Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy explains how Ashford Selection® ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website at ashfordselection.com (the "Website"). This policy describes what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use, and how you can manage your cookie preferences.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile) when you visit a website. They help websites remember information about your visit, making your next visit easier and the site more useful to you. Cookies cannot harm your device and do not contain viruses.

How we use cookies

We use cookies to ensure our website functions properly, provide security, analyze website performance, and improve your browsing experience. All cookies we use are essential for the operation of our luxury real estate platform.

Types of cookies we use

We only use essential cookies that are necessary for the proper functioning of our website. These cookies cannot be disabled as they are required for core website operations.

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for our website to function properly and securely. They enable basic functions like page navigation, access to secure areas, and maintain your session while browsing our luxury property listings.

Session Cookies

Purpose: These temporary cookies maintain your session while browsing our website. They remember your preferences, search criteria, and saved properties during your visit.

Data collected: Session identifier, user preferences, search filters, property favorites

Duration: These cookies are deleted when you close your browser

Why essential: Required for basic website functionality, property search, and maintaining your browsing session

Cloudflare Security Cookies

Purpose: Cloudflare provides security services that protect our website from malicious attacks, ensure fast loading times, and maintain website availability for our users worldwide.

Data collected: IP address, browser information, security tokens, performance metrics

Duration: Various durations depending on the specific security function

Why essential: Critical for website security, protection against cyber threats, and ensuring reliable access to our luxury property platform

Cloudflare Turnstile

Purpose: Turnstile is a privacy-focused security solution that protects our contact forms and property inquiry submissions from spam and automated attacks while respecting user privacy.

Data collected: Browser characteristics, interaction patterns, challenge responses

Duration: Short-term, typically minutes to hours

Why essential: Necessary to protect our forms from spam, ensure legitimate inquiries reach our team, and maintain the quality of communication on our platform

Matomo Analytics

Purpose: Matomo is our privacy-focused analytics platform that helps us understand how visitors use our website, which properties are most viewed, and how we can improve the user experience for luxury property seekers.

Data collected: Page views, time spent on pages, property search patterns, geographic location (country/city level), device type, browser information

Duration: Up to 13 months for visitor tracking, 24 months for conversion data

Why essential: Required to understand user behavior, optimize property presentation, improve website performance, and ensure our luxury real estate platform meets user expectations

Data processing and privacy

All analytics data is processed in compliance with GDPR and other applicable privacy laws. We use Matomo in a privacy-focused configuration that:

• Respects Do Not Track signals
• Anonymizes IP addresses
• Does not share data with third parties
• Stores data on our own servers
• Provides you with control over your data

Your choices and cookie management

Since all cookies we use are essential for website functionality, they cannot be disabled through cookie preferences. However, you can manage cookies through your browser settings:

Browser controls: Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. Please note that disabling essential cookies may impact website functionality and your ability to search and view luxury properties effectively.

Opting out of analytics: If you prefer not to be tracked by our analytics, you can opt out below:

Analytics Opt-out