1. What these technologies are
Cookies and similar storage
A cookie is a small value a website asks a browser to store and return. Similar technologies include session storage, which keeps a small value for the current browser session. These technologies can be essential to a requested feature or used for optional purposes such as analytics and advertising.
2. Current cookie
Site-owned form security
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Duration | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
csnm_session | Catholic Schools Near Me | Maintains an anti-forgery token and short submission delay for the correction and contact forms. It is not used for advertising or cross-site tracking. | Browser session | Strictly necessary |
The cookie is set only when you visit a form that requires session security. It is configured as Secure, HttpOnly and SameSite=Lax. Because it is necessary to secure a service you request, consent is not ordinarily required under cookie rules that recognise a strictly necessary exemption.
3. Advertising
Google AdSense cookies and choices
Google AdSense is installed to help fund this directory. Ads may appear after Google approves the site. Google and its advertising partners may use cookies, device identifiers and IP addresses to deliver and measure ads, limit repetition, prevent fraud and, where allowed by your choices, personalize advertising. Third-party vendors, including Google, can serve ads based on previous visits to this and other websites. Partner identities, purposes and storage periods appear in Google's consent message. Read Google's cookie explanation.
Visitors in the EEA, UK and Switzerland can consent, decline or manage the displayed advertising choices. The footer's “Privacy and cookie settings” link reopens the message when available. Visitors in supported US states can use the displayed “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link. You can also change personalized Google ads in My Ad Center. Declining personalization does not block use of the school directory; limited or non-personalized ads may still appear.
4. Location permission
Coordinates are not saved in browser storage
Your coordinates are supplied by the browser only after its permission prompt and are used in the current finder request. The Directory does not place them in a cookie, local storage or session storage. See the Privacy Policy for how the finder request is handled.
5. Third-party resources
Network requests are not necessarily cookies
The site may request mapping tiles from OpenStreetMap, fonts from Google Fonts and static mapping-library files from UNPKG. Those providers receive ordinary connection information such as IP address and browser headers when a resource loads. School profile pages may request current Google Places information through our own server; clicking a Google Maps or school link takes you to that provider’s separate site.
These mapping and font services are separate from the AdSense advertising service. Their independent privacy terms govern their systems: Google Privacy Policy and OpenStreetMap Foundation Privacy Policy.
6. Your controls
Browser and device choices
You can delete or block cookies and session storage through browser settings. Blocking csnm_session may prevent the correction or contact forms from passing their security check. Location access can be allowed, denied or withdrawn through browser or device permissions without preventing manual directory searches.
7. Updates
Changes to this policy
We will update this notice when the site's cookie or advertising services change. Advertising cookies are not classified as strictly necessary.