Cookie Policy
Last updated: 28 September 2026
This policy lists every cookie and every item of browser storage used on mapssy.com, who sets it, why, and for how long. Cookies are small files a website stores in your browser. Local storage is a similar store in your browser that is not sent with every request.
The short version
- Mapssy itself sets no cookies. It uses your browser’s local storage to keep you signed in and to remember your settings. None of it is used for tracking.
- Cloudflare, which protects the site, may set short-lived security cookies.
- Google sets advertising cookies. In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, it does so only if you consent in Google’s consent message.
Set by Mapssy (no consent needed)
These items stay in your browser on your device. They are needed for the features you use, so they do not need your consent under § 109(8) of the Slovak Electronic Communications Act (Act No. 452/2021 Coll.).
| Name | Set by | Purpose | How long | Needs consent? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
sb-…-auth-token | Mapssy (Supabase sign-in library), local storage | Keeps you signed in. Only created when you sign in. | Until you sign out or the session expires | No, strictly necessary for the account you use |
mapssy_prefs | Mapssy, local storage | Remembers your language (detected from your browser on your first visit, or chosen in Settings), time format, date format and distance unit. | Until you clear it | No, a setting that stays on your device |
mapssy_theme | Mapssy, local storage | Remembers light, dark or system appearance. Saved on your first visit (default: follow your system). | Until you clear it | No, a setting that stays on your device |
mapssy_history_<account ID> | Mapssy, local storage | Pro only: your last 20 compared routes (place names and coordinates, including your location if you used it), kept on this device only and never sent to us. | Until you clear it in Settings or clear site data | No, part of the Pro feature you use |
mapssy_here | Mapssy, session storage | Only when you tap “Use my location”: hands your starting point from the route planner to the results page, so your coordinates never appear in a page address. | Until you close the tab | No, needed for the comparison you asked for |
Security (Cloudflare, no consent needed)
All traffic to mapssy.com passes through Cloudflare. Cloudflare sets its security cookies only when its protection checks a visit, so you may never get them. See the Cloudflare cookie list and the Turnstile privacy addendum.
| Name | Set by | Purpose | How long | Needs consent? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
__cf_bm | Cloudflare, cookie on mapssy.com | Bot protection. Set only when Cloudflare’s bot protection checks a request. | Expires after 30 minutes without activity | No, security |
cf_clearance | Cloudflare, cookie on mapssy.com | Remembers that you passed a Cloudflare security check, so you are not asked again. | 30 minutes by default | No, security |
_cfuvid | Cloudflare, cookie on mapssy.com | Only if Cloudflare rate limiting is active: tells visitors who share an IP address apart so limits apply fairly. | Until you close the browser | No, security |
Turnstile check | Cloudflare, in its own frame (challenges.cloudflare.com) | “I’m not a robot” check on the sign-up, sign-in, password-reset, contact and withdrawal forms. | See Cloudflare’s Turnstile privacy addendum | No, security |
Advertising (Google AdSense, consent needed in the EEA, UK and Switzerland)
We show Google AdSense ads on our content pages. If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, Google’s consent message asks for your choice before advertising cookies are used. It is a Google-certified consent management platform that follows the IAB Transparency & Consent Framework. If you do not consent, Google may still show ads that are not personalised and use limited or no data about you. The AdSense code loads only on the home page, About, How it works and the guides, so these cookies can be set or read there, not only where ads are shown. Other pages don’t load it when you open them directly; if you reach them from a page that already loaded it, it stays loaded in that tab, and pressing Cookie settings loads it too.
The names below are examples taken from Google’s cookie policy. Google decides which cookies it uses and may change them. Google explains how it uses data from sites that show its ads in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services. Google may also use similar technologies, such as local storage, for the same purposes.
| Name | Set by | Purpose | How long | Needs consent? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Consent choice | Google’s consent message, on mapssy.com | Stores your choice in Google’s consent message (IAB TCF), so the message is not shown on every visit. Google chooses this cookie’s name and lifetime. | Set by Google | No, needed to respect your choice |
_gads (example, as named in Google’s cookie policy) | Google, on mapssy.com | Lets the site show Google ads. | 13 months | Yes, in the EEA, UK and Switzerland |
IDE (example) | Google, as a third-party cookie on a Google advertising domain | Shows Google ads on non-Google sites, and personalises them if you allow it. | 13 months in the EEA, UK and Switzerland; 24 months elsewhere | Yes, in the EEA, UK and Switzerland |
Other Google ad cookies | Google may use other advertising cookies listed in its own cookie policy. | Set by Google | Yes, in the EEA, UK and Switzerland |
Payments (Stripe)
When you buy or manage Mapssy Pro, you go to Stripe’s own pages. Stripe’s cookies are set there, not on mapssy.com. See the Stripe cookie settings and Stripe privacy policy.
| Name | Set by | Purpose | How long | Needs consent? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Stripe cookies | Stripe, on its own checkout, customer-portal and Link pages | Payment, security and fraud prevention during checkout and when you manage a subscription. | Set by Stripe | Only on Stripe’s pages, under Stripe’s policy. Mapssy’s pages do not load Stripe code. |
Fonts and the route map
Your browser loads our typefaces from Google Fonts, which sends your IP address to Google (see the Privacy Policy). The map on the results page comes from our own server, so loading it contacts no one else. Mapssy does not ask either to set any cookies.
Changing your choices
- Advertising consent: use Cookie settings at the bottom of every page to open Google’s consent message again and change or withdraw your choice. Withdrawing is as easy as giving consent.
- Personalised ads: turn them off in Google’s Ads Settings, and for other vendors at www.aboutads.info/choices or www.youronlinechoices.eu.
- Your browser: you can delete cookies and site data and block third-party cookies in your browser’s settings. Clearing Mapssy’s site data signs you out, resets your settings and deletes your Pro search history on that device.
Contact
Mapssy (mapssy.com) is operated by Jozef Olbert, Slovakia. Mapssy is co-owned by Jozef Olbert and Maximilian Sopuch. For help, accounts and billing, email [email protected]. For legal, privacy and press questions, email [email protected].