Short answer
What is stored in your browser
| Mechanism | Used for | Persists across visits? |
|---|---|---|
| In-memory page state (JavaScript variables) | Holding the currently fetched village's records so you can search, sort, filter, and export them | No, cleared on reload or tab close |
_ga and _ga_MSSBY7M4SP cookies
(Google Analytics 4)
|
Telling repeat visits apart from new ones, so the visitor and session counts mean something | Yes, up to 2 years, unless you clear site data |
| Browser cache (standard HTTP caching) |
Reusing styles.css, app.js, and
icon assets so the page loads faster on repeat visits
|
Yes, for static assets only, not personal or record data |
Apart from those analytics cookies, we do not use
localStorage, sessionStorage, or
IndexedDB to remember you, your searches, or your
location selections between visits. The district, mandal, and
village you pick, the names you search for, and the records that
come back stay in the page's memory and are gone when you close
the tab.
What we don't use
- No first-party or third-party advertising cookies
- No advertising or remarketing platform, and Google Signals is switched off, so analytics data is not tied to a Google account or used for ad targeting
- No session-replay or heatmap scripts
- No cross-site tracking pixels
- No fingerprinting scripts
Third-party requests
Your browser makes a small number of third-party requests:
-
Google Fonts (
fonts.googleapis.com,fonts.gstatic.com) loads the DM Sans and Fraunces typefaces used across the site. -
Google Analytics
(
googletagmanager.com,google-analytics.com) records that a page was viewed, along with the referring site, approximate location from a truncated IP address, and device and browser type. It never receives the names you search for or the records you open. - Our own backend: the site calls the BhuBharati Explorer backend to fetch districts, mandals, villages, and land records. This is first-party to the product, not a third-party tracker.
Opting out
There is no cookie banner. Analytics here is limited to counting page views and is not used to profile you or to advertise, so the site does not gate itself behind a consent dialog. If you would rather not be counted, any of these work:
- Install Google's official Analytics opt-out browser add-on.
- Block analytics in your browser or with a content blocker; the site works exactly the same without it.
- Clear site data to remove the cookies at any time.
If that ever changes
Should we add anything further, such as error-tracking (e.g. an exception monitor) or preference storage, we will list it here by name and purpose, keep it to the minimum needed to run or debug the service, and avoid third-party advertising and cross-site tracking categories entirely. The "Last updated" date above moves whenever this page's content changes.