📄 Overview

PestWise ("we", "our", "the site"), operated at pestswise.com, is an educational reference for identifying household pests. This page describes what information is collected when you visit, how it is used, and your choices.

We do not require you to create an account, and we do not knowingly collect any personally identifiable information directly. The site is provided as-is for educational purposes.

🍪 Cookies and similar technologies

This site uses cookies and similar technologies for two purposes:

• Functional — to remember your filter selections and theme preference during a visit. These are stored in your browser only and are not transmitted to us.
• Advertising — third-party ad networks (see below) use cookies to serve and measure ads, including personalized ads based on your prior browsing.

You can control cookies through your browser settings, or use the cookie preferences link to change your choice. Disabling cookies may reduce the relevance of ads but will not affect site functionality.

📢 Advertising

This site is supported by advertising. We work with one or more of the following ad partners:

Google AdSense

Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on this site. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to this site and other sites on the Internet.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings. You may also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting aboutads.info.

Google's privacy policy is available at policies.google.com/privacy.

Ezoic

This site may use Ezoic to serve ads and provide site speed and analytics services. Ezoic and its partners may collect and use data as outlined in the Ezoic privacy policy and the Ezoic data privacy portal (register your site with Ezoic to obtain your portal URL).

Ezoic uses cookies and may collect IP address, geolocation, browser, device, and behavioral data to serve and measure ads, optimize site performance, and provide analytics.

📊 Analytics

If we use analytics services (such as Google Analytics or Ezoic Big Data Analytics), they collect aggregated and pseudonymized usage data — pages viewed, time on page, browser, country — to help us understand how the site is used. This data is not used to identify individual users.

🌍 Your rights (GDPR / CCPA)

If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or California, you have specific rights regarding your personal data:

• The right to know what personal data is collected and how it is used.
• The right to access a copy of your personal data.
• The right to request deletion of your personal data.
• The right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal data.
• The right to non-discrimination for exercising these rights.

For ads served on this site, most data processing is performed by the ad networks listed above. To exercise rights with respect to that data, contact the relevant network using the links above.

For any other questions, contact us at the email below.

👶 Children's privacy

This site is not directed at children under 13 (or under 16 in jurisdictions where that is the relevant age). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can delete it.

🔄 Changes to this policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of the site after a revision constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

✉️ Contact

For questions about this privacy policy or the site, contact: privacy@pestswise.com

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