Cookies
Last updated: 2026-07-28
Short answer
Monaco Editorial sets no cookies. We use a cookieless analytics service called Plausible (EU-hosted) to count page views and aggregate engagement signals — it does not set cookies, does not store your IP, and does not require a consent banner under EU law. It runs on the pages of this site, with one deliberate exception: our embeddable events widget (/embed/whats-on/, and its FR, IT and RU variants) loads no analytics script at all, so placing our widget on another website never exposes that site's visitors to our analytics. The map view uses a small amount of browser localStorage to cache vector tiles in your current session — that is the only client-side storage involved, and it stores no identifying data.
Why we don't need a consent banner
Under the EU ePrivacy Directive (the "cookie law"), consent is required only for storage that is not strictly necessary for a service the user requested. Map tile caching falls under "strictly necessary" (Recital 66 + national supervisory authority guidance) — without it the map would be unusable on repeat visits. Everything else on the site is read-only HTML + CSS + statically-served JavaScript with no storage involved.
Audit table
| Mechanism | Purpose | Lifetime | Strictly necessary? |
|---|---|---|---|
localStorage (set by MapLibre) | Cache vector map tiles for the current session | Up to 50 MB browser default, cleared by you | Yes — required by the map you opened |
| Cookies | — | — | None set |
| sessionStorage | — | — | None used |
| IndexedDB | — | — | None used |
| Service Workers | — | — | None registered |
Third-party hosts your browser contacts
A few resources are fetched from other domains. None of them are cookies set on monacoeditorial.com, but they can set their own cookies on their own domains. Listed here for transparency:
- plausible.io (Hetzner, Germany) — our analytics provider. Loads a ~1 KB script that pings their server with the page URL + referrer. It is injected on the pages of this site, but never on the embeddable widget (
/embed/whats-on/), which requests nothing from plausible.io. Sets no cookies. Receives your IP only to compute a daily-rotated unique-visitor hash, then discards. See privacy policy § 3.2 for full detail. - tiles.openfreemap.org (Cloudflare R2) — map tiles when you open /map/. OpenFreeMap is a free, public, OSM-derived tile service that does not require an API key.
- storage.googleapis.com (Firebase Storage,
mytownbackend.firebasestorage.appbucket, EU region) — we self-host all place and event photos on our own Firebase Storage bucket. Photo origin: most are sourced from Google Places and rehosted on our bucket for permanence and EU CDN locality (see privacy policy § 3.4). Firebase Storage is operated by Google but does not set cookies when serving static assets. - Various venue CDNs — a small number of event photos are still served by the venue's own site (montecarlosbm.com, grimaldiforum.com, etc.) when no rehosted copy exists.
We self-host all fonts — there is no request to fonts.googleapis.com or fonts.gstatic.com.
How to clear the map tile cache
Browser → Developer Tools → Application tab → Local Storage → monacoeditorial.com → Delete. Or in Chrome: Settings → Privacy and security → Clear browsing data → Cached images and files. On iOS Safari: Settings → Safari → Clear History and Website Data.
Changes to this page
If we ever add an analytics tool or any cookie-setting behaviour, we'll update this page and add the cookie consent banner that EU law requires. Until then, this is the audit.
Questions? privacy@oletech.xyz. See also our Privacy Policy.