Privacy
Privacy policy
City Zip Compare (cityzipcompare.com) does not require an account, does not have a login or paywall, and does not directly collect or store any personal information from visitors. This policy explains the site in plain terms, plus what our third-party services — Google Analytics and Google AdSense — collect on our behalf.
Last updated July 2026
The short version
- There is no user registration, login, or account of any kind on this site — nothing to create and nothing to delete.
- There is no paywall or subscription. Every page is free to read.
- City Zip Compare does not set any first-party tracking cookies, does not run its own analytics, and does not maintain a database of visitor information.
- We use Google Analytics to see aggregate traffic patterns, and Google AdSense to display ads. Both are operated by Google, not by us, and both use cookies as described below.
- We never sell personal information, and we don't share anything with data brokers.
Information collected automatically
Like virtually every website, our hosting provider (Cloudflare) automatically logs standard technical information for every request — IP address, browser/device user agent, referring page, requested URL, and timestamp. This is routine infrastructure logging used for security and reliability, not for building a profile of individual visitors, and we do not cross-reference it with any other data source.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics (GA4) to understand which pages are useful in aggregate — page views, general geographic region, device type, and referral source. We have IP-anonymization enabled, which truncates your IP address before it's stored. Google Analytics uses cookies to distinguish sessions and returning visitors. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking across all sites using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
Advertising (Google AdSense)
City Zip Compare is supported by advertising served through Google AdSense. Google and its advertising partners use cookies and similar technologies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on your visits to this and other sites, and to measure ad performance. We do not control what Google's ad partners do with this data beyond what Google's own policies permit.
You can:
- Opt out of personalized advertising from Google via Google Ads Settings.
- Opt out of personalized ads from many other ad networks via aboutads.info/choices (US) or youronlinechoices.eu (EU).
- Block cookies entirely in your browser settings — see "Managing cookies" below.
You can read Google's own explanation of how it uses data from sites that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Managing cookies
Because City Zip Compare itself sets no cookies, clearing or blocking cookies in your browser will only affect Google Analytics and Google AdSense — the site's core functionality (ZIP lookup, comparisons, rankings, and articles) works identically either way. Every modern browser lets you view, block, or delete cookies from its privacy or settings menu.
Sharing of information
We do not sell personal information, and we do not share visitor data with anyone except the service providers named in this policy (Cloudflare for hosting, Google for analytics and advertising), each operating under their own privacy terms, or when required by law.
Your rights (GDPR / CCPA)
If you are located in the European Economic Area, UK, or a U.S. state with a comprehensive privacy law (such as California), you generally have the right to access, correct, or request deletion of any personal information a service holds about you. Since City Zip Compare itself holds no personal information about you, these requests should be directed to Google for data collected through Analytics or AdSense, using the controls linked above. If you believe we hold any information about you directly, contact us via our contact page and we will investigate and respond within a reasonable time.
Children's privacy
City Zip Compare is a general-audience site about public U.S. Census data and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children, and since the site has no registration of any kind, no child-specific account data exists to collect.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy — for example, if we add a new analytics or advertising provider — we will update the "Last updated" date above. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
Contact
Questions about this policy or how City Zip Compare works? Reach us via our contact page.