Privacy
Last updated: 26 October 2026. This notice explains how Babmap uses information when you browse babmap.uk, contribute a review or contact us.
Who is responsible and how to contact us
Babmap’s operator is responsible for the personal information used to run this service. For privacy questions, complaints, access, correction or deletion requests, email babmap.uk@pm.me.
Your location
“Near me” asks your browser for permission. Babmap keeps that location in the current screen’s memory, not its database. Map tile requests reveal the area being viewed to OpenStreetMap. Postcode searches send your entered postcode to postcodes.io. Map software loads from unpkg.com; these services receive normal connection information such as your IP address.
Contributions
We store the information you submit, its time and moderation status. Approved reviews and facility observations appear publicly and may be indexed by search engines. The contribution form does not request your name, email, child’s details or photos. Do not put personal or sensitive information in comments.
After submission we set a necessary HttpOnly browser cookie, bw_actor, for up to one year. Its random identifier helps keep one active review per venue and enforce a daily contribution limit. Where the host supplies a signed-in user identifier, Babmap stores that separately so associate contributions and support review editing. It is not an advertising identifier. Clearing the cookie does not delete past contributions.
Usage information
Our own event records count searches, map moves, venue views, selected filters, review starts, completed submissions and suggested places. We do not store search text or live coordinates in analytics, set analytics cookies or attach a contributor identifier to these events. These records include the event time and, where relevant, the venue or selected filter.
We also use Umami Cloud to understand page views, visits, referring websites, browser and device types, and approximate visitor location. Umami’s web tracker uses no cookies. Its approximate location metrics are separate from the precise location you may allow for “Near me”. We do not send review text or your contributor identifier to Umami. Both our event tracking and Umami are configured to respect Do Not Track where your browser supplies that preference. Read Umami’s privacy policy.
Why we use information
We use contributions and identifiers to publish useful venue information, moderate submissions, support edits and reduce spam and duplicate reviews. We use usage information to understand and improve the service. Where this involves personal data, we rely on our legitimate interests in operating, securing and improving Babmap, taking account of your rights. Location access is optional and requires your browser permission; you can revoke it in your browser settings.
If you email us, we receive your email address and the information you include, and use them to handle your enquiry or request. Please avoid sending information about children or other people unless needed to explain your concern.
Service providers
Babmap is hosted through OpenAI Sites using Cloudflare infrastructure. Hosting, analytics and email providers process information needed to deliver their services and may keep operational or security logs. Processing may take place outside the UK under the providers’ applicable data protection terms. Map, postcode and directions providers receive the requests you make to them and have their own privacy policies. Babmap does not sell your personal information.
Retention and requests
Published contributions are kept while they remain part of the venue’s information, unless removed following moderation or a valid request. Submission history and associated identifiers are retained to manage edits, moderation, disputes and duplicate prevention. These records and our event records have no automatic expiry at present; removal is managed by the operator. Umami analytics retention depends on the Cloud account plan. Email and provider logs are subject to their respective service settings. Cookie expiry does not delete stored reviews or submission history.
You can ask to access or correct your personal information and, where applicable, ask for erasure, restriction or portability, or object to processing based on legitimate interests. Email babmap.uk@pm.me with the venue and approximate submission time if your request concerns a review. We may need proportionate information to locate the record and confirm it belongs to you. Requests normally receive a response within one month, subject to applicable extensions and exceptions.
You can also complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk. Updates to this notice will appear here with a revised date.