Cookie Policy
Last updated: May 26, 2026. This policy explains how Empire After Services uses cookies and similar technologies on empireafterservice.com.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file stored on your device when you visit a website. Cookies allow the site to recognise your device, remember your preferences, and report on usage. Similar technologies such as local storage, session storage, and web beacons work in much the same way and are covered by this policy.
Categories we use
- Strictly necessary
- Required for sign-in, booking management, and secure payment. Cannot be switched off without breaking core functionality.
- Functional
- Remember preferences such as language, currency, and recent searches. Off by default until you opt in.
- Analytics
- Help us understand which listings and area guides are most useful. Off by default. Aggregated and de-identified where possible.
- Marketing
- Used by us and our advertising partners to measure ad performance and reach travellers and students with relevant offers. Off by default until you opt in.
Cookies we set
| Cookie | Vendor | Category | Purpose | Retention |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| access_token | Empire After Services | Strictly necessary | Authenticated session cookie. Set after you sign in so the platform can identify you when you view bookings or saved listings. | Session or up to 7 days |
| refresh_token | Empire After Services | Strictly necessary | Renews your session without forcing you to sign in again. Required for booking management. | 30 days |
| csrf_token | Empire After Services | Strictly necessary | Protects authenticated form submissions against cross-site request forgery. | Session |
| eas_consent | Empire After Services | Strictly necessary | Stores your cookie consent choices so we do not re-prompt on every visit. | 12 months |
| eas_locale | Empire After Services | Functional | Remembers your preferred language and currency so we can show prices in your local format. | 12 months |
| eas_search_filters | Empire After Services | Functional | Remembers your last housing search filters (city, budget, dates) so the next session resumes where you left off. | 30 days |
| _ga, _ga_* | Google Analytics 4 | Analytics | Distinguishes unique visitors and measures aggregated traffic and engagement across the site. | Up to 14 months |
| _fbp | Meta (Facebook Pixel) | Marketing | Measures the effectiveness of our advertising on Facebook and Instagram and attributes bookings to ad campaigns. | 90 days |
| _gcl_au | Google Ads | Marketing | Attributes bookings to Google Ads campaigns. | 90 days |
| stripe_* | Stripe | Strictly necessary | Used by our payment processor to detect fraud and complete checkout securely. Only set on pages where you are paying. | Up to 12 months |
Vendor cookies (Google, Meta, Stripe) are governed by each vendor’s own privacy and cookie policies in addition to ours.
Your choices
When you first visit empireafterservice.com we ask for your consent via a cookie banner. You can change your choices at any time by clearing the eas_consent cookie in your browser, or by emailing privacy@empireafterservice.com with the subject “Cookie preferences”.
Most browsers also let you block or delete cookies via their settings. Note that disabling strictly necessary cookies will break sign-in, booking management, and checkout.
You can opt out of specific vendors directly:
- Google Analytics — tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
- Meta ads preferences — facebook.com/adpreferences
Changes to this policy
If we add new cookies or change how we use existing ones we update this page and refresh the “Last updated” date. Material changes are announced via the cookie banner so you can review and re-consent.
Related policies
See our Privacy Policy, Terms of Service, and Data Deletion pages for more information.