Privacy
The short version: this is a fan-made map that doesn't want your data. There's no advertising, no tracking, and no cookie banner because there's nothing to consent to.
What gets collected
The site uses Vercel Analytics and Vercel Speed Insights to count pageviews and check page-load performance. Both are cookieless — they record an anonymised, non-identifying signature per visit (which page you opened, roughly where in the world, how fast it loaded) and discard it. No cookies are set on your device, no personal identifiers are stored, and the data is not shared with anyone outside Vercel.
What doesn't happen
- No third-party advertising or remarketing.
- No Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, or session-replay tools.
- No tracking across other sites.
- No accounts to create. Nothing to log into. We don't even have a database for users.
Email reports
If you click the “Spot a mistake? Email us” link on a place page, your email client opens with a pre-filled message to hello@plaicetoknow.com. Anything you actually choose to send arrives in the maintainer's inbox and is read to fix bugs. Reports are kept until the issue is resolved, then deleted. Not shared with anyone.
External services we link to
The map basemap is served by OpenFreeMap. Wikipedia article previews come from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons. Episode transcripts deep-link to podscripts.co. When you click out to those, their privacy policies apply, not ours.
If you'd rather opt out anyway
Most browsers send a “Do Not Track” or Global Privacy Control signal. Vercel honours these. You can also block analytics with any standard tracker-blocking extension — the site works perfectly without them.
Contact
Questions, deletion requests, or worries: hello@plaicetoknow.com.