X Factor Properties is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that any personal information provided by you is secure.
If you have any queries with regard to our privacy policy, please contact our Head Office – we’ll be happy to help.
How we collect information from you
We may collect and hold some information about you whether you are an existing customer or a first time visitor to this website. We collect personal information through online forms, enquiries and if you register on the website. You can view information about properties, products or services without submitting any personal information.
Why we collect information from you
The information we collect from you may be used for the purposes of:
Where we intend to use your information for marketing purposes, you will be notified on our site at the time you are providing us with your information and be asked for consent to use your information for marketing purposes. You have the right at any time after you have given any consent to change your mind.
How the information we collect from you is stored
Information collected about you will be stored on a secure
database. We will hold information about you for as long as is necessary and in
accordance with regulatory requirements.
Cookies – what they are and why we use them
A cookie is a small string of text which is sent from the website and is then sent back from your web browser on each request to that website only. Cookies allow the website to identify your user account when you browse the site. Specifically, the X Factor Properties website sends a cookie when you sign-in to the site, so that you can amend your user profile and add properties to your shortlist.
The site only uses session cookies – these are not stored permanently on your computer, which means that you will have to log-in to the site again when you restart your computer or if you close all your browser windows.
You may choose to set your browser not to accept cookies. Please be aware that in doing this you will not be able to register and store a property shortlist on the site.
Disabling cookies
Most recent browsers will prompt you to accept or block cookies from websites when you visit them for the first time. If you wish to change your preferences, here are some instructions for popular browsers.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 and above
Mozilla, Firefox
If you have a different browser, please refer to the “Help” section on it.
Using our site and security of your information
When you use our site to submit any sensitive information, such as the user registration and login, we ensure that the information you send us is encrypted in transit by using a secure server (SSL) which can be verified from the ‘padlock’ icon in your browser.
Other websites
We have links to other websites which are not covered by our privacy policy. Other websites’ privacy policies may differ from ours and, if you access other sites, information may be collected about you in accordance with the privacy policy of the other sites.