Cookie Policy

Welcome to HomeScoutie. We are committed to providing you with a seamless, AI-powered real estate experience.

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and how you can manage your preferences when you visit our website and use our platform.

By continuing to browse or use the HomeScoutie platform, you agree to our use of cookies and tracking technologies as described in this policy.

1What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other devices when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, enhance user experience (such as remembering your preferred city or saved properties), and provide analytical information to the website owners.

2How We Use Cookies

HomeScoutie utilizes cookies for several distinct purposes:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are essential for the core operation of our platform. They enable you to log into secure areas, post properties, and ensure the basic functionality of the site.
• Functional Cookies: These cookies allow our platform to remember choices you make. For example, remembering your default location (e.g., Lucknow) or retaining your recent search filters so you don't have to re-enter them.
• Performance & Analytics Cookies: We use these to understand how visitors interact with HomeScoutie. It helps us analyze traffic, see which property listings are most popular, and improve our website's performance and AI matching algorithms.
• Targeting & Advertising Cookies: These are used to deliver relevant sponsored properties or advertisements. They may also limit the number of times you see a specific ad and help us measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.

3Third-Party Cookies

In some cases, we use cookies provided by trusted third parties. These may include:

• Analytics Providers: Such as Google Analytics, to help us understand site usage.
• Payment Gateways: To securely process transactions for our premium listing and advisory subscriptions.
• Social Media Integrations: To allow you to share listings directly to your social networks.

4Managing Your Preferences

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can manage your cookie preferences in the following ways:

• Browser Settings: Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. Please check your browser's "Help" menu for instructions.
• Mobile Devices: Your mobile operating system may let you opt-out of having your information collected or used for interest-based advertising on mobile devices.

* Note: If you choose to reject strictly necessary or functional cookies, you may still use our website, but your access to some functionality and areas (like posting a property or saving favorites) may be restricted.

5Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.