This page lists everything MapWorthy stores in your browser. It is a short list, and we intend to keep it that way.
Cookies we set
| Name | Purpose | Type | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| Session cookie | Keeps you signed in and ties your requests to your account and brands. Signed by our server so it cannot be forged. | Strictly necessary | Up to 30 days |
| Top-up return marker | Lets us show the right page when you come back from buying more evaluations at Stripe. | Strictly necessary | 1 minute |
Those are the only cookies MapWorthy sets. Because it is strictly necessary to provide a service you have asked for, it does not require consent under Canadian or US law — the service cannot work without it.
What we don't do
We do not set analytics cookies, advertising cookies, or any third-party tracking cookies. We do not use fingerprinting. There is no consent banner on mapworthysites.com because there is nothing to consent to. If we ever add a measurement tool — for example, to see whether our own advertising works — we will update this page and the Privacy Policy first, and ask for consent where the law requires it.
Browser local storage
One feature uses your browser's local storage rather than a cookie: Add to compare. When you add an evaluation to your compare list, your browser keeps a local copy of that report summary — including the competitor listings it contains — on your device, so the list survives a page reload. This data never leaves your browser and we cannot read it. It stays until you remove the sites from your compare list or clear your browser's site data for mapworthysites.com. A bought Single Site Report is the exception: it stops showing in your compare list after the report's last open day, and its copy is deleted from your browser the next time MapWorthy confirms that date.
Two more items use your browser's session storage, which empties when you close the tab: a copy of the last report you opened, so you can get back to it in the same tab, and a note that the home page intro animation has played, so it doesn't play again.
Third-party content
Report pages load map imagery and address search from Google Maps. Google may set its own cookies when its content loads, under Google's own privacy policy. Map tiles on the interactive map come from OpenStreetMap or Mapbox under their respective policies. We choose the minimum third-party content the reports need.
Checkout and billing pages are run by Stripe on its own website and may set Stripe's own cookies under Stripe's privacy policy.
Managing storage
You can clear the session cookie and local storage at any time through your browser's site-data settings for mapworthysites.com. Clearing the session cookie signs you out; clearing local storage empties your compare list. Neither affects your account or your saved evaluations, which live in your account.
Questions
mapworthysites@gmail.com