Privacy
Static site · no cookies · no analytics · no accounts
This site collects nothing about you. There is no sign-up, no cookie banner, no advertising network and no analytics script. The one thing that leaves this domain is a request for map tiles, and only if you scroll to a map.
This map, like every map on the site, loads its tiles only when it scrolls into view.
What the site does not do
- No accounts. There is nothing to register for, no login, no newsletter and no comment system, so there is no user database of any kind.
- No tracking cookies. The site sets no cookies. No advertising or analytics identifier is written to your browser.
- No analytics. There is no Google Analytics, no tag manager, no pixel, no heatmap tool and no session recorder.
- No third-party scripts. The two scripts on each page are served from this domain. The Leaflet mapping library is self-hosted rather than loaded from a content delivery network, so no script vendor sees your requests.
- No web fonts. Pages use the fonts already installed on your device, so no font service is contacted.
- No local storage. The site does not use localStorage, sessionStorage or IndexedDB. Nothing is kept in your browser between visits.
- No advertising. There are no ad slots, affiliate links or sponsored pages, so no ad exchange receives your page views.
Server logs
Pages are served as static files by a hosting provider. Like any web server, it records a line for each request: the IP address it came from, the time, the URL requested, the HTTP status code, the referring page if the browser sent one, and the browser's user-agent string. These logs exist to keep the site working and to deal with abuse and outages. They are not joined to any other data set, not used to build a profile, not shared with advertisers and not sold. The host's own retention period applies; nothing on this site extends it or copies the logs elsewhere.
No form on this site submits data anywhere, because there are no forms. Search on the site, where it exists, filters a list already in the page and sends nothing to a server.
Map tiles and OpenStreetMap
The maps are the one exception to "nothing leaves this domain". When a map scrolls into view, your browser requests image tiles directly from tile.openstreetmap.org, which is operated by the OpenStreetMap Foundation. Those requests are made by your browser, not by this site's server, so the tile service receives your IP address, the tiles you asked for — which reveals roughly which part of the map you are looking at — and your user-agent string. That data is handled under the OpenStreetMap Foundation's own privacy policy and tile usage policy, not this one.
If you never scroll to a map, no tile request is made and the OpenStreetMap servers never see you. Every page still works without them: the tables, distances, coordinates and links on pages like the counties map or a county page are plain HTML delivered in the first response. Blocking third-party requests, or browsing with JavaScript disabled, costs you the interactive map and nothing else.
The base map data comes from OpenStreetMap contributors under the Open Database License; the data sources page sets out the attribution in full.
Children, and data requests
Because no personal data is collected, there is nothing held about any reader, of any age, to disclose, correct or delete. A request to delete your data would return nothing, because there is nothing to return. Server logs held by the hosting provider are the only record that a request was made, and they are governed by that provider's policy.
If this ever changes — if an analytics tool, a form or an embedded third-party service is added — this page will be updated before the change goes live, and the change will be described here rather than buried. Questions about this policy go to privacy@texasmap.net. General corrections to map or data pages go to the address on the about page.