Cookies & storage

Overview

Most of what OutdoorQ needs lives right in your browser — no server knows about it. On top of that we use two measurement tools that help us improve the app. We run no third-party advertising or profiling cookies and we don't sell your data.

Necessary storage

This is what the app needs to work at all — these aren't cookies in the advertising sense and can't be turned off without breaking the game.

• localStorage — game progress, the journal with photos, your nickname and your own Studio games. Stays on the device.
• Session storage — the state of the game currently in progress, so it survives a page reload.
• oq_consent — a tiny cookie with your choice about analytics (below). Without it we'd have to keep asking you over and over.

Analytics

To see which games people enjoy and where they get stuck, we use two tools. From both we look at aggregate, anonymised reports — not at individual people.

• Google Analytics 4 — traffic and basic on-site behaviour (which pages, from where, on what device).
• Microsoft Clarity — anonymous session recordings and heatmaps showing where people click and where they get lost. Clarity automatically masks sensitive fields.

When you turn measurement off, we switch Google Analytics to a cookieless mode (Google Consent Mode v2) and Microsoft Clarity doesn't load at all.

Your choice

Analytics is on by default. Turn it off or back on here anytime — the choice applies to this device and browser.

Advertising

We have none. We run no advertising cookies, retargeting or profiling for ads, and we don't send your data anywhere for that.

Maps

We load map tiles from OpenFreeMap (data © OpenStreetMap). That's tile loading; no tracking cookies are set by it.

How to delete it

Delete journal entries with the button on each card. Do a complete reset by clearing this site's data in your browser settings — that removes progress, the journal, your own games and the oq_consent cookie.

Changes

When we add or remove a tool, we update this page and move the date at the top. We'll flag bigger changes in the app too.

Related

You'll find the details of how we handle data in Privacy. Send questions through the contact form.