2.Our Approach
We use storage that is strictly necessary to provide the Service you asked for, or that remembers a choice you made, and analytics cookies only if you allow them. None of our storage is used for advertising, and none of it tracks you across other websites. Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity set analytics cookies, so we ask first: a short notice offers Accept and Reject, and until you accept, those services do not load at all. If your browser sends Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track, we treat that as Reject and don't ask. We remember your choice for six months, then ask again, and you can change it at any time on Your Privacy Choices.
3.Storage We Set
| Name / key | Type | Category | Purpose | How long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sb-…-auth-token (the middle part is our Supabase project ID) | Local storage | Strictly necessary | Your sign-in session from our authentication provider (Supabase). Keeps you signed in between pages and visits. | Until you sign out; the session refreshes itself while you use the site |
| bp-member | Local storage | Preference | The guides and establishments you save and your reading history while you are not signed in. When you sign in they are moved into your account (so they follow you to other devices) and cleared from this browser. | Until you sign in or clear it |
| bp-theme | Local storage | Preference | Your light or dark theme choice. | Until you clear it |
| bp-recent-searches | Local storage | Preference | Your last few searches, shown as shortcuts in the search box. | Until you clear it |
| bp:glossary:show-all | Local storage | Preference | Whether you chose to show every glossary term, including the frank slang hidden by default. | Until you turn it off or clear it |
| bp_superuser | Cookie (HTTP-only, secure) | Strictly necessary | Administrator session for the site owner's admin area only. Never set for readers or members. | 8 hours |
| bp-consent and the bp_consent cookie | Local storage and cookie | Strictly necessary | Remembers whether you accepted or rejected analytics cookies, so we don't ask on every page. The cookie lets our server read the same choice. | 6 months, then we ask again |
| bp-plan-seen:<your account ID> | Local storage | Analytics (first-party) | The highest plan this browser has seen on your account, so an upgrade is counted once when it takes effect. Stays on your device. | Until you clear it |
| _ga, _ga_<container ID> | Cookie (Google Analytics, only if you accept) | Analytics | Tells one visit from another for our Google Analytics reports. Set on our own domain, not used for advertising. | 2 years, or until you turn analytics cookies off |
| _clck, _clsk | Cookie (Microsoft Clarity, only if you accept) | Analytics | _clck keeps an anonymous Clarity ID for this browser; _clsk joins one visit's pages into a single recording. Set on our own domain, not used for advertising. | _clck 1 year, _clsk 1 day, or until you turn analytics cookies off |
| CLID | Cookie (set by Microsoft on clarity.ms, only if you accept) | Analytics | Microsoft's own Clarity ID for this browser. We tell Clarity not to set Microsoft's advertising cookies. | 1 year |
Local-storage entries stay on your device. Except for the sign-in session (used to authenticate your requests) and saved items synced to your account, their contents are not sent to us.
4.Third-Party Storage
- OpenFreeMap (interactive maps)
- The interactive maps load their street tiles from OpenFreeMap's servers, which set no cookies. If you tap Directions, the route opens on Google Maps, which may set its own cookies there; see how Google uses cookies.
- Agoda (hotel links)
- We set no Agoda cookies, and the hotel photos on Where to Stay, which load from Agoda's image servers, set none either. When you follow a link to Agoda, agoda.com sets its own cookies under Agoda's privacy policy. Some of those links carry our partner ID, so Agoda can credit us if you book.
- Google sign-in (optional)
- If you choose "Sign in with Google", you are sent to Google, which uses its own cookies to authenticate you. If you use email and password instead, Google sign-in sets nothing.
- Google Analytics (only if you accept analytics cookies)
- Google Analytics 4 receives the address of each page you view (without any query string), the referring site, your browser and device details, your IP address (used to estimate your location; Google Analytics 4 does not store it) and anonymous events. Google signals and ad personalization are off, so the data is not linked to your Google account or used for advertising. See how Google uses information from sites that use its services.
- Microsoft Clarity (only if you accept analytics cookies)
- Microsoft Clarity shows us how pages are used, as heatmaps and session replays: it records how you scroll, click, tap and move through each page, along with the page as you saw it. It receives the full address of each page, your browser and device details and your IP address (used to estimate your location). What you type into forms is hidden, your account and the admin area are masked, Clarity never starts on a page that carries a sign-in link, we never tell it who you are, and its data is not used for advertising. See the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
Events include page views, searches, saves, sign-ups and sign-ins, members-only previews shown, membership-button clicks, Buy Now and advertising checkout clicks and plan upgrades, with details such as the plan and where on the site the button was. They never include your email address, name or account ID.
We do not control these cookies, and each provider's privacy policy governs them. Apart from the analytics services above, which load only with your consent, we use no analytics or advertising service that sets cookies, and no Google Ads or other ad network.
5.Global Privacy Control
We honor the Global Privacy Control signal as an opt-out of sale, sharing and targeted advertising. None of our storage is used for those purposes. We also treat GPC, and the older Do Not Track signal, as a refusal of analytics cookies: we don't ask, and Google Analytics and Microsoft Clarity never load. Your Privacy Choices shows when we detect either signal.
6.How to Control Storage
- Sign out from your account page to remove the sign-in session from this browser.
- Turn analytics cookies on or off on Your Privacy Choices. Turning them off deletes their cookies from this browser.
- Clear site data in your browser settings to remove every entry listed above. In Chrome: Settings, Privacy and security, Third-party cookies or Site data. In Safari: Settings, Privacy, Manage Website Data. In Firefox: Settings, Privacy & Security, Cookies and Site Data.
- Block cookies and storage for our site or for Google in your browser settings, or browse in a private window, which clears storage when it closes.
- Visit allaboutcookies.org for step-by-step instructions for other browsers and devices.
Note: If you block or clear strictly necessary storage, you will need to confirm your age again, you will be signed out, and saved items that are not synced to an account will be lost.
7.Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie & Local Storage Policy from time to time. The date at the top of the page shows when it was last changed. If a change is material, we will give notice before it takes effect (by a notice on the site and, if you have an account, by email to the address on the account) at least 30 days in advance unless the change is required sooner by law or to address a safety or legal risk.
Previous versions are available on request from editor@bangkokpunters.com.
8.Contact Us
Questions about cookies or browser storage can be sent to editor@bangkokpunters.com.
- Business
- Bangkok Punters LLC, 242 Mercure Arcade, Newark, Delaware 19702, United States
- Website
- www.bangkokpunters.com
- Subject line
- Cookie question
Email is our official contact channel for all legal, privacy and copyright matters. A notice sent by email to the address above is received when it arrives in our inbox, and we will acknowledge it in writing.