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Cookie policy
Local Past uses cookies only where they are needed to make the site work. This page explains what that means in practice.
Last updated 11 September 2026.
Essential cookies only
We use cookies and similar browser storage to keep you signed in, to keep your session secure, and to make the site function correctly. Without these, accounts and sign-in would not work.
Because these cookies are strictly necessary to provide a service you have asked for, we are not required to ask for your consent to set them, and we do not show a cookie banner.
What we do not use
- We do not use analytics cookies, and we do not measure or record which pages you visit.
- We do not use advertising or tracking cookies.
- We do not share browsing behaviour with third parties, and we do not allow third-party advertising on the site.
Maps and address lookups
Viewing a map or searching for an address makes your browser contact the map and address-search services named in our privacy policy, and they receive your IP address in order to answer the request. Other place-name lookups are made by our own servers, so those do not reveal your IP address. None of this is a cookie tracking you; it happens because you are using the feature.
Your browser controls
You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking essential cookies will stop sign-in and account features from working.
If this changes
If we ever add analytics or any other non-essential cookie, we will ask for your consent before setting it and update this page first.