Website Cookies
Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how PennDwell.com and its service providers use cookies and similar technologies when you browse properties, create an account, save homes, or use other website features.
Last updated: August 1, 2026
Cookies help operate the website, maintain property-search sessions,
remember preferences, support saved homes and searches, protect
accounts, and understand website performance. Some website features
may not function properly when cookies are disabled.
1. What Cookies Are
Cookies are small text files stored by your web browser when you visit a website. They allow a website or service provider to recognize a browser, maintain a session, remember preferences, and support website functionality.
Similar technologies may include pixels, tags, local storage, browser storage, software-development tools, and other identifiers. References to “cookies” in this policy include these related technologies when applicable.
2. How We Use Cookies
Cookies and similar technologies may be used to:
- Operate and secure the website
- Maintain account and property-search sessions
- Remember search criteria and website preferences
- Support saved homes, saved searches, and listing alerts
- Provide interactive maps and IDX property information
- Prevent fraud, abuse, and unauthorized access
- Measure website traffic and performance
- Understand how visitors use website and property-search features
- Diagnose errors and improve the user experience
3. Types of Cookies
Essential and functional cookies
These cookies support requested website features, security, navigation, account access, property searches, saved homes, saved searches, listing alerts, and interactive maps.
Showcase IDX uses a persistent identifier commonly called sidx_token to recognize a property-search session and provide IDX features. Disabling this cookie may prevent certain search, account, favorites, and recommendation features from functioning correctly.
Analytics and performance cookies
Analytics technologies may collect information about page visits, device and browser type, referring sources, feature usage, errors, and general interaction with the website. This information helps measure performance and improve the website and IDX experience.
Showcase IDX may use Google Analytics or related analytics technologies within its property-search service. Analytics identifiers may include cookies beginning with names such as _ga or _gid.
Third-party and embedded-content cookies
Features supplied by IDX, hosting, map, analytics, email, form, social-media, video, or other technology providers may place or access cookies when their services are displayed or used.
4. Cookie Information
The following table describes the principal cookies and technologies currently associated with the website. Cookie names, providers, and retention periods may change when providers update their services.
| Cookie or technology | Category | Provider | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| sidx_token | Essential and functional | Showcase IDX | Recognizes an IDX session and supports property searches, account features, saved homes, and personalization. |
| _ga, _gid, and related identifiers | Analytics and performance | Google Analytics or Showcase IDX | Measures aggregated use of website and IDX search features and helps improve performance. |
| Session, security, and preference identifiers | Essential and functional | PennDwell.com, WordPress, hosting, or service providers | Supports security, website operation, sessions, forms, settings, and requested features. |
| Browser and local-storage identifiers | Essential, functional, or analytics | Website and technology providers | Remembers browser-specific settings and supports interactive website and property-search functions. |
5. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
First-party cookies are placed through the PennDwell.com domain. Third-party cookies are placed or accessed by another service integrated into the website.
A cookie used by an outside technology provider may still appear as a first-party cookie when it is placed through the PennDwell.com domain.
6. Session and Persistent Cookies
Session cookies generally expire when you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain until they expire or are deleted through your browser settings.
Persistent cookies may be used to recognize returning browsers, maintain property-search functionality, remember preferences, and measure website performance.
7. Managing Cookies
Most browsers allow you to review, block, or delete cookies through their privacy or security settings. Browser settings differ by browser and device.
Blocking or deleting essential cookies may prevent account registration, sign-in, saved homes, saved searches, listing alerts, maps, forms, and property-search features from working properly.
Deleting cookies may also remove saved preferences and cause the website to treat your browser as a new visitor.
8. Third-Party Privacy Information
Third-party providers control their own technologies and privacy practices. Additional information may be available through:
9. Relationship to Other Policies
This Cookie Policy should be read together with the PennDwell Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions .
10. Changes to This Policy
This Cookie Policy may be updated when website features, technologies, service providers, or legal requirements change. The revised policy will be posted on this page with an updated date.
11. Contact
Questions about this Cookie Policy may be directed to:
Armand Gjeka
Keller Williams Main Line
6 Coulter Ave, 2nd Floor
Ardmore, PA 19003
Phone:
(215) 375-4433
Email:
armandg@kw.com