Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

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 to provide information to website owners about how users interact with their sites.

2. How We Use Cookies

RentCompared uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site traffic, personalize content, and provide social media features. We use both first-party cookies (set by our website) and third-party cookies (set by external services we use).

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Essential Cookies

These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of our website. They enable you to navigate around our site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas and using shopping baskets.

Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if they get error messages from web pages. This information helps us improve how our website works.

Functionality Cookies

These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your preferred language or search filters) and provide enhanced, more personal features.

Marketing and Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. They may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

4. Third-Party Cookies

We work with several third-party services that may place cookies on your device:

Google Services

• Google Analytics: Helps us understand how visitors interact with our website
• Google Maps: Powers our interactive property location maps
• Google Ads: Used for advertising and conversion tracking

Social Media Platforms

• Facebook Pixel: Enables us to measure advertising effectiveness
• LinkedIn Insight Tag: Helps us track conversions and retarget visitors
• Social sharing buttons: Allow you to share content on social media

Other Services

• Hotjar: Provides heatmaps and user session recordings
• Intercom: Powers our customer support chat widget
• Cloudflare: Provides security and performance optimization

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, please note that if you disable cookies, some features of our website may not function properly.

Opt-Out Links

You can opt out of certain third-party cookies using these links:

• Google Analytics Opt-out
• Facebook Ad Preferences
• Network Advertising Initiative

6. Cookie Consent

When you first visit our website, you'll see a cookie banner asking for your consent to use non-essential cookies. You can accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or customize your preferences.

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings" link in our website footer or by clearing your browser cookies and revisiting our site.

7. Cookie Retention

Different cookies have different lifespans:

• Session cookies: Deleted when you close your browser
• Persistent cookies: Remain on your device for a set period (typically 30 days to 2 years)
• Flash cookies: Stored differently and may persist until manually deleted

8. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us at:

10. Useful Resources

For more information about cookies and how to manage them, visit:

• All About Cookies
• ICO Cookie Guidance
• Your Online Choices