Privacy

Effective date: November 12, 2026 · Operator: The Live Map · Mailing address: The Live Map, 12 N Sarah St. PMB1122, St. Louis, MO 63108, United States

This page says what TheLiveMap collects, why, and who else sees it. We don't sell your data, and we don't use it for advertising.

If you only look at the map

You don't need an account. We don't set cookies, and we don't run analytics or ad trackers.

Like every website, the servers that deliver the page see your IP address and browser details when you load it. TheLiveMap runs on Amazon Web Services in the United States. We have not turned on CloudFront or API access logs. Our server functions keep error and operation logs for 7 days.

To draw the page, your browser also loads files from these third parties, and each one sees your IP address:

• Google Fonts, for the typefaces.
• unpkg.com, for the MapLibre map library.
• OpenFreeMap, for the map tiles.

If you sign in

Sign-in uses email codes only. There are no passwords. You enter your email, we send a 6-digit code from noreply@thelivemap.com, and you type it in. Signing in with a new email creates an account; signing in and signing up are the same step.

What we store:

• Your email address and whether it has been verified. It is kept by Amazon Cognito, our sign-in service, along with basic sign-in records.
• Your Community Check votes: the event, confirm or dispute, and the time. We compare votes with later official outcomes to work out each account's accuracy and standing in "The Grid".
• Your account record: tier (Spark, Relay or Beacon), standing, accuracy, number of scored votes, account age, the days you were active, and any flags for abuse or coordinated voting.
• Tips, if you are a Grid member: the link, your note and the event. Tips go to a private review queue. They are never published on their own; if the site owner accepts a link, it can appear on the event as a live link.
• Admin records: when the site owner grants or removes a tier, or accepts or rejects a tip, we log who did it, when and why.
• Short-lived rate-limit counters tied to your account. They delete themselves within about two weeks.

What other people can see: when you vote, other signed-in users may see a masked form of your email (for example j***@example.com) and your tier badge. Your full email is visible only to the site owner.

How long we keep it: while your account exists. To delete your account and its votes and tips, email contact@thelivemap.com from the address you signed in with. Deletion is done by hand today.

Your browser's storage

When you sign in, we store a sign-in token and your email in your browser's localStorage so you stay signed in. It is removed when you sign out. Signing out also cancels the token on our side. The admin settings page uses sessionStorage during its own sign-in. We use no cookies for tracking.

Posts from X

Some events show posts from public X accounts. They are marked unvetted and link back to the original post on X. The post text and images belong to their authors. Images are loaded from X's servers, so X sees your IP address when they load. Media that X marks as possibly sensitive stays blurred until you tap it.

Live links and embeds

Some yellow, red and Level 1/2 events have live links. When you open them, the other service sees your IP address and may set its own cookies under its own privacy policy:

• YouTube video players are embedded on the event panel.
• Cloudflare Radar traffic charts are embedded on outage events.
• Broadcastify scanner links open on Broadcastify's own site, and a short ad plays first.

Email you send us

Mail sent to a thelivemap.com address is forwarded to the site owner's inbox right away, and our copy is deleted after 7 days. Code emails come from noreply@thelivemap.com, and that inbox isn't monitored.

SMS alerts

TheLiveMap sends critical-alert texts only to the site owner's own number, entered with consent in the admin settings page. The number is used only to send those alerts. It is never sold or shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing. Reply STOP to opt out, or HELP for help. Message and data rates may apply.

TheLiveMap may later offer opt-in text alerts to other users, such as breaking-news or cyber alerts. Anyone who joins would give separate express consent through an unchecked opt-in box, would see the frequency and a notice that message and data rates may apply, and could reply STOP at any time. Their number would never be sold or shared for marketing. This page will be updated before any such program starts. Today, only the site owner receives texts.

Children

You must be at least 13 to use TheLiveMap or create an account. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13, and if we learn we have, we will delete it.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, we will update this page and its date. For questions or requests, email contact@thelivemap.com.