal information held by our company please contact us.

Cookie Policy

THomas H Wood

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.

We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about webpage traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.

Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.

You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

If you wish to change your Cookie settings you can do this from the ‘Tools’ menu in your browser (usually under security settings). By doing so you may impede your usage of this, and other websites.

Cookies used on this website
We only use two types of Cookie on this website which are: “Session” & “Persistent”

Session cookies
Session cookies last only for the duration of your visit and are deleted when you close your browser. These facilitate various tasks such as allowing a website to identify that a user of a particular device is navigating from page to page, supporting website security or basic functionality.

Persistent cookies
Persistent cookies last after you have closed your browser, and allow a website to remember your actions and preferences for when you next return. Sometimes persistent cookies are used by websites to provide targeted advertising based upon the browsing history of the device but not on this website!

Please visit Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie if you wish to learn about the other ‘types’ of cookie.

Cookies Name When Created Its Purpose Cookie Type
ASP.NET_SessionId
When you enter the site
Remembers which browser version you are using and certain choices you make so you do not have to repeat your choices on each page.
Session
LastSearch
When you perform a search
Remembers what you searched so you do not need to re-key the information if you return to the search.
Session
EstateWeb_CIP_EmailAlerts
When you perform a search
Remembers your user ID for email alerts log-in if you return to the website
Persistent
ctl_cntrlSearch
When you perform a search
Controls what is displayed in search results and how results are displayed; how many per page etc.
Session
CMS.User.Profiling.Profile
When you ‘save’ a property
Remembers which properties you have saved into the list
Persistent
Form_Your Name_Forms.RadTextInput
When you submit a form
Variations of this cookie store data from forms you complete & submit so you don’t have to enter it again
Persistent