Cookie and similar technologies — Specialty Atlas website

Last updated: 4 November 2026

1. Scope

This notice applies to pages served under our website domain (the Site). The Specialty Atlas mobile app does not use browser cookies; it uses local storage on your phone (settings, session, cache) and identifiers from the Google Analytics for Firebase SDK — both are described in the Privacy Policy, in the section on mobile app analytics.

2. What we use

Strictly necessary. Some cookies or local storage entries are essential for security, load balancing, remembering your language choice, or keeping you signed in when you use Supabase authentication on the Site. This category also covers the record of your banner choice (the sa_cookie_consent_v1 key in browser local storage) — without it the banner would reappear on every visit. These do not require consent under EU ePrivacy implementations where they are strictly necessary to provide a service you requested.

Statistics and ad measurement (optional). After you click Accept in our cookie banner, we load Google Tag Manager (container GTM-N6XMNCJT), Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-EH2Z42FLMM) and Meta Pixel (Meta Platforms Ireland Limited). Google Analytics may set cookies or read pseudonymous identifiers to produce statistics about Site traffic. Meta Pixel sets the _fbp cookie and measures conversions from ads: whether a visit from a campaign on Meta’s services leads to something like a click through to the App Store or Google Play. None of these load before you consent. We pass your choice to Google through Consent Mode v2.

3. Legal basis

Necessary operations rely on our legitimate interest / provision of the service. Statistics and ad measurement, including Meta Pixel, rely on your consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)), granted via the banner.

4. Duration

Session cookies expire when you close the browser; persistent cookies set by Google tools typically last up to 24 months and Meta’s _fbp cookie about 3 months, unless you delete them earlier. See Google’s and Meta’s documentation for details.

5. How to refuse or withdraw consent

• Choose Essentials only on the banner to decline. We will not load Google Analytics, GTM or Meta Pixel on that browser until you change your choice.
• You can change your decision at any time with the Cookie settings link in the Site footer. It shows the same banner, and choosing Essentials only withdraws consent and deletes these tools’ cookies from our domain.
• You may also clear Site data for specialtyatlas.com in your browser settings (including the sa_cookie_consent_v1 key) and reload. The banner will appear again.
• You can also delete individual cookies for google-analytics.com, googletagmanager.com, facebook.com and our domain.

Withdrawing consent does not affect lawfulness of processing before withdrawal.

6. Transfers

Google and Meta may process data in the United States and other regions under appropriate safeguards (e.g. SCCs). See their privacy documentation.

7. Contact

Privacy requests: channels listed in our Privacy Policy.