Cookie Policy
Learn how Midwinter Koval uses cookies to ensure our digital property management and estate portal remains secure and high-performing.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit websites. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide security, custom user preferences, and performance reporting.
1. Strictly Necessary (Essential) Cookies & Integrations
These cookies and services are essential for our portal to operate. Without them, services you have asked for (such as secure authentication into the founding directors' management portal or bot-protected form submissions) cannot function properly.
| Service / Cookie | Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| mwk_admin_auth | Session Cookie (Essential) | Secures authentication for page content and directorship controls. Expirable on browser exit. |
| cookie-consent-accepted | Local Storage (Essential) | Stores your cookie consent preferences so we do not prompt you on every visit. |
| hCaptcha (__cf_bm, hct, etc.) | Third-party Bot Protection | Provides bot protection and spam prevention on our contact and registration forms. Essential for secure web submission. |
2. Performance and Analytics Cookies
We use these cookies to understand how visitors interact with our website, discover which pages are visited most frequently, and detect any potential broken links. The data collected is aggregated and anonymised, ensuring complete user privacy.
| Service / Cookie | Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Histats (HstCfa, HstCla, HstCmu, etc.) | Third-party Analytics | Used by Histats to monitor traffic, count visits, and analyze aggregate user behavior. Only active if you select "Accept All". |
3. Interactive Maps & Location Services
To help you explore properties and the surrounding areas, we integrate open-source maps and coordinate services.
| Service | Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Leaflet | Client-side Mapping Library | Loads the open-source map display and manages marker placement dynamically on individual property detail pages. No cookies are stored. |
| OpenStreetMap | Map Tile Provider | Provides the base map imagery (tiles) dynamically displayed by the Leaflet library. Requests are stateless and set no cookies. |
| Overpass API | Amenities Lookup API | Fetches location data for nearby schools, transport, health services, and supermarkets. All queries are anonymous and stateless. |
4. Backend & Optimisation Integrations
We use various tools to optimise performance, secure communication, and improve search visibility without storing local client tracking cookies.
| Service | Type | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Google Search Console | Webmaster & Indexing Service | Used by the founding directors to monitor site indexing, keywords, and search engine crawler health. It does not track or store client-side cookies for site visitors. |
| Microsoft Graph API | Server-side Mail Services | Processes contact and landlord registration emails securely on our backend Cloudflare Workers servers. Completely stateless for site visitors. |
| Google Fonts | Web Typography CDN | Provides custom Outfit and Inter typography styles. Loaded securely via the Google API servers without setting cookies. |
How Can I Manage Cookies?
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can configure your browser to block all cookies or alert you when a cookie is being sent. Please note that blocking essential cookies may prevent parts of our secure portal (such as director logins or form submissions) from functioning properly.
To clear your preferences for this site, you can click the button below to reset your cookie consent status and prompt the choice dialog again:
