The Map Centre is committed to protecting your privacy, and at the same time we endeavour to use any data we collect from you to provide the best possible service. This privacy policy describes how we collect and use your personal data.
The Map Centre site is a UK based website and takes reasonable care to comply with requirements of the UK Data Protection Act 1998 with regard to the personal information you supply on this site. The Map Centre site uses a security system that protects your information from unauthorised use.
However, as no data transmissions over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.
The Map Centre may occasionally modify this Privacy Policy, such variations becoming effective immediately upon posting to the website and by continuing to use the website, you will be deemed to accept any such variations.
Please note that The Map Centre does provide links to other sites, which may not be governed by this Privacy Policy and you should view the particular privacy policies of those sites for further information.
Data Collection
This site collects personal data from you via web forms, and also via email addresses we provide so that you contact us with enquiries and send us your details.
You submit information using these methods voluntarily, and agree to the use of the personal data you provide as described in this policy.
If you give us personal information about somebody else, such as a colleague, we will assume you have their permission to do so, and their data will also be subject to this policy.
Data Collection via Cookies
The Map Centre site may use up to four cookies during your visit:
None of these cookies can be used to identify you personally. They are all essential for the running of the website and the processing of orders.
If you prefer not to allow the use of cookies, you can change the configuration of your browser to either warn you when you receive a cookie, or to automatically reject them. You may find, however, that disabling cookies means certain areas of the site do not function correctly.
Which Cookies Do We Use?
Name Domain | Purpose | Data Kind | Sessional or Persistent? |
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_session_id storefront |
Stores information about your session (referrer, landing page, etc..) | Unique Token | Sessional |
_shopify_visit storefront and checkout.shopify.com |
Used by our internal stats tracker to record the number of visits to the shop | None | Persistent for 30 minutes from the last visit |
_shopify_uniq storefront and checkout.shopify.com |
Counts the number of visits to a store by a single customer | None | Expires midnight (relative to the visitor) of the next day |
cart storefront |
Stores information about the contents of your cart | Unique token | Persistent for 2 weeks |
_secure_session_id storefront |
Stores session information for the checkout process | Unique token | Sessional |
x-mapsherpa-token storefront |
Used to securely request map image tiles | Unique token | Persistent for 24 hours |
<client>-live-ondemand-mapsherpa-session storefront |
Stores information about your session to ensure MapSherpa requests between pages is consistent. | Unique Token | Sessional |