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Privacy Policy
Last updated October 16, 2026
Effective date: October 16, 2026. This policy explains how Hydro-Test Products handles information when you use our website.
Information you provide
- When you use our contact form, we collect your name, contact details and message. Your submission goes to our team by email so we can respond to your request.
- Our registration and account forms collect information such as your email address, username, password and login details. Our password-reset form asks for your account identifier.
- Our website forms also collect search terms, product quantities, product options, sorting and filter choices, and technical form fields.
- Card payments are processed by Stripe or the shop checkout. We do not store full card numbers.
- We do not offer website chat.
Information collected automatically
When you visit, we collect your IP address, browser and device type, pages visited, and time on the site. Our tools use cookies and browser storage for functions such as keeping your shopping cart, remembering cookie choices, measuring visits and identifying how you arrived at the site.
How information is used and shared
We use information to respond to your requests and support website functions. The providers listed below process information to host and deliver the site, check forms for spam and bots, provide shopping features, measure website use, deliver fonts and icons, and display embedded content. These providers include hosting, security, analytics and embedded-content services. Payment processors also receive payment information: your card payments are processed by Stripe or the shop checkout. We do not sell your personal information or share it for targeted advertising.
Our hosting and security providers receive request information such as your IP address and browser details. Akismet receives your form submission, IP address and browser details to check for spam. Your browser also sends requests to the providers that deliver fonts, icons and embedded content.
| Tool | What it does | Cookies / storage (how long) | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics 4 Google LLC | Measures how visitors find and use the website (pages viewed, approximate location, device and browser type) so we can improve it. | _ga cookie — 2 years (typical; not measured on this site)_ga_<id> cookie — 2 years (typical; not measured on this site) | Privacy policy Opt out |
| Cloudflare Turnstile Cloudflare, Inc. | Checks that form submissions come from a person rather than an automated bot. | None found by our scan | Privacy policy |
| Google Fonts Google LLC | Delivers the website's typefaces; your browser requests them from Google's servers, which receive your IP address. | None found by our scan | Privacy policy |
| Pressable website hosting Automattic Inc. (Pressable) | Hosts the website; its servers process standard request data such as IP addresses in server logs. | None found by our scan | Privacy policy |
| YouTube video embeds Google LLC | Shows embedded YouTube videos. Your browser connects to YouTube to load the player and video; Google receives request information and may use its own cookies or browser storage. | None found by our scan The embedded player may use provider cookies or browser storage. | — |
| Gauges website statistics Gauges (provided with Pressable hosting) | Counts page views for hosting-level traffic statistics. | None found by our scan | — |
| Elfsight widgets Elfsight LLC | Shows embedded content widgets from Elfsight on some pages; your browser loads them from Elfsight, which receives your IP address and browser details. | elfsight_viewed_recently cookie — not verifiedElfsight sets its own cookie on its servers (elfsight_viewed_recently) to load and count widget views. | Privacy policy |
| Font Awesome icons Fonticons, Inc. | Delivers the icons used on the website; your browser requests them from Font Awesome's servers, which receive your IP address. | None found by our scan | Privacy policy |
| Akismet spam filtering Automattic Inc. | Checks form submissions for spam. What you submit in a form, with your IP address and browser details, is sent to Akismet to decide whether it is spam. | None found by our scan | Privacy policy |
| Cloudflare security and delivery Cloudflare, Inc. | Protects the website and its forms from attacks and automated bots and helps deliver pages quickly. Cloudflare receives your IP address and browser details. | _cfuvid cookie — session (typical; not measured on this site) | Privacy policy |
| WooCommerce order attribution this website (WooCommerce / Sourcebuster.js) | Remembers how you arrived at the website (search, ad or another site) so an order or request can be attributed to its source. | sbjs_migrations cookie — session (typical; not measured on this site)sbjs_current_add cookie — session (typical; not measured on this site)sbjs_first_add cookie — session (typical; not measured on this site)sbjs_current cookie — session (typical; not measured on this site)sbjs_first cookie — session (typical; not measured on this site)sbjs_udata cookie — session (typical; not measured on this site)sbjs_session cookie — 30 minutes (typical; not measured on this site) | — |
| Website functional cookies this website | Keep the website working: a server session, the page builder's view counters for pop-ups, a page-view counter that counts each visit once, and the choices saved by other site plugins. | PHPSESSID cookie — Sessions (typical; not measured on this site) | — |
| WooCommerce shop this website (WooCommerce) | Keeps your shopping cart and order details while you shop. | wc_cart_hash_<id> local storage — not verifiedwc_fragments_<id> session storage — not verified | — |
| Cookie consent banner (part of this website) AQ Marketing (first party; no outside company involved) | Remembers the cookie choices you make on this site. If you allow analytics, your browser may also send this site, at most once a day, a list of the names of the cookies and similar storage it holds for this site — never their contents. The list is not stored with anything that identifies you, and it is used only to keep this Cookie Policy accurate. | aq_consent cookie — 180 daysaq_consent_report local storage — Until you clear your browser storage or withdraw analytics consent | — |
If you allow analytics, our cookie banner may also send this website a list of the names of cookies and similar storage held for this site, at most once a day. It does not send their contents. The list is not stored with information that identifies you and is used only to keep our Cookie Policy accurate.
Cookie choices and embedded content
Analytics and advertising tools stay off until you click "Accept all" on the cookie banner or scroll the page while the banner is showing. Scrolling while the banner is showing counts as accepting them. You can use the "Cookie settings" link at the bottom of any page to switch analytics or advertising cookies off, or back on, at any time.
Some pages include content embedded from other services. Loading embedded content sends request information, such as your IP address and browser information, to its provider. The provider may use cookies or browser storage. Embedded content operates separately from the optional analytics and advertising controls. For example, your browser connects to YouTube to load its player and videos, and to Elfsight to load its widgets.
Tracking signals and activity across websites
Our website does not respond to browser Do Not Track signals. We honor Global Privacy Control signals. You can also change your analytics and advertising cookie choices through "Cookie settings" at the bottom of any page.
Yes, other parties may collect personal information about your online activities over time and across different websites when you use this site. YouTube collects activity across other websites.
Review or change your information
Email or call us using the contact details below to review, correct or delete the contact information you gave us.
Children
Our website is not directed to children under 13.
Changes to this policy
When we update this policy, we post the updated policy on this page with a new effective date.
Contact us
Hydro-Test Products85 Hudson Rd, Stow, MA 01775
Email: andrew@hydro-test.com
Phone: (800) 225-9488
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