Summary
StateRates is a static website. We do not ask you to create an account, we do not run a newsletter, and the tools on this site run entirely in your browser. We do not sell personal information.
Two third-party Google services do run here: advertising through Google AdSense, and audience measurement through Google Analytics. Both set cookies and process data about your visit. That is the substantive privacy consideration on this site, and most of this page is about it.
What we collect directly
We do not ask you for anything. Specifically:
- No account registration, login or profile.
- No newsletter or mailing list.
- No forms that collect personal data, beyond the email address you choose to write to us from.
- This site is served as static files. Standard access logs may be retained briefly by our hosting provider for security and abuse prevention, and may include IP address, user agent and requested URL.
- Calculator inputs are never transmitted. The kilowatt-hour figure and state selection you enter into the bill calculator are processed in your browser and are not sent to us or to anyone else.
- One local preference. If you use the light/dark theme toggle, your choice is stored in your
browser's local storage under the key
sr-theme. It never leaves your device, and clearing your browser data removes it.
Measurement: Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4 to understand which pages people read and how they arrive. It is how we decide what to write next, and it is the only reason we collect anything about your visit at all.
Google Analytics sets cookies and processes data that may include:
- the pages you view on this site, and the order you view them in;
- how you arrived, such as a search engine, a link on another site, or a direct visit;
- approximate location derived from your IP address, at city level rather than precise;
- device, browser, operating system and screen size;
- a randomly generated identifier stored in a cookie, used to recognise a returning browser.
We do not attempt to identify you, we do not upload any personal identifiers to Google Analytics, and we do not combine analytics data with anything else. In Google Analytics 4, IP addresses are used to derive approximate location and are not stored.
You can opt out of Google Analytics across all websites by installing Google's browser opt-out add-on , or by declining analytics cookies where a consent banner is shown to you.
Advertising: Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google is a third-party vendor and uses cookies and similar technologies to serve ads.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and other sites on the internet.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our sites and/or other sites on the internet.
- Data processed in the course of serving ads may include your IP address, device and browser information, the pages you view on this site, and advertising identifiers.
You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You may also opt out of third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info/choices or the NAI opt-out page.
Google's own description of how it uses data from sites that use its services is published at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
If you are in the European Economic Area, the UK or Switzerland
Where required, a consent management platform will ask for your consent before non-essential cookies are set, including advertising and analytics cookies. You can decline, and you can change your choice at any time through the consent controls on this site. Declining advertising consent means you will see non-personalised advertising rather than no advertising.
Under the GDPR you have the right to:
- access the personal data held about you;
- have inaccurate data corrected;
- have your data erased;
- restrict or object to processing, including profiling for advertising purposes;
- data portability;
- withdraw consent at any time, without affecting processing carried out before withdrawal;
- lodge a complaint with your national supervisory authority.
Google is the controller for the advertising and analytics processing described above, so requests about that data are best directed there. We will help you route a request if you contact us.
The legal basis for advertising and analytics cookies is your consent. The legal basis for the brief retention of server access logs is our legitimate interest in operating the site securely.
If you are in California
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the CPRA, you have the right to know what personal information is collected, to delete it, to correct it, to opt out of its sale or sharing for cross-context behavioural advertising, and not to be discriminated against for exercising those rights.
We do not sell personal information for money. The use of advertising cookies to serve interest-based ads may constitute "sharing" for cross-context behavioural advertising under the CPRA. You can opt out by using the consent controls on this site, by enabling a Global Privacy Control signal in your browser (which we honour where transmitted), or through the Google Ads Settings link above.
Residents of other U.S. states with comprehensive privacy laws have comparable rights and the same mechanisms apply.
Children
This site is a general-audience reference resource and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information through this site, contact us and we will act on it.
External links
We link to government agencies, regulators and utilities. Those sites have their own privacy policies and we are not responsible for their practices.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes materially we will update the effective date above and, for significant changes, note them on the site. Continued use after a change constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
Contact
Privacy questions and requests: hello@staterates.org. We respond to verifiable requests within the timeframes required by applicable law.