Last Updated: April 24, 2026
1. What Cookies Are
Cookies are small text files that a website places on your device when you visit. They let the site remember your actions and preferences (such as language or display options) and help site owners and their partners understand how the site is being used. Similar technologies — local storage, pixel tags, and SDKs — are covered by this policy where used.
2. Categories of Cookies Used on MapOfArizona.com
This Site keeps cookies to a minimum. The cookies that are set fall into the following categories:
Strictly Necessary
These keep the Site operational — for example, remembering that the mobile menu is open, or storing your preferences for our interactive map. They cannot be switched off through this policy because the Site would not work properly without them.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand which pages people read and how they arrived. This helps us decide what content to improve. Google Analytics sets cookies prefixed _ga and _ga_*. Data sent to Google Analytics is aggregated and IP addresses are truncated. You can opt out at any time using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
We also use Plausible Analytics. Plausible is privacy-focused and does not set cookies; it appears here only for completeness.
Advertising — Google AdSense and Third-Party Vendors
This Site shows advertising served by Google AdSense and may, occasionally, work with other third-party advertising networks. These services use cookies and similar identifiers to:
- Serve ads based on your visit to this Site and other sites on the internet (personalized advertising).
- Cap how often you see the same ad and measure ad performance.
- Detect invalid traffic and protect against ad fraud.
Google's use of cookies for advertising — including the DART cookie — is described in Google's advertising policies. Other ad networks operate under their own privacy policies, which they make available on their own websites.
3. Cookies at a Glance
| Source | Purpose | Type |
|---|---|---|
| MapOfArizona.com | Remember UI state (menu, map preferences) | Strictly necessary |
| Google Analytics | Aggregated usage statistics | Analytics |
| Google AdSense | Ad serving, frequency capping, measurement, personalization | Advertising |
| Other third-party ad partners | Ad serving and measurement | Advertising |
Specific cookie names and lifetimes are set by the third-party services listed above and may change without notice. Refer to the third party's own documentation for the current list.
4. How to Control Cookies
In Your Browser
All major browsers let you view cookies, block them, or delete them. The settings differ between browsers; the help pages for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge each have a section on cookies. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may break parts of the Site.
For Personalized Advertising
- Google Ad Settings — manage how Google personalizes the ads you see.
- Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out (aboutads.info) — opt out of many participating advertising networks at once (US).
- Your Online Choices — equivalent opt-out tool for users in the European Union.
- Network Advertising Initiative opt-out.
Opting out of personalized advertising does not remove ads — it changes how they are selected. You will still see general ads.
Do Not Track
Some browsers offer a "Do Not Track" signal. There is no industry agreement on how sites should respond to this signal, and many third-party services do not honor it. We treat your control of cookies and your use of the opt-out links above as the primary expression of your preferences.
5. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time — for example, when we add or remove a service or when a third party changes how its cookies behave. Updates take effect when posted on this page, and the "Last Updated" date above will change.
6. Contact
Questions about cookies on this Site? Email [email protected]. See also our Privacy Policy.