1. What cookies are
A cookie is a small text file a website stores on your device. Cookies let a site remember your actions and preferences between pages and visits. We also use closely related technologies — browser local storage, session storage and pixel tags — and in this policy we refer to all of them collectively as “cookies.”
2. Categories we use
| Category | Purpose | Typical lifetime | Can you disable it? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Load balancing, security tokens, spam protection on forms, and remembering your cookie choices. | Session to 12 months | No — the site will not function without these |
| Preferences | Saved favorite listings, recent searches, sort order and filter state, stored in your browser's local storage. | Until you clear your browser | Yes — clear site data in your browser |
| Analytics | Aggregate measurement of pages viewed, searches run and errors encountered, so we can fix problems and prioritize work. | Up to 13 months | Yes |
| Advertising | Measuring the performance of our own campaigns and limiting how often you see the same ad. | Up to 13 months | Yes |
We do not use cookies to build profiles of your health, finances, religion or political views, and we do not permit third parties to use cookies on our site to build advertising profiles for their own unrelated purposes.
3. How to manage cookies
You can control cookies in your browser settings. Every major browser lets you block all cookies, block third-party cookies only, delete existing cookies, or clear site data for a specific site. Look for “Privacy and security” in Chrome and Edge, “Privacy & Security” in Firefox, or “Privacy” in Safari.
Blocking strictly necessary cookies will break parts of this site, including form submission and saved favorites. Blocking preference cookies will cause your saved listings to disappear between visits.
Opting out of advertising
Industry opt-out tools let you decline interest-based advertising across many participating companies at once. The Digital Advertising Alliance operates a consumer choice page, as does the Network Advertising Initiative. Note that these tools set an opt-out cookie, so clearing your cookies will also clear the opt-out.
4. Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control
There is still no common industry standard for responding to browser Do Not Track headers, so we do not respond to DNT signals.
We do honor Global Privacy Control (GPC). If your browser or an extension sends a GPC signal, we treat it as a valid opt-out of sale and sharing of personal information for the browser that sent it. Because the signal is tied to that browser, you will need to enable it on each browser and device you use.
5. Changes to this policy
We will update this page when our use of cookies changes materially, and we will revise the “last updated” date accordingly. Questions can go to privacy@americanhomesonline.net.