Cookies and Privacy Policy

The Country Cottages Online websites belong to XE Website Solutions Ltd.  Our privacy policy applies to all users and members of the Country Cottages and associated websites.

XE Website Solutions Ltd fully respect users privacy and all data collected is purely for the functionality of the websites and for security purposes. We never sell on your details to third parties without your express consent.

 

Your data:

 

Holidaymakers' data:

When you complete an enquiry form on our sites, your data including your name, email address and phone number is then passed on to the relevant cottage owner or agency so that they can advise you re availability and booking.  We may also collect your ip address details for security purposes.
 

Cottage Owner's Data:

For registered owners we collect your personal data including your name, email address and phone number.  We also collect ip addresses for security of payment processing and for ensuring owner account security.  The secure servers of Stripe are employed for payments and transactions when registering or renewing current listings. We do not hold your payment information on file on our servers but where you are registered for auto renewal, your payment information will be stored on Stripe's secure servers.

 

 

Newsletters and Special Offers

Country Cottages Online reserves the right to contact users who have signed up for our Special Offer service. There is an unsubscribe option on each email. All data is verified before use and is used solely for this purpose. It is never sold on to any third party.

 

Cookies and Your Consent

To ensure that you have a good experience with the website we use a minimal amount of cookies. It is essential that we use them for some areas such as the owner log in section, the holidaymaker log in section and for the Shortlist/Add to Favourites section of the site.
 

 

In the Instance of Business Transfer or Sale

If our business were to be acquired, sold or merge with another business, we reserve the right to transfer your personal data over to the new company, and you consent to this.  

 

 

Member Login

The Country Cottages Online sites use cookies for the sole purpose of logging into owner panels. Personal computers and laptops must be configured to accept cookies to allow full use of the advertising service, free Late Availability, Special Offers and mid week short breaks.

If you do not agree to the above, please cease using this website.

Strictly necessary cookies allow core website functionality such as user login and account management. The website cannot be used properly without strictly necessary cookies.
Cookie report
Name Provider / Domain Expiration Description
__lc_cid .accounts.livechatinc.com 1 year 1 month Necessary for the functionality of the website's chat-box function.
PHPSESSID www.countrycottagesonline.net Session Cookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. This is a general purpose identifier used to maintain user session variables. It is normally a random generated number, how it is used can be specific to the site, but a good example is maintaining a logged-in status for a user between pages.
__lc_cst .accounts.livechatinc.com 1 year 1 month Necessary for the functionality of the website's chat-box function.
__stripe_mid .countrycottagesonline.net 1 year This cookie is set by Stripe to distinguish users and enable secure payment processing during interactions with the website.
__stripe_sid .countrycottagesonline.net 30 minutes This cookie is set by Stripe to manage and process payments securely, allowing temporary storage of session related information during a users visit to the website.
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cookieadmin .countrycottagesonline.net Session These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website.
_gid .countrycottagesonline.net 1 day This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and update a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews.
_ga_CJ9RR3H144 .countrycottagesonline.net 1 year 1 month This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.
_ga .countrycottagesonline.net 1 year 1 month This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.
_gat .countrycottagesonline.net 53 seconds This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate - limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites.
test_cookie .doubleclick.net 15 minutes This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to determine if the website visitor's browser supports cookies.
_fbp .countrycottagesonline.net 3 months Used by Meta to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers
__oauth_redirect_detector accounts.livechatinc.com 30 seconds This cookie is used to support login functionality by detecting the final redirect URL after an OAuth authentication flow is completed.