What are Cookies?
Cookies are small files which are stored on a user's computer and hold data relating to a specific website. Cookies are placed on the user's computer
by that website and accessed each time a user browses the site. The cookies used by Rightmove are fairly standard and harmless. We primarily use them
to collect data to help us improve our website by seeing which parts of the site are being used, how users are navigating to each page and what items
on each page they prefer to click on.
Nonetheless we would like you to know which cookies Rightmove employs, why we use them, and give you the option to opt-out of us using them on your computer
if you wish.
Below we have listed each of the cookies that our site sets, with detail as to why we use them. For those that want a little more information, we've
added information which details the exact purpose of every single cookie we create. Lastly, we've included information about the time the cookie is kept
on your system (is it kept after you leave the site, to be used when you return − persistent − or deleted once your visit is completed and
only used for that visit − session).
You can use this page to opt-out of certain cookie types. Opting out will apply only to the browser or device that you are currently using, so you may need
to change these settings again if you use other browsers or devices to browse the web.
We will make every effort to recognise and respect your choices; however there is a small chance that not all cookies and similar methods of data capture
will be covered by these settings. If this is a concern to you then we recommend that you change the settings in your browser. If you wish to restrict or
block web browser cookies which are set on your device then you can do this through your browser settings; the Help function within your browser should tell
you how. Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org , which contains comprehensive information on how
to do this on a wide variety of desktop browsers.
1. Strictly necessary cookies
Enabled
Some cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features. Without these cookies, we will not be able to connect you
to our site properly.
We spend a lot of time and effort ensuring that our site remains available all the time; to do that we have web servers running in many different locations.
In order to ensure that your journey through the site works properly we like to keep you connected to the same locations. It also allows us to spread the
load, meaning our site remains as performant as it can be.
For visitors to our professional users site RightmovePlus, authentication cookies give the added reassurance of site security.
These cookies ensure that only authenticated users have access to RightmovePlus, thus keeping our site as safe as possible.
If you have any queries or require more information on this please email security@rightmove.co.uk
Cookie
Purpose
Persistent or Session
rmsessionid
Used to maintain user sessions across our site
Session
hsid
Used to maintain user sessions on our investor site
Session
cookieLevel
Used to control the display of the Cookie policy banner for the investor site
Session
siteType
To remember your preference for viewing the Full site on your Mobile phone
Session
sso2v
Authentication cookie to verify a visitor to our professional users site RightmovePlus
Persistent - expires after 6 months
cks_policy
Stores your cookie preferences on Rightmove
Persistent - expires after 1 year
permuserid
Manages your login to My Rightmove
Persistent - expires after 1 year
svr
Keeps visitors to our site on the same set of infrastructure
Persistent - expires after 8 hours
svp
Keeps visitors to our professional users site, Rightmove Plus, on the same set of infrastructure
Persistent - expires after 8 hours
sva
Keeps visitors to our professional users site, Rightmove Plus, on the same set of infrastructure
Persistent - expires after 8 hours
sso2
Allows log in to continue between these sites for agents
Session
JSESSIONID
Ensures Rightmove Plus login works across the various sections
Session
TS*family
Allows our network hardware to keep you in the right environment
Session
jsts
Secures data input by our professional users against corruption
Session
Local Storage
In addition to cookies, local storage allows us to use a tiny bit of space on your machine to store information, in much the same way as cookies.
We use this to store information which, we feel, enhances your journey through the site by remembering previous actions and making them default
for the future. All local storage is persistent, with no expiry.
Cookie
Purpose
typeAheadHist
Holds a history of locations typed into search, so that these appear first in the list when you start searching again
RIGHTMOVE.UTIL.userPreferences
Stores the channel (lettings, sales etc) that you last searched in, for Draw a Search
pcrLocationList
Last 10 searched for postcodes across the site, used for Price Comparison report
RM.recentSearches_* family
Stores your recent searches
RMmobile.contactagent_channel
To hold the information you have provided when contacting an agent to pre populate the form for you next time around.
2. Performance cookies
Enabled Disabled
These cookies collect information about how visitors use our site, for instance which page is viewed most often, and if error messages are seen.
These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor. All information that these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
It is only used to improve how our website works.
Like most websites, we use analytics software, such as Google Analytics. This software gathers anonymous data relating to how our site is being used and then
provides us with aggregated visitor statistics, number of page views etc. We supplement this data with our own analytics, which allows us to do more in-depth
analysis of how people use our site. We feel that this information is vital to us, helping us to make the site as easy to use and useful as possible.
We regularly add new features and change existing features to make the site work as well as possible, and to make the experience as helpful as possible to
all parties (we care about the experience all of our users get!) To ensure that the changes we make are useful, we test variants of these changes across our
site, reviewing data from our analytics system to see what works best. The cookies below allow us to do that.
Cookie
Purpose
Persistent or Session
UIDR
Tracks unique visits for ComScore, an industry standard metrics company
Persistent - expires after 1 year
ki*family
Manages survey for House Prices
Persistent - expires after 6 months
__utm*family
Tracking cookies set by Google Analytics as detailed above
Persistent - expires after 2 years
UID
Tracks unique visits for ComScore, an industry standard metrics company
Persistent - expires after 1 year
rmmv*family
Allows us to show a different version of test pages to individual visitors
Persistent - expires after 90 days
rmtcj
Allows us to test whether or not we can run tests based on your computer settings
Session
3. Functionality cookies
Enabled Disabled
These cookies allow us to remember choices you have made to provide a more enhanced, personal service. The information these cookies collect relates only
to our website.
We have a bunch of features which need to understand what you've been doing on the site recently, and to reduce the amount of times you have to do the same
thing. For instance, you don't want to fill in the contact agent form again and again with the same data, so we store that information to reduce the
time it takes and to make life easier. All the cookies below perform a similar function.
Cookie
Purpose
Persistent or Session
ghostrec-usability
Used to enable remote usability testing
Persistent - expires after 1 hour
ghost-sessionId
Used to keep ghostrec session
Persistent - expires after 1 hour
ghost-taskId
Used to keep track of the current ghostrec task
Persistent - expires after 1 hour
propertyHuntGameState
Tracks if user has the property hunt game activated
Persistent - expires after 1 month
seenMapFeedbackBar
Used to keep track of whether a user has given feedback or dismissed the feedback bar
Persistent - expires after 1 month
iPhoneAd
Used to decide whether to show link to download app when accessing the Rightmove website from an iPhone device
Persistent - expires after 1 year
MobilePointSortOrder
Remembers your last chosen sort order for a Point based search on the Mobile site, so we can apply that order automatically to your future point searches
Persistent - expires after 30 days
propertyDetailsResultsCarousel
Used to remember your preference on displaying the property details results carousel
Persistent - expires after 1 year
cdUserType
Use to tailor website content so that it is relevant to you
Session
MobileRegionSortOrder
Remembers your last chosen sort order for a Region based search on the Mobile site, so we can apply that order automatically to your future searches
Persistent - expires after 30 days
MobileCurrentLocationSortOrder
Remembers your last chosen sort order for a current location based search on the Mobile site, so we can apply that order automatically to your future current location searches
Persistent - expires after 30 days
onetime_login
Used for tracking logins in datalayer
Session
MobileSoldSortOrder
Remembers your last chosen sort order for a sold prices search on the Mobile site, so we can apply that order automatically to your future searches
Persistent - expires after 30 days
splash_screen
Used to keep track of whether a user has seen the verification splash screen in Rightmove Plus
Persistent - expires after 2 hours
onetime_register
Used for tracking registrations in datalayer
Session
cuid
Used to keep track of a user's consent preferences for contact from Rightmove
Persistent - expires after 1 year
hideKWFeedback
Used to keep track of whether a user has given feedback or dismissed the feedback bar for keywords sort feature
Persistent - expires after 1 month
iphoneAppMentioned
Used to decide whether to show a link to download the app when accessing the Rightmove website from an iPhone device
Persistent - expires after 5 years
beta_optin
Records whether or not you have opted in to view the new Rightmove search results
Persistent - variable: 1 day or 1 year
wcilCriteria
Remembers your last chosen criteria on the "Where can I live?" feature so we can apply that order automatically to your future searches
Persistent - expires after 30 days
PDC*family
Remembers information you have provided about yourself so that you can fill in contact agent forms quickly and easily
Persistent - expires after 1 year
osLsId
Remembers the last overseas location you searched in, so that we can show you relevant hot properties
Persistent - expires after 30 days
cmS
Remembers the last commercial sales location you searched in, so that we can show you relevant hot properties
Persistent - expires after 30 days
cmL
Remembers the last commercial lettings location you searched in, so that we can show you relevant hot properties
Persistent - expires after 30 days
topPCRSearch
Used to store latest price comparison report search locations so that when you return you get the information you're likely to want
Persistent - expires after 14 days
rmrcm
Used to recognise that you have seen the "maximum 300 results" message so we don't bother you with it again
Session
loginnotes
Used to decide whether to show help information when you log in
Session
studentGridOrListView
Stores whether you have decided to view student results as a grid or a list, so that you get your preferred experience every time
Session
androidAppMentioned
Used to decide whether to show link to download app when accessing the Rightmove website from an Android device
Persistent - expires after 5 years
iPadAd
Tracks if user has seen the iPad advert yet or not
Persistent - expires after 5 years
TPC*family
Stores information about your search preferences to help us only show relevant promotions to you
Persistent - expires after 30 days
sb-closed
Stores if the user has dismissed the app ad banner
Persistent - expires after 3 months
sb-installed
Stores if the user has viewed the app in the app store from the app ad banner
Persistent - expires after 3 months
4. Online behavioural advertising
We use cookies from third party advertising partners to deliver relevant advertisements to you both on the Rightmove website and on other websites.
Below is a list of our advertising partners. To opt-out of a third party's use of cookies and behavioural advertising you must visit its website and follow its specified opt-out procedures.
Google DoubleClick
You can learn how Google DoubleClick uses information from sites or apps that use their services by visiting their website .
If you don't want Google DoubleClick to use information based on your Rightmove activity for the purpose of showing you more relevant advertisements, you can opt out by following the instructions specified on their website .
PubMatic
Google DoubleClick may delegate to another third-party agency, PubMatic, to deliver relevant advertisements to you on Rightmove.
If you don't want PubMatic to use information based on your activity on Rightmove sites for the purpose of showing you more relevant ads, you can follow their specified opt-out procedures shown on the PubMatic website .
Facebook
For more information on how Facebook ads work, and to control the types of adverts shown to you, visit their website here . If you'd prefer that Facebook didn't use information based on your activity on Rightmove sites for the purpose of showing you more relevant ads, you can opt-out by accessing your Facebook settings .
Captify
Captify allows advertisers to retarget users who have searched on Yahoo, Google and Bing. Search Retargeting enables advertisers to focus on users who have expressed intent and match their desired audience with quality inventory. Learn more about Captify here .
To opt-out of Captify ads, please visit adchoices here .
Samba TV
Samba has integrated TV data from multiple sources -- from smart TVs to set-top boxes to TV apps -- to help advertisers and broadcasters understand the TV viewership habits of the modern consumer. Learn more about Samba here .
You can opt-out of having Samba use your web browsing information for interest-based advertisements by going here to the NAI website or accessing "Opt-out of Samba TV Ads" available on the Samba website here .
Ogury
Ogury is a mobile technology company that improves the mobile user experience by only showing highly relevant ads to explicitly opted-in users, whereby ads become recommendations. Learn more about Ogury here .
To opt-out of Ogury Interest-based Ogury ads here .
Groundtruth
GroundTruth is a mobile advertising platform specializing in location powered mobile ads. Their services combine data, technology, and strategy to help advertisers reach the audiences most likely to be interested in their products or services. Find out more here .
To opt-out of Groundtruth advertising, you can do so via the YourAdChoices website here .
5. Third-party A/B testing tools
Some of our pages use a third-party software provider, Optimizely, to test variations in the content to help us
improve your experience.
You can view the Optimizely privacy policy or opt-out using the links below.
Privacy Policy
Opt out
