Cookies Policy

Cookie Notice

Effective Date: 06/09/2025

This Cookie Notice (“Notice”) explains how The Appraisal Foundation (the “Foundation”, “us” or “we”) uses "cookies" or similar technologies (such as pixels or web beacons, collectively referred to in this Notice as “cookies”) on our website and applies to all individuals who access or use this website. When you first access our website, you will receive a message seeking your consent for the use of cookies (the “Banner”). By clicking “[Accept All]” you signify that you understand and agree to the use of these technologies, as described in this Notice. If you do not wish to provide your consent you may click “[Reject All]” to reject all non-essential cookies or “[Manage My Preferences]” to reject specific cookies. We may change this Notice from time to time, so please review this page periodically for changes. The “effective date” provided at the top of the page will indicate when the Notice was most recently updated. You do not have to accept cookies, and consent can be withdrawn at any time (see How to Control Cookies, below). You can also change your browser settings to refuse or restrict cookies, and you may delete them after they have been placed on your device at any time. If you do not accept or delete our cookies, some areas of the website that you access may take more time to work or may not function properly.

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What are Cookies and Similar Technologies?

Cookies are small files containing a string of characters that we may store on your computer or mobile device when you access the website. When you access the website again, the cookies allow us to recognize your browser. Cookies may store your preferences and other information but cannot read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. Cookies set by a website owner (in this case, the Foundation) are called “first party cookies”. Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third party cookies”. Third party cookies enable us to provide third party features or functionality through the website (i.e. advertising, social media functions and analytics).

As well as cookies, we use other technologies to recognize and track your use of our website. A web beacon (also known as a “tracking pixel” or “clear GIF”) is a clear graphic image (typically a one-pixel tag) that is delivered through a web browser or HTML e-mail, typically in conjunction with a cookie. Web beacons allows us, for example, to monitor how users move from one page within our websites to another, to track access to our communications, to understand whether users have come to our websites from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to measure how ads have been viewed and to improve site performance.

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The Cookies we Use

Cookies make the use of our website easier by, among other things, saving your preferences. We may also use cookies to deliver content tailored to your interests. Our cookies may enable us to relate your use of the website to personal data that you previously provided. The information that we collect with cookies allows us to statistically analyze usage of the website, and to improve and customize our content and other offerings. However, we only disclose information collected with cookies to third parties on an aggregated basis without the use of any information that personally identifies you. The specific types of first party and third party cookies placed by our website and the purposes they perform are described in the table below: 

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How to Control Cookies

When you first access our website, you will be presented with the Banner, which will seek your consent for the use of cookies. By clicking “[Accept All]”, you signify that you understand and agree to the use of these technologies, as described in this Notice. If you do not wish to provide your consent you may click “[Reject All]” to reject all non-essential cookies or “[Manage My Preferences]” to reject specific cookies.  You do not have to accept cookies and you can update your preferences at any time. If you do not consent to the placement of cookies, you may not be able to use certain features of our website. 

You can also activate settings on your browser that allows you to refuse all or some cookies on all websites you visit. Please follow the links below to helpful information for the most popular browsers:

• Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/manage-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-view-allow-block-delete-and-use-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d 

• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en

• Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

• Apple Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411?locale=en_US 

In addition, you can learn more about cookies, and exercising advertising cookie choices by visiting:

• http://www.aboutads.info/choices/

• http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/; or

• http://youronlinechoices.com/.

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