This policy describes the website at https://thepestguide.com, published as The Pest Guide. For privacy questions or a request relating to your information, use our contact page.
Information involved in browsing
The site provides articles without accounts, subscriptions, comments, checkout, or an upload form. Cloudflare delivers the public website. Hosting and network services receive technical information such as the IP address, requested URL, browser information, and request time to deliver and protect the service. Their logging and retention depend on the service configuration. See Cloudflare's privacy policy for information about its processing.
Search
Site search matches your query against a downloaded index in your browser. It is not sent to an external search engine. The query appears in the page URL and can therefore appear in browser history or hosting request logs. Please do not include private or sensitive information in a search.
Fonts and external links
Fonts and illustrations are hosted with the site. Loading a font does not send a request to Google Fonts. Following an external link takes you to a service with its own privacy practices.
Email correspondence
If you email the publication, your address, message, and any material you choose to send are used to respond to the request, investigate a correction, or address a rights or privacy concern. Email service providers process that correspondence. Send only what is necessary for your request. Correspondence should be kept only as long as needed to address it and meet applicable recordkeeping obligations; you can ask about or request deletion of your correspondence using the contact channel.
Cookies, analytics, and advertising
The site's application code does not set cookies, use browser local storage, load analytics scripts, or serve advertising. Hosting security features may use essential cookies depending on the Cloudflare configuration. See the cookie policy.
If Google advertising is enabled in a future version, third-party vendors including Google may use cookies based on prior visits to this or other sites. Google's advertising cookies allow Google and its partners to personalize ads across sites. Personalized-ad settings are available at Google My Ad Center; additional participating-vendor choices are available at YourAdChoices. Those advertising features are not active in this version. This policy and the applicable consent controls must be updated before such processing begins.
Your choices and requests
You can use browser controls to manage cookies and browsing history. Depending on your location and the information involved, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or object to processing of personal information. Explain your request through our contact page; proportionate verification may be needed to avoid disclosing information to the wrong person.
Children and sensitive information
This guide is intended for a general adult audience and does not offer accounts or services directed to children. Do not send sensitive medical information or information identifying children. If you believe such information has been sent to the publication, contact us to request its review or removal.
Policy changes
The dated policy on this page describes the current site features. New services or material changes to data practices require an updated policy and, where applicable, an appropriate choice or consent mechanism.