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Google sets a number of cookies on any page that includes a Google Map (such as the “Location” page on this site). While the owner of this site has no control over the cookies set by Google or detailed knowledge of their purpose(s), they appear to be a mixture of data to measure the number and behavior of Google Maps users, and store user options such as preferred zoom level. Most of the cookies expire 10 years after your last visit to a page containing a Google Map. Please check Google’s https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies and http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.
In modern browsers you can block third-party cookies while allowing first-party cookies to still be set. Refer to this article for instructions with pictures.
You can either set your browser so that it will not accept nor store any cookie, or use the browser’s built-in tools to manage the cookies on a site-by-site basis. Cookies can be managed by deleting them or blocking the site that sets them or allow trusted sites to use them. Keep in mind if you decide to delete all your cookies no websites will remember you and you’ll be logged out of every site you were still logged into.
You can find detailed information on how to manage cookies using your browser’s settings at www.aboutcookies.org.
This notice was last updated 4 August 2018.