Cookie notice

Last updated: 5 June 2026

Cookies are small text files a website stores on your device. This notice explains the cookies Houseroom uses and how to control them. It sits alongside our privacy policy.

What we use

We only set strictly-necessary cookies — the ones the site needs to sign you in, keep you secure, and remember basic preferences. We do not run advertising cookies, and we do not load third-party analytics or cross-site tracking on Houseroom.

Authentication & session

Keeps you signed in and links each request to your account. Set by our authentication provider when you log in.

Strictly necessary · Session, with short-lived refresh tokens

Security

Protects sign-in and form submissions against cross-site request forgery and abuse.

Strictly necessary · Session

Preferences

Remembers basic choices you make in the interface, such as a notice you have dismissed.

Functional (necessary) · Up to 12 months

Why you will not see a cookie banner

Under the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR), strictly-necessary cookies do not require consent, so we do not interrupt you with a banner. If we ever introduce analytics or any other non-essential cookies, we will ask for your consent first and give you granular controls here before they are set.

Managing cookies

You can block or delete cookies through your browser's settings. Because the cookies we use are essential, blocking them will stop you from signing in and using your account.

Questions

Email privacy@houseroom.uk.