Privacy Policy
Last updated: May 18, 2026
PoolRated respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use it, and the choices you have when visiting poolrated.com.
Information We Collect
We may collect limited information when you visit or interact with PoolRated:
- Device and usage information, such as browser type, operating system, pages viewed, referring pages, approximate location, timestamps, and general site activity.
- Search and interaction data, such as product searches, category views, outbound link clicks, affiliate link clicks, and campaign parameters included in URLs.
- Information you choose to send us, such as your name, email address, product suggestion, correction request, or message when you contact us.
- Affiliate and referral data, such as whether a visitor clicked a product link that may lead to Amazon or another merchant website.
We do not ask for sensitive personal information such as government ID numbers, payment card details, pool account passwords, or private household safety information.
How We Use Information
We use information to operate, improve, and protect PoolRated. This may include:
- Publishing and maintaining pool product reviews, comparisons, buying guides, and informational pages.
- Understanding which pool gear categories, products, and pages are useful to readers.
- Measuring site performance, diagnosing errors, preventing abuse, and improving security.
- Tracking affiliate link performance and complying with affiliate program requirements.
- Responding to messages, correction requests, product suggestions, business inquiries, and legal requests.
Cookies, Analytics, and Similar Technologies
PoolRated may use cookies, server logs, analytics tools, affiliate tracking links, and similar technologies. These tools help us understand aggregate site usage, remember basic preferences, detect technical issues, and attribute qualifying purchases to affiliate programs.
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking cookies may affect some functionality, but core review content should remain accessible.
Affiliate Links and Third-Party Websites
Some links on PoolRated lead to third-party websites, including Amazon, manufacturers, retailers, affiliate networks, or informational sources. When you click those links, the third party may collect information according to its own privacy policy. PoolRated does not control the privacy practices of external websites.
Data Sharing
We do not sell personal information. We may share limited information with service providers that help us operate the website, measure analytics, manage affiliate programs, secure the service, or respond to legal obligations. These providers are expected to use information only for the services they provide to us.
We may also disclose information if required by law, to protect our rights, to investigate misuse, or as part of a business transfer such as a merger, acquisition, or asset sale.
Data Retention
We retain information only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including operational, analytics, security, accounting, and legal purposes. Contact messages may be retained so we can respond and keep records of prior communications.
Your Choices
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, or portability of personal information. You may also object to certain processing or withdraw consent where consent is the basis for processing.
To make a privacy request, contact us at contact@poolrated.com. We may need to verify your request before responding.
Children
PoolRated is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information. No website, transmission, or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy as our website, technology, or legal obligations change. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised date.
Contact
Questions about this Privacy Policy can be sent to contact@poolrated.com.