Project West Midlands

Cookie Policy

Last updated 8 November 2026

The cookies and on-device settings this site uses.

1. What cookies are

Cookies are small files a website saves in your browser. This site also saves a few settings in your browser's local storage, which works in a similar way but is never sent to our server.

In short: we only use cookies needed to sign you in, plus settings saved on your own device. We don't use advertising or tracking cookies, and we don't use analytics.

2. Cookies we set

Name	What it does	How long
`pwm_session`	Keeps you signed in. It's locked so scripts on the page can't read it, and it's only sent over a secure connection.	12 hours, or until you log out
`pwm_oauth`	Protects the Discord sign-in step from being tampered with.	A few minutes, while signing in
`pwm_roblox_state`	Protects the Roblox linking step.	A few minutes, while linking

These are strictly necessary: the site can't sign you in without them, so the law doesn't require us to ask first. That's why there's no cookie banner.

3. Settings saved on your device

These are kept in your browser's local storage, only on your device. They're never sent to us, and they're only saved because you chose a setting.

Setting	Examples
Look	Light or dark mode
Layouts	Control room panels and figures, folded Duty hub sections, map labels and filters
Convenience	Last department view, last civilian character, guide filter, book-on choices, pop-out window positions, alert sound volume

Clearing your browser's site data resets them.

4. Other websites

The site's fonts come from Google Fonts and its icons from cdnjs (Cloudflare). When a page loads them, your browser connects to those services, which receive your IP address and browser details. We don't let them set advertising cookies on our site. See Google's privacy policy and Cloudflare's privacy policy.

Signing in takes you to Discord (and Roblox when linking), which use their own cookies under their own policies.

5. Controlling cookies

You can view and delete cookies in your browser's settings. If you block or delete pwm_session, you'll be logged out and won't be able to sign in until you allow it again.

6. Questions

See our Privacy Policy for how we use information, or open a ticket in our Discord server (or message a member of the Foundership or Management team).