Privacy
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Plain English. Foundry Map collects the minimum needed to know whether the site is useful and where to fix it. Two third-party services are involved, one of which only runs after you say yes.
What we collect
1. Plausible Analytics — always on, cookieless
Aggregate page-view counts, referrer, country (derived from IP without storing it), browser type, screen size, and a hashed daily-rotating value to estimate unique visitors. No cookies. No cross-site tracking. No personal data is stored. Plausible is a privacy-first analytics provider used as an alternative to Google Analytics; see their data policy.
Plausible runs regardless of your cookie choice because it doesn't set cookies and
doesn't process personal data under GDPR's definitions. If you'd still rather it
didn't run, blocking the domain plausible.io in your browser stops it.
2. Microsoft Clarity — only after you accept
Anonymised session replay (mouse movements, clicks, scrolls — not text you type into form fields, which Clarity masks by default), heatmaps, rage-click detection, and dead-click detection. Used to find UX bugs ("this button looks clickable but isn't") not to identify individual users.
Clarity sets cookies (notably _clck and _clsk) and is
classed as non-essential under GDPR. The banner that appeared on your first visit
asks for explicit consent. If you declined, Clarity is not loaded at all on
any page — no script, no cookies, no recording. You can change your mind
via the "Cookie settings" link in the footer.
Microsoft's data handling is documented in Clarity's cookie list and the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
Cookies set, in detail
The only first-party cookie is the consent decision itself, stored in localStorage:
| Name | Source | Purpose | Lifetime |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookie-consent | Foundry Map (localStorage) | Remembers your accept/decline so we don't ask again | Until you clear browser storage or click "Cookie settings" |
| theme | Foundry Map (localStorage) | Remembers your light/dark theme choice | Until you clear browser storage |
| _clck, _clsk | Microsoft Clarity | Session continuity for replay | 1 year (_clck), 1 day (_clsk) — only set if you accepted |
How to opt out or change your mind
- Decline Clarity: click "Cookie settings" in the footer, then "Decline". Existing Clarity cookies stay until you clear browser storage; future visits set none.
- Block Plausible: Plausible is cookieless and not personal under GDPR, but if you prefer it not run, block
plausible.iovia a content blocker or your browser's tracker-blocking setting. - Clear everything: use your browser's "Clear site data" for
foundrymap.fyi. This removes the consent record, the theme choice, and any Clarity cookies. The banner will reappear on your next visit.
What we don't collect
- No accounts, no login, no email capture
- No fingerprinting
- No cross-site tracking pixels
- No data sold or shared with advertisers (there are no ads)
- No server-side logging of individual visitors — the site is statically hosted
Hosting and infrastructure
Foundry Map is a static site — there is no application server, no database, and no per-visitor server-side logging. Hosting and CDN providers may keep standard access logs in line with their own privacy policies. Source data is fetched from Microsoft's public Azure ARM API and Retail Prices API; no personal data is exchanged in either direction.
Third-party processors, summarised
- Plausible — aggregate analytics (always, but cookieless)
- Microsoft Clarity — session replay (only if you accepted)
- OpenFreeMap / MapLibre tiles — map rendering on the
/mappage; map-tile requests go to OpenFreeMap with no API key and no user identifier
Contact
Questions, corrections, takedown requests, or data subject requests under GDPR can be sent via waynegoosen.com.
Foundry Map is a personal project, not affiliated with Microsoft. "Azure" is a Microsoft trademark, used descriptively.