Direct answer: Water System Guide is an independent research publisher. This policy describes the limited data collected when you use the site — technical logs, voluntary corrections feedback, and consent-based optional measurements — and how it is handled. The site does not sell personal information.
Information we collect
- Technical information. Standard web logs (for example, IP address, user agent, requested page, timestamp) used to operate and protect the site and to measure traffic.
- Voluntary information. Information you choose to send through the contact and correction process, used only to respond and to improve the site.
- Optional measurements. If you accept optional analytics, Google Analytics measures page visits and selected interactions, and Microsoft Clarity provides interaction analysis and session recordings. These services may process technical device and browser information, usage events, and cookies. Optional analytics scripts do not load until you accept. Declining does not limit access to research, calculators, or provider contact links.
How information is used
Information is used to operate the site, respond to you, diagnose technical issues, and evaluate content. It is not sold, rented, or shared for advertising.
Cookies and similar technologies
The site stores your analytics choice in this browser for up to 180 days. You can change it using Analytics settings at the bottom of public pages. Accepting permits analytics cookies; advertising consent is not granted by this choice. If you decline after accepting, the page reloads to stop the analytics scripts and removes accessible first-party Google Analytics and Clarity cookies. Withdrawing consent stops future collection through these scripts; it does not delete information previously received by the services. If browser storage is unavailable, your choice applies only to the current page.
Analytics scripts are excluded from administration, authentication, API, account, publisher-review, and provider-claim pages. Our selected provider-contact events record the profile identifier and source page, not the phone number or form contents. A contact-link click is not a completed call, booking, or purchase.
Google and Microsoft process information through their respective services. See Google’s privacy policy and Microsoft’s privacy statement.
Data retention and security
Logs and messages are retained only as long as needed for the purposes above and are protected with appropriate technical and organizational measures.
Third-party links
Pages link to external sources such as utilities, manufacturers, and agencies. This policy does not apply to those sites.
Changes
Material changes to this policy are noted on this page with an updated review date.
Contact
Questions or corrections: use the process described in the editorial policy.