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Privacy at Next Door
Next Door keeps nothing about its readers on its own side: no forms, no accounts, no email address and no outside scripts or trackers. Two small choices, the theme and a chosen town, stay in the reader's own browser.
By the Crossing DeskChecked October 7 to 9, 2026
What stays in the browser
The theme a reader picks is held in the open browser tab. Close that tab and the choice goes with it. The town picked on the home page works a little differently: it stays in that browser, and only there. Next Door never sends it anywhere, so the desk has no record of which town anyone chose.
Nothing else is collected. The site has no forms to fill in, no accounts and no email address to write to. A reader from Dégelis, Houlton or Summerside can check a straight-line distance or compare two clocks without handing over a name.
Nothing loaded from outside
Next Door loads no outside scripts, fonts, maps or trackers. Every file a page needs comes from the site's own domain.
The clocks and distances are worked out in the reader's browser. Each clock reads the time zones built into that browser, Atlantic for New Brunswick and Eastern for Québec and Maine. The one-hour difference on screen is measured at that moment, not assumed. Straight-line distances are computed on the same device, from the town the reader picked, with no call to an outside map.
Questions
Is the chosen town sent anywhere?
The chosen town is never sent. It stays only in the browser where it was picked, and Next Door receives no copy of it. The distances shown for that town are worked out in the same browser.
Does Next Door use cookies to track readers?
The site loads no outside trackers, scripts, fonts or maps. Every file comes from its own domain. The site sets no cookies, and it has no accounts, no forms and no email address.
How can a reader clear the chosen town?
Clearing the site data for Next Door in the browser's settings removes the saved town. The theme choice needs no clearing, since it ends when the tab is closed. Picking a new town on the home page replaces the old one in that browser.