Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies and Local Storage?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. In addition to cookies, we use browser Local Storage (HTML5) to cache application data, preferences, and session indicators to ensure the app loads fast and updates efficiently.

2. How We Use Them

We use cookies and local storage for the following essential purposes:

• Authentication & Sessions: Firebase Auth relies on token persistence inside local storage or secure session indicators to keep you logged in between visits so you do not have to authenticate on every single page view.
• Location Preferences: We cache your local geolocation permissions, current coordinate center, and search radius locally to reduce API queries and improve map rendering performance.
• Maps Cache: Google Maps APIs use cookies and cache assets to render coordinate tiles, locate venues, and save geographic settings locally.

3. Third-Party Cookies

Some map layers, location pickers, and authentication checks are powered by third-party services (such as Google and Firebase). These third parties may set additional tracking tokens to monitor API performance or verify network integrity.

4. Managing Preferences

You can block or delete cookies through your browser settings. However, because our session validation and maps depend entirely on local tokens and coordinates caching, blocking these cookies will prevent the web client from functioning.