Cookies policy

Generally, our cookies perform up to four different functions:

1. ESSENTIAL COOKIES
Some cookies are essential for the operation of the website. For example, some cookies allow us to identify registered users and ensure they can access their registered users only pages. If a registered user opts to disable these cookies, they will not be able to access all of the content that a registration entitles them to

2. FUNCTIONALITY COOKIES
We use functionality cookies to allow us to remember your preferences. For example, cookies save you the trouble of typing in your username every time you access the site and recall your saved searches and properties you have added to your shortlist.

3. PERFORMANCE COOKIES
We utilise other cookies to analyse how our visitors use the websites and to monitor website performance. We can therefore try to provide a high-quality experience by customising our offering and quickly identifying and fixing any issues that arise. For example, we might use performance cookies to track which pages are very popular, which method of linking between pages is best, and to determine why some pages are receiving error messages. We might also use these cookies to highlight articles or site services that we think will interest you based on your website usage.

4. BEHAVIOURALLY TARGETED ADVERTISING COOKIES
The website uses cookies to serve you with advertisements that we believe are relevant to you and your interests. For example, if you read several mortgage articles on the website or other sites, a bank might infer you are interested in this topic and serve you with its mortgage advertisements. You might see these advertisements on the website and on other sites, you visit. However, we do not tell anyone who you are.

DOES ANYONE ELSE USE COOKIES ON THE WEBSITE?
Advertisers sometimes use their cookies to provide you with targeted advertising. For example, advertisers may use a profile they have built on sites that you have previously visited to present you with more relevant advertisements during your visit to the website. We believe that it is helpful for our users to see advertisements that are more relevant to their interests. We also use or allow third parties to serve cookies that fall into the four categories above. For example, like many companies, we use Google Analytics to help us monitor website traffic. We may also use third-party cookies to help us with market research, revenue tracking, improving site functionality and monitoring compliance with our terms and conditions and copyright policy.

As we explain in our Cookie Policy, cookies help you to get the most out of www.pinkertonsni.com (the website). If you disable our cookies, you may find that certain website sections do not work. For example, you may have difficulties logging in or viewing properties on your shortlist or saved searches.

HOW TO DISABLE BEHAVIOURALLY TARGETED ADVERTISING COOKIES

If you are concerned about behaviourally targeted advertising cookies (which serve you advertisements based on your use of the website and other websites), users based in the European Union can visit www.youronlinechoices.eu and users based in the US can visit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ to opt out of these third party cookies. We are not responsible or associated with the two websites above nor their content.

HOW TO ENABLE AND DISABLE COOKIES USING YOUR BROWSER

GOOGLE CHROME
- Click on the 'cog' icon on the browser (usually found top-right corner) to open the tools menu.
- From the Tools menu, select 'Options'
- Click the 'Under the Hood' tab on the left menu.
- In the 'Privacy' section, select the 'Content settings' button
- To enable cookies: select the 'Allow local data to be set' option
-To disable cookies: select the 'Block all cookies' option
Note that there are various levels of cookie enablement and disablement in Chrome. For more information on other cookie settings offered in Chrome, refer to the following page from Google: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647


MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER 6.0, 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
- Click on 'Tools' at the top of your browser window and select 'Internet Options'
- In the options window, navigate to the 'Privacy' tab
- To enable cookies: Set the slider to 'Medium' or below
- To disable cookies: Move the slider to the top to block all cookies
Note that there are various levels of cookie enablement and disablement in Explorer. For more information on other cookie settings offered in Internet Explorer, refer to the following page from Microsoft: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies


MOZILLA FIREFOX
- Click on 'Tools' in the browser menu and select 'Options'
- Select the Privacy panel
- To enable cookies: Check 'Accept cookies for sites'
- To disable cookies: Uncheck at 'Accept cookies for sites'
Note that there are various levels of cookie enablement and disablement in Firefox. For more information, refer to the following page from Mozilla: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Enabling%20and%20disabling%20cookies


OPERA
- Click on 'Setting' in the browser menu and select 'Settings'
- Select 'Quick Preferences'
- To enable cookies: check "Enable Cookies"
- To disable cookies: uncheck "Enable Cookies"
Note that there are various levels of cookie enablement and disablement in Opera. For more information on other cookie settings offered in Opera, refer to the following page from Opera Software: http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/


SAFARI ON OSX
- Click on 'Safari' at the menu bar and select the 'Preferences' option
- Click on 'Security'
- To enable cookies: In the 'Accept cookies' section, select 'Only from site you navigate to'
- To disable cookies: In the 'Accept cookies' section, select 'Never'
Note that there are various levels of cookie enablement and disablement in Safari. For more information on other cookie settings offered in Safari, refer to the following page from Apple: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Safari/3.0/en/9277.html

ALL OTHER BROWSERS
Please look for a help function in the browser or contact the browser provider.