Cookie Notice
This notice explains the cookies ProperPics uses. We are the responsible party for the cookies set by this site. This website uses strictly-necessary cookies only. We run no analytics, advertising or third-party tracking, and our Content-Security-Policy restricts all scripts to our own domain.
What a cookie is
A cookie is a small text file a website stores on your device. Under POPIA, cookie data can be personal information because it may contain an "online identifier" (section 1).
Our legal basis — and why there is no consent banner
We process our strictly-necessary cookies under the legitimate-interest grounds in POPIA sections 11(1)(d) and 11(1)(f), not under consent, because they are essential to deliver the secure, signed-in service you have asked for. Strictly-necessary cookies do not require your consent, but POPIA's openness condition (section 18) requires us to tell you about them — which is the purpose of this notice. Because every cookie we use is strictly necessary, no cookie-consent banner is shown.
The cookies we set
| Name | Set by | Purpose | Type | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
session |
ProperPics (first-party) | Keeps you securely signed in and protects against cross-site request forgery (the CSRF token is carried inside this same signed cookie). It is HttpOnly, SameSite=Lax, and Secure in production. | Strictly necessary | Expires after 2 hours of inactivity, and at most 12 hours after you sign in; cleared when you log out. |
We use htmx, a small JavaScript library served from our own domain, to update parts of a page. It is a script, not a cookie, and stores nothing that identifies you.
Managing cookies
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings, but disabling the
strictly-necessary session cookie will prevent you from logging in and using
the service. You may withdraw consent or object to processing at any time, free of charge,
by contacting us at privacy@properpics.co.za
(POPIA sections 11(2) and 11(3), as strengthened by the 2025 amendment Regulations).
No tracking, and a promise about the future
Our cookies involve no third-party sharing and no cross-border transfer. (The separate transfer of listing photographs to Google for image processing is covered in our Privacy Policy, section 8 — that is not a cookie.) If we ever introduce a non-essential cookie — for example Google Analytics, an advertising pixel or other third-party tracking — we will first show a consent banner that obtains your voluntary, specific and informed opt-in and blocks those cookies until you agree, and we will update this notice (POPIA sections 11(1)(a) and 69).
- Who we are
- Warwick Brown (sole proprietor), trading as ProperPics.
- Registration: Not applicable — sole proprietorship (no CIPC registration)
- Address
- 18 Murray Avenue, Morningside Manor, Sandton, Gauteng, South Africa
- Contact
- General: hello@properpics.co.za
- Privacy / data requests: privacy@properpics.co.za
- Information Officer (POPIA)
- Warwick Brown