Cookie Policy
Last updated: January 8, 2026
Quick Summary
We use essential cookies to make Waymarker work. With your consent, we also use analytics cookies to understand how you use our site and improve your experience. You can change your preferences anytime.
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and to provide information to website owners.
Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your device after you close your browser, while session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.
2. How We Use Cookies
Waymarker uses cookies for the following purposes:
- Essential functionality: To enable core features like authentication and security
- Analytics: To understand how visitors interact with our website (with your consent)
- Preferences: To remember your choices and personalize your experience
3. Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, account access, and session management. You cannot opt out of these cookies as the website cannot function without them.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| sb-*-auth-token | Supabase | Authentication session management | Session / 1 year |
| waymarker_cookie_consent | Waymarker | Stores your cookie consent preferences | Persistent |
4. Analytics Cookies
These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve our website and your experience. These cookies are only set if you give your consent.
| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Expiry |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ph_* | PostHog | Stores a unique user ID for analytics | 1 year |
| ph_* | PostHog | Tracks page views and user interactions | 1 year |
5. Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites to display relevant advertisements. These cookies help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These cookies are only set if you give your consent.
Google Consent Mode v2
We use Google Consent Mode v2 to manage advertising consent. When you accept marketing cookies, the following consent signals are enabled:
- ad_storage: Enables storage for advertising
- ad_user_data: Enables sending user data to Google for advertising
- ad_personalization: Enables personalized advertising
When marketing cookies are rejected, we enable URL passthrough and ads data redaction to maintain basic conversion measurement while respecting your privacy.
6. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. We do not control these third-party cookies. The third parties who set these cookies include:
Supabase
For authentication and session management. Privacy Policy
PostHog
For analytics (with your consent). Privacy Policy
Strava
For activity imports (when you connect your account). Privacy Policy
7. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
Using Our Cookie Banner
When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner. You can:
- Accept all: Enable all cookie categories
- Reject all: Only enable strictly necessary cookies
- Manage preferences: Choose which categories to enable or disable
Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings:
Note: Blocking certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website.
8. Do Not Track & Policy Updates
Do Not Track
Some browsers have a "Do Not Track" (DNT) feature that signals to websites that you do not want your online activity tracked. Our website respects DNT signals by treating them as a rejection of analytics cookies.
Policy Changes
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. When we make changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top. For significant changes, we may show a new cookie consent banner.
9. Legal Basis
Our use of cookies is governed by:
- The ePrivacy Directive (Directive 2002/58/EC)
- The Danish Cookie Order (Cookiebekendtgørelsen)
- The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for personal data collected via cookies
For strictly necessary cookies, we rely on our legitimate interest in providing a functional website. For all other cookies, we rely on your consent.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, please contact us: