Updated 11 October 2026. This site has no advertising, analytics pixels or marketing trackers. Choices stay in page memory unless you request account sync or enable saved job rankings, apart from the small tab-only records listed below that keep your place in a guided flow.
| Purpose | Storage | Choice |
|---|---|---|
| Required site access | The secure, HttpOnly __Host-foundationAccess cookie carries a short-lived Firebase sign-in token for server access checks. It expires within one hour and refreshes while signed in. | Required to access the restricted site. Signing out clears it. |
| Required Google sign-in | Firebase Authentication may use browser storage to keep the requested account session and protect it. | Required for approved accounts to access the site. Sign out using the Account menu. |
| Optional saved job rankings | The local browser record foundationJobRankingsV1 stores your storage choice and the last two named job rankings, including preferences and manual order. It does not store your postcode or search coordinates. | Off by default. Enable it under Saved job rankings in Rank jobs. Turning it off deletes this record. You can also delete individual saved rankings or clear this site's browser data. |
| Guided-flow progress | The tab-only records atlasSchoolWizard and atlasJobDraft keep your answers if you reload the page: school wizard answers and suggested order, and job ranking boxes, sliders and comparison answers. They never include a travel destination, postcode or coordinates. | Stored in session storage for this browser tab only and deleted by your browser when the tab closes. |
| Start card seen | The local browser record atlasStartSeen remembers that you have dismissed the "What are you doing?" card, so it isn't shown again. | Holds a single "1" and nothing personal. Clear this site's browser data to show the card again. |
| Travel-route reuse | The site's service may hold road-route results for up to seven days and rail-route results for up to six hours in a shared edge cache. Search text is not used as a shared cache key. | This is server-side, not a cookie or optional browser store. |
| Older site versions | Older versions could save rankings and route results to this browser after your consent. | This version does not write those records. It removes them after a successful account sync; you can also clear this site's browser data in your browser settings. |
The storage choice for saved job rankings appears beside that feature. Enabling it is optional and does not enable analytics or other tracking. Records stay on this site in this browser until you delete them, turn storage off or clear browser data. See the privacy notice for account data, route providers and your rights.