Cookie Policy
Last updated: 1 September 2026
This Cookie Policy explains how GLS Properties Limited uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website.
It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains more generally how we collect, use and protect personal information.
1. About Us
This website is operated by:
GLS Properties Limited
Company number: 08390913
Registered office: 83–85 Dean Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 7QS
References in this policy to "GLS Properties", "GLS", "we", "us" or "our" mean GLS Properties Limited.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files which websites can place on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit them.
Cookies can perform a variety of functions.
For example, they can:
help a website operate correctly;
remember settings or preferences;
maintain security;
remember whether you have accepted or rejected optional cookies;
help website owners understand how visitors use their websites; and
support third-party services embedded within a website.
Some cookies are deleted when you close your browser, while others remain on your device for a specified period.
3. Types of Cookies We May Use
Cookies used on the GLS Properties website may fall into the following categories.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are required for the website or a service you have requested to function correctly.
They may be used for purposes such as:
website security;
maintaining sessions;
processing forms;
preventing fraudulent or malicious activity;
remembering your cookie choices; and
providing functionality specifically requested by you.
Strictly necessary cookies do not normally require your consent.
Blocking these cookies through your browser may cause parts of the website to stop working correctly.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies allow the website to remember choices or provide enhanced functionality.
For example, they may remember:
preferences;
previously selected options;
display settings; or
other website functionality.
Where applicable law requires consent for these cookies, they will not be activated until you have given that consent.
Analytics Cookies
Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors use our website.
They may provide information such as:
which pages are visited;
how visitors reached our website;
how long visitors spend on pages;
which parts of the website are used most frequently;
approximate geographic information;
device and browser information; and
whether visitors encounter errors.
We may use this information to understand website performance and improve our services.
Where analytics cookies are not strictly necessary, we will seek consent before placing or accessing them where required by law.
Advertising and Marketing Cookies
We may use advertising or marketing technologies where these have been implemented on our website.
These technologies may help:
measure the effectiveness of advertising;
understand whether someone visited the website following an advertisement;
prevent advertising being shown unnecessarily;
build audiences for advertising campaigns; or
provide more relevant advertising.
Advertising and marketing cookies will not be activated without consent where consent is required by law.
4. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are set directly by GLS Properties. These are known as first-party cookies.
Others may be set by third-party services used by our website. These are known as third-party cookies.
Third-party services could include, depending upon the functionality currently enabled on our website:
website analytics;
mapping services;
embedded videos;
social media services;
property-related services;
advertising and conversion tracking;
security services; and
other embedded website functionality.
Third parties may process information collected through their technologies in accordance with their own privacy policies.
5. Cookie Consent
When you first visit our website, you may be presented with a cookie consent banner or preference tool.
Where consent is required, optional cookies should remain disabled unless and until you choose to allow them.
You should be able to:
accept optional cookies;
reject optional cookies; or
manage your preferences by category.
Rejecting optional cookies should not prevent you from accessing the main functions of the GLS Properties website.
Strictly necessary cookies may continue to operate because they are required for the website to function or provide a service you have requested.
6. Changing Your Cookie Preferences
You can change your cookie preferences at any time using the cookie settings or preference control provided on our website, where available.
Changing your preferences will affect future use of optional cookies.
It may not automatically remove cookies which have already been stored on your device. Existing cookies can normally be removed using your browser settings.
7. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies.
Depending upon your browser, you may be able to:
see which cookies have been stored;
delete individual cookies;
delete all cookies;
block third-party cookies;
block all cookies;
allow cookies only from particular websites; or
configure cookies to be deleted when the browser closes.
Instructions vary between browsers.
Please refer to the privacy or cookie settings within your browser for further information.
Blocking all cookies may prevent some parts of our website, and other websites, from operating correctly.
8. Third-Party Content
Our website may contain content or functionality provided by third parties.
Examples could include:
maps;
videos;
social media content;
property portals;
virtual tours;
external booking or viewing systems; and
other embedded services.
Some third-party services may attempt to set cookies or collect technical information when their content is loaded.
Where those technologies require consent, we will take reasonable steps to prevent them from being activated before the appropriate consent has been obtained.
Once you leave our website or interact directly with a third-party service, the third party's own privacy and cookie policies may apply.
9. Analytics
We may use website analytics to understand how people use GLS Properties' website and to help us improve its performance.
Analytics information may include:
pages viewed;
time spent on the website;
general navigation patterns;
device type;
browser information;
approximate location;
referring website or campaign; and
technical information concerning website performance.
We use analytics information to understand overall patterns rather than to unnecessarily identify individual visitors.
Where analytics technology stores or accesses information on your device and consent is legally required, it will only be enabled after consent has been given.
10. Forms and Property Enquiries
Our website contains forms which may allow visitors to:
request a valuation;
enquire about a property;
contact GLS Properties;
register property requirements; or
request other services.
Cookies or similar technologies may sometimes be necessary to protect these forms against spam, fraud or automated abuse and to ensure that information is submitted correctly.
Information you deliberately enter into a form is not itself a cookie.
The processing of personal information submitted through website forms is explained in our Privacy Policy.
11. Local Storage and Similar Technologies
Websites can use technologies other than traditional cookies to store limited information on a device.
These can include:
local storage;
session storage;
pixels;
tags; and
similar browser technologies.
Where these technologies perform substantially the same function as cookies, we treat them consistently with applicable privacy requirements.
References to "cookies" within this policy should therefore generally be understood to include similar technologies where appropriate.
12. Cookie Duration
Cookies may be either:
Session cookies – these normally expire when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies – these remain on your device until their specified expiry date or until you delete them.
The duration of individual cookies depends upon their purpose and the service which sets them.
We aim not to retain cookie information for longer than is reasonably necessary for its intended purpose.
13. Cookie List
The exact cookies used by our website may change as the website and the services connected to it develop.
Our cookie preference system, where provided, should display information about the cookies and categories currently in use.
Where appropriate, we will maintain details including:
Cookie name | Provider | Purpose | Category | Duration
We periodically review the technologies used by our website so that this information remains accurate.
14. Legal Basis
The Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations and UK data protection legislation regulate the use of cookies and similar technologies.
Where a cookie is strictly necessary to provide a website function or service requested by the user, consent may not be required.
Where consent is required for an optional cookie or similar technology, we will seek consent before that technology is activated.
Where personal information is subsequently processed using information collected through cookies, the processing will also be undertaken in accordance with applicable data protection legislation and our Privacy Policy.
15. Your Personal Information
Some information generated through cookies may constitute personal information.
Our Privacy Policy explains:
what personal information we collect;
why we use it;
our lawful bases for processing;
who we may share information with;
how long information may be retained;
how we protect information; and
your data protection rights.
16. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy where:
our website changes;
new services or technologies are introduced;
cookies are added or removed;
our service providers change; or
legal or regulatory requirements change.
The latest version will be published on our website.
The date at the top of this policy shows when it was last updated.
17. Contact Us
If you have questions about our use of cookies or personal information, please contact:
GLS Properties Limited
83–85 Dean Road
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO12 7QS
Telephone: 01723 830030
Company number: 08390913
For more information about how GLS Properties handles personal information, please see our Privacy Policy.