Cookie policy
This page lists the cookies and similar storage used on Hillforts Map. The privacy policy explains the wider picture.
Your choice
On a first visit, a banner asks you to accept or reject analytics cookies. Accept and Reject are stored on your device, and the banner stays closed until you open Cookie settings in the footer.
Analytics cookies are not set before you accept, and the measurement request is not sent until you do. If you reject, analytics storage stays denied. Any analytics cookies already stored for this site are cleared. You can change your choice at any time.
Storage
hillforts_consent
- Kind: localStorage on your device. It is not a cookie sent to a server.
- Purpose: remembers whether you accepted or rejected analytics cookies, so the banner is not shown again and analytics stays off if you rejected.
- Lifetime: until you change the choice or clear site data for this website.
- Set by: Hillforts Map, when you use the banner.
_ga
- Kind: cookie.
- Purpose: used by Google Analytics 4 to distinguish visitors.
- Lifetime: 2 years.
- Set by: Google, and only after you accept. More detail is in the Google Privacy Policy.
_ga_3QGXKPZ9XK
- Kind: cookie.
- Purpose: used by Google Analytics 4 to keep session state for measurement ID G-3QGXKPZ9XK.
- Lifetime: 2 years.
- Set by: Google, and only after you accept.
Requests that are not cookies set by this site
Pages with a map load tiles from OpenStreetMap. That request goes from your browser to OpenStreetMap, which receives your IP address. It is not a cookie set by Hillforts Map. See the OpenStreetMap Foundation privacy policy.
The site is hosted on GitHub Pages. GitHub keeps server logs of page requests, as described in the GitHub Privacy Statement.
The site does not use advertising cookies. Questions about cookies can go to privacy@hillfortsmap.co.uk.