Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies and Session Storage?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Session storage is a web storage mechanism that allows websites to store temporary data during your current browser session. Both are used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to website owners.

MappedGarden uses cookies and session storage to enhance your experience and provide essential functionality for our garden planning application during your current browser session.

2. How We Use Cookies and Session Storage

2.1 Essential Functionality

We use session storage to:

• Temporary Garden Designs: Maintain your garden layouts, plant placements, and design configurations during your current session
• Session Preferences: Remember your application settings and user interface customizations during your current session
• Maintain Session Data: Keep your current work session active while using the application
• Session Design Data: Store design information temporarily during your current browser session

Important: All session storage data is automatically cleared when you close your browser or end your session. We do not use persistent local storage to save your garden designs.

2.2 Performance and Analytics

We may use cookies for:

• Performance Monitoring: Understanding how our application performs across different devices and browsers
• Usage Analytics: Analyzing how users interact with our features to improve the application
• Error Tracking: Identifying and fixing technical issues
• Feature Usage: Understanding which features are most popular and useful

2.3 Third-Party Services

Our application includes advertisement spaces that may use third-party cookies for:

• Displaying relevant advertisements
• Measuring ad performance and effectiveness
• Preventing fraud and ensuring ad quality

3. Types of Cookies We Use

4. Session Storage Usage

Our application uses session storage rather than persistent local storage for maintaining your garden designs during your current session. This approach has several benefits:

• Privacy: Your designs are not stored persistently and are automatically cleared when you close your browser
• Performance: Fast access to your current session's designs
• Simplicity: No need to manage saved files or clear old designs
• Security: No persistent data storage reduces security risks

Session Behavior: All session data is automatically cleared when you close your browser tab or window. If you want to preserve your garden designs, use the print or export functionality before closing your session.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

5.1 Browser Settings

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

• View and delete cookies
• Block cookies from specific websites
• Block all cookies
• Clear local storage data

5.2 Browser-Specific Instructions

5.3 Impact of Disabling Cookies

Important: If you disable cookies or session storage:

• Your garden designs will not persist during your current session
• Application preferences will not be remembered during your session
• Some features may not function properly
• You may need to reconfigure settings each time you reload the page
• Your current garden design may be lost if you navigate away from the page

6. Third-Party Cookies

Our application may contain third-party services that set their own cookies:

• Advertising Networks: For displaying relevant ads and measuring ad performance
• Analytics Services: For understanding website usage and performance
• Social Media: If we integrate social sharing features

These third-party services have their own cookie policies, which we encourage you to review.

7. Data Security

We take the security of your data seriously:

• Local storage data is encrypted when possible
• We use secure connections (HTTPS) for all data transmission
• Regular security assessments of our data practices
• Limited access to any collected analytics data

8. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies and local storage, please contact us: