Cookies and browser storage

What browser storage means

Cookies are one way a website can remember information. RetroPilot also uses local storage and an application cache. These are saved on your device and are separate from the records held in your online workspace.

Storage used for a feature you request helps that feature work, such as keeping you signed in or remembering your selected navigation app. These uses are explained below.

Sign-in and workspace access

After sign-in, the browser stores an access token and a small workspace identity record so the app can recognise the session and display your workspace. The identity record includes your name, email and workspace role.

A server session normally expires after 30 days and can be revoked sooner. Expiry controls access; it is not a promise that the browser immediately removes every stored value. Signing out removes the access token, stored workspace identity and locally saved route.

Preferences you select

The app remembers your chosen navigation provider, driving or walking mode, and selected map-card fields in local storage. These preferences are saved when you change them and can remain until you change them again or clear the site's data.

These settings help you use the requested route features. They are not advertising profiles and do not enable optional visitor analytics.

Saved routes and app files

When you save a route for offline use, the current route, stop addresses, selected property evidence and visit progress can be stored on that device. Saving a different route replaces that local route. The app provides a way to clear it, and signing out clears it too.

The app also keeps copies of public pages and app files to help it load, including styles, fonts and images. This browser cache is not a backup of your whole workspace. Private account responses are not included in that app-file cache.

A browser may remove cached information to recover space. Keep important work synced before clearing site data or removing the installed app.

Maps, payments and other providers

Displaying a map requests map tiles from OpenStreetMap. Following a directions link opens your selected map provider with the destination. Checkout opens Stripe when a payment is available. Those services can use their own storage and apply their own policies.

The Privacy notice explains these providers. Changing RetroPilot browser settings does not change the settings in an external maps app or payment service.

How to manage your device's data

Use RetroPilot's sign-out control on a shared device. Change navigation and map-card preferences within the app, or use the route's clear-offline option to remove its local copy.

Your browser's site settings let you clear data for retropilot.co.uk and change location permission. Clearing site data signs you out and can remove saved device preferences, offline routes and changes that have not synced. It does not itself delete the online workspace.

Blocking browser storage may stop sign-in or offline features from working. If optional analytics or advertising tools are introduced, this notice and the relevant controls will need to be updated first.