propertytaxbyzip

Privacy Policy

Last updated: March 10, 2026

PropertyTaxByZip ("we," "us," or "our") operates the website propertytaxbyzip.com (the "Service"). PropertyTaxByZip is part of the ByCounty Network. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

By accessing or using the Service, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this policy, please do not access the site.

1. Information We Collect

Information Automatically Collected

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information about your device and usage patterns, including:

  • IP address (anonymized where possible)
  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system
  • Referring URL and exit pages
  • Pages visited and time spent on each page
  • Date and time of your visit
  • Device type (desktop, mobile, tablet)
  • Screen resolution and viewport size
  • General geographic location (city/region level, derived from IP address)

Information You Provide

We may collect information you voluntarily provide when you contact us through our contact page, including your name, email address, and the content of your message. We do not require you to create an account or provide personal information to use the property tax lookup tool.

Property Tax Calculator Inputs

When you use our property tax calculator, the values you enter (such as home value or ZIP code) are processed entirely in your browser. We do not transmit, store, or log calculator inputs on our servers.

2. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect usage data and improve the Service. Cookies are small data files stored on your device. We use the following types of cookies:

  • Essential cookies: Required for basic site functionality, such as remembering your preferences.
  • Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting information anonymously. We use Google Analytics for this purpose.
  • Advertising cookies: Used by Google AdSense and other advertising partners to display relevant advertisements based on your browsing activity across websites.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies, delete existing cookies, or alert you when a cookie is being set. Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of certain parts of the website.

3. Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, to help analyze how visitors use our website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as how often users visit the site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they visited before coming to our site.

We use the information from Google Analytics only to improve our website and content. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit our site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We have enabled IP anonymization so that your full IP address is never stored by Google Analytics.

You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

4. Google AdSense and Advertising

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense may use cookies and web beacons to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website and other websites on the internet.

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the internet. Third-party advertising networks may also use cookies, scripts, and web beacons to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements and to personalize ad content.

You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

For more information about how Google uses data from sites that use its services, please visit How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps.

5. Third-Party Services

In addition to Google Analytics and Google AdSense, we may use the following third-party services:

  • Cloudflare: Our website is hosted on Cloudflare. Cloudflare may collect server logs including IP addresses, request timestamps, and page URLs for the purpose of providing hosting services. See Cloudflare's Privacy Policy.
  • Affiliate partners: Our site may contain links to third-party products and services (such as property tax appeal services). If you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may receive a commission. These partners may use their own cookies and tracking technologies.

6. How We Use Your Information

We may use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To operate and maintain our website
  • To improve our website content and user experience
  • To analyze usage trends and site performance
  • To display relevant advertisements
  • To respond to your inquiries and contact requests
  • To detect and prevent technical issues or abuse
  • To comply with legal obligations

7. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share anonymized, aggregated usage data with third parties for analytics and advertising purposes. We may disclose your information if required by law, court order, or governmental regulation, or if we believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, your safety, or the safety of others.

8. Data Retention

We retain automatically collected analytics data for up to 26 months through Google Analytics. Contact form submissions are retained for as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry and for our records, after which they are deleted. You may request deletion of your data at any time by contacting us.

9. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
  • Correction: You can request that we correct inaccurate personal data.
  • Deletion: You can request that we delete your personal data.
  • Opt-out of tracking: You can disable cookies in your browser or use the Google Analytics opt-out add-on.
  • Opt-out of personalized ads: You can opt out through Google Ads Settings or the NAI opt-out page.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us via our contact page. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

10. Data Security

We use commercially reasonable security measures to protect your information, including HTTPS encryption for all data in transit. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of your data.

11. Children's Privacy (COPPA Compliance)

Our Service is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately. If we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will promptly delete that information from our systems.

12. California Residents (CCPA)

If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). These include the right to know what personal information we collect, the right to request deletion, and the right to opt out of the sale of personal information. We do not sell personal information as defined by the CCPA. To exercise your CCPA rights, please contact us via our contact page.

13. International Users

PropertyTaxByZip is operated from the United States and is intended for users located in the United States. If you are accessing our website from outside the United States, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States, where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction.

14. Links to Other Websites

Our website may contain links to other websites, including sites within the ByCounty Network and external government data sources. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any website you visit.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Your continued use of the Service after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.

16. Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us via our contact page.

PropertyTaxByZip is part of the ByCounty Network, an independent data project making government data accessible at the county and ZIP code level.