Privacy Policy
Effective date:
Overview
TapWaterGuide.org is a free informational reference. We do not require accounts, do not collect names or email addresses through the site, and do not sell any data. This policy explains the limited data collected automatically when you visit.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand aggregate site usage — which pages are visited, from which countries, and on which device types. Google Analytics uses cookies and collects data such as your approximate location (city level), browser type, and pages viewed. IP addresses are not logged or stored by us.
You can opt out of Google Analytics with the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, or by using a content blocker or your browser's tracking protection.
We also use Ahrefs Web Analytics, a cookieless service that counts page views and referring sites in aggregate. It does not set cookies or build visitor profiles.
Advertising
TapWaterGuide is free to use and may be supported by advertising served through Google AdSense. Where ads are shown, third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visits to this site and other sites on the internet.
You can opt out of personalized advertising in Google Ads Settings, or opt out of personalized ads from participating third-party vendors at aboutads.info. See how Google uses information from sites that use its services.
Advertising never influences our safety ratings. We do not accept payment for ratings or for coverage of any destination, utility, or product.
Cookies
Cookies on this site are set by Google Analytics for usage measurement and, where ads are shown, by Google AdSense and its advertising partners. We set no cookies of our own. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings without losing access to any content.
Third-Party Services
Pages load fonts from Google Fonts and scripts from Google (analytics, advertising) and Ahrefs (analytics). These services may receive standard technical request data (such as your IP address) as part of serving those files. See Google's Privacy Policy for how Google handles this data. External links to sources such as WHO, EPA, EWG, and CDC lead to sites with their own privacy policies.
Your Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction (including the EU/EEA under GDPR and California under CCPA), you may have rights to access, correct, or delete personal data. Because we collect no directly identifying information, such requests generally apply to Google Analytics data, which you can control through the opt-out tools above. For any privacy question or request, contact us and we will respond promptly.
Changes to This Policy
If our data practices change, this policy will be updated and the effective date revised before those changes take effect.