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Cookie statement
Effective 2 September 2026 · One local storage key, no cookies
1. In one paragraph
MapVerdict sets no cookies, and no cookie of any kind was present after a full page load at the last check. One key is written in your browser's local storage, only after you answer the storage notice. One script comes from outside: Cloudflare, which delivers these pages, adds its own measurement script to every one. It stores nothing on your device, and section 5 describes it.
2. Everything that can be stored
| Name | Category | Purpose | Duration | Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mv-storage-choice | Preference · local storage, not a cookie | Remembers that you answered the storage notice, so it stays closed on the next page. | Until you clear site data in your browser | First party (this site) |
| __cf_bm | Strictly necessary · cookie | Cloudflare's bot-management cookie, which tells automated traffic from human traffic. It was not present at the last check and appears only if that protection is engaged. | Up to 30 minutes from the last request, if it appears | Third party (Cloudflare, Inc.) |
| cf_clearance | Strictly necessary · cookie, only if a challenge is shown | Records that a security challenge was passed, so it is not repeated. It appears only if Cloudflare decides a request needs checking, which was not the case at the last check. | Up to 30 days, or until cleared | Third party (Cloudflare, Inc.) |
That is the complete list of storage. The Cloudflare script in section 5 is not in the table because it stores nothing — no cookie, no key, no identifier. If you inspect this site and find something else, it did not come from the publisher, and a note to the address below would be genuinely useful.
3. Why the notice appears at all
The notice is there to be honest about the one key, not to gather consent for a profile, because nothing here builds one. Accept and Decline write the same key with a different word in it, and neither choice changes what the page loads: the Cloudflare script is added by the network before the page reaches you, outside the publisher's control. Declining reduces nothing you can read; it records that you declined.
4. Changing your choice
To change the answer you gave, clear site data for mapverdict.com in your browser and reload the page; the notice appears again. The control sits under Privacy and security in Chrome, Edge and Firefox, and under Privacy, then Manage website data, in Safari. The key lives only in your browser, so clearing it on one device has no effect on any other.
5. The Cloudflare script, and what Cloudflare processes
Cloudflare, Inc. delivers this site and is the only outside party in a page load. As the page passes through the network, Cloudflare inserts its own measurement script — Cloudflare Web Analytics, loaded from static.cloudflareinsights.com as beacon.min.js. It is not in the site's own files and cannot be taken out by editing a page. It reports the address of the page, the referring address, load measurements of the kind published as Core Web Vitals, the type of browser and device, and an approximate country from the IP address. It sets no cookie, writes nothing to your browser, identifies no individual visitor and follows nobody from site to site. The privacy notice covers it in sections 4.3 and 7, including the cross-border position under Australian Privacy Principle 8.
6. Contact and effective date
Questions go to the publisher, Jack Callahan, at studio@mapverdict.com. This cookie statement takes effect on 2 September 2026 and is checked whenever the site changes.