Cookie Policy
Last updated September 28, 2026
The short version
- We use two kinds of cookies: strictly necessary, and analytics.
- Strictly necessary cookies remember your cookie choice and, once paid maps open, open maps you bought. They are always on.
- Analytics cookies are off until you say yes, and you can change your mind any time.
- Your recent companies stay in your browser and are never sent to us.
- No advertising or cross-site tracking cookies, ever.
1. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files a website stores in your browser. Local storage works in a similar way. In this policy, “cookies” covers both.
2. The two categories we use
- Strictly necessary. Needed for the site to work, such as remembering your cookie choice or, once paid maps open, opening a map you bought. Always on.
- Analytics. Helps us see which pages and features people use, so we can improve them. Off until you allow it.
When analytics are on, PostHog records the pages you view, the companies you open and search for, where you click, how you arrived (for example, the site that linked you), your device, browser and approximate location from your IP address, and a replay of your visit. Replays hide every form field and anything you type, and the admin page is never recorded. All of it is tied to a random identifier, never your name or email, and we never join it to the emails you give us. The data travels through our own domain to PostHog in the United States.
Separately from analytics, we count visits by where they came from, such as “from X” or the tag on a link we shared, as anonymous daily totals. This uses no cookie and stores nothing in your browser.
We don't use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies, and we never sell cookie data.
3. Cookies we use
| Name | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
wdtd_consent | Strictly necessary | Remembers your cookie choice so we don't ask again. | 12 months |
wdtd_admin | Strictly necessary | Keeps the site operator signed in to the admin page. Never set for visitors. | 7 days |
aperta_staff | Strictly necessary | Marks the site operator's own browser so their visits aren't counted in analytics or read counts. Never set for visitors. | 12 months |
aperta_maps | Strictly necessary | Opens the market maps you bought. Holds only the access keys for those maps. Set only after you buy a map, which isn't open yet. Marked httpOnly, so scripts on the page can't read it. | 1 year |
aperta:recent | Strictly necessary (stored on your device) | Remembers the last few companies you opened so the search box can show them. Kept in your browser's local storage and never sent to us. | Until you clear it |
ph_* | Analytics (optional) | Set by PostHog, our analytics provider, with a random identifier. Records which pages and features you use, where you click, and a replay of your visit with everything you type hidden. Only set if you allow analytics. | Up to 12 months |
ph_* (local storage) | Analytics (optional) | PostHog's copy of the same random identifier and the settings for your visit. Only set if you allow analytics. | Up to 12 months |
4. Third-party content
Fonts, photos and company logos are served from our own domain. One thing still loads straight from another service: homepage screenshots on some cards, from Microlink. That request shares your IP address with Microlink, as any web request does, but it doesn't set cookies through our pages. See our Privacy Policy.
5. Your choices
You can accept or reject analytics cookies when you first visit, and change your choice at any time: . If you say no later, we stop analytics and remove its cookies from your browser.
We treat a Global Privacy Control signal from your browser as a no to analytics cookies. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings, though strictly necessary cookies are needed for some features to work.
6. Changes to this policy
If we add or change cookies, we will update this policy and, where required, ask for your consent again.
7. Contact us
Questions about cookies can be sent to Aperta at privacy@askaperta.com.