Advertising Disclosure
Tapwave is committed to being straightforward about how this website generates revenue and any relationships that may influence the content you read here. Last reviewed: June 2025.
Why this page exists
This disclosure exists to be transparent with you about any commercial relationships that could influence what you read on this website. We believe you deserve to know when content is shaped by a financial relationship — even when our honest opinion would be the same either way. This page aims to meet the transparency standards set by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and similar regulatory bodies in other regions.
Affiliate relationships
Tapwave may participate in affiliate programmes from time to time. This means that if you click a link on this site and make a purchase, we may receive a commission at no additional cost to you.
- Affiliate links, where present, will be identified as such on the relevant page or within the link text.
- Commissions or referral fees do not influence our honest assessment of any product or service.
- We only link to products and services we believe are genuinely relevant or useful to our audience.
- The financial relationship is with the affiliate programme, not with the companies themselves.
Sponsored content
Tapwave may occasionally publish content that has been sponsored or paid for by a third party.
- Any sponsored post or paid promotion will be clearly labelled as "Sponsored" or "Paid partnership" at the top of that content.
- Sponsored content reflects our genuine assessment where possible — we do not publish content we consider misleading or inaccurate.
- Brand partnerships, where they exist, are disclosed within the relevant content.
- If you have questions about whether any specific piece of content is sponsored, please contact us.
Third-party advertising
This website may use third-party advertising networks. These networks may use cookies or similar technologies to serve ads based on your browsing behaviour.
- Advertising networks may collect data such as page visits and interaction patterns to personalise ads.
- Behavioural targeting, if in use, relies on anonymised signals rather than personally identifiable information.
- Cookies used for advertising purposes are described in our Cookie Policy.
- Ad content is controlled by the advertising network and may not always align with Tapwave's views.
Your rights and ad controls
- You can manage advertising cookies through the Cookie Policy page — toggle advertising preferences off to opt out of behavioural targeting.
- You can opt out of personalised advertising through your browser settings or by using tools provided by advertising networks (such as the NAI opt-out tool or Google's ad settings).
- Opting out of ad personalisation does not remove ads; it changes the type of ads shown.
- Under applicable privacy regulations, you have the right to request information about data collected for advertising purposes and to request its deletion. Contact us via the contact page to exercise these rights.
A plain-language summary
Tapwave is primarily a service business. Where advertising or affiliate income exists, it is secondary and does not shape our service descriptions or recommendations. If something on this site is paid for, we'll say so. If you're unsure about anything, ask — we'd rather be transparent than leave you wondering.