Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 1, 2025  |  Last Updated: April 2026

No Salary or Wage Data Collected

The salary, hourly rate, and other financial figures you enter into our calculators are processed entirely within your web browser using JavaScript. This data is never transmitted to our servers, never stored, and never shared with third parties. We have no access to your inputs.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand aggregate, anonymous traffic patterns - pages visited, general geographic region (country/state level only), browser type, and session duration. No personally identifiable information is collected through analytics. Analytics data helps us understand which calculators are most useful so we can improve them.

Advertising

We display advertisements through Google AdSense. Google uses cookies and similar technologies to serve relevant ads based on your browsing history across websites. These third-party advertising cookies are controlled by Google, not by us. You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings. AdSense does not have access to the financial figures you enter into our calculators.

Cookies

Our site does not set first-party cookies for tracking or preferences. Third-party cookies may be set by Google Analytics and Google AdSense as described above. You can manage cookie preferences through your browser settings.

Children's Privacy

This site is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of the site after updates constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

Contact

For privacy-related questions, please contact us through our About page.

Third-Party Service Providers

We work with the following third-party service providers, each of whom is contractually obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes we specify. Our hosting provider, Hostinger, stores the website files and basic server logs including IP addresses and timestamps for security and performance debugging. Google Analytics provides aggregated usage analytics with IP anonymization enabled. Google AdSense displays advertisements and may use cookies for ad personalization unless you opt out. Google Fonts serves the typography used on this site. Each of these providers operates under their own privacy policies and legal obligations.

How We Respond to Privacy Requests

If you submit a privacy request through our contact form, we will verify your identity before processing the request. This typically involves confirming you control the email address associated with any data we hold. For deletion requests, we will purge contact form records, any data tied to your IP address in analytics, and any other personally identifiable information within 30 days of verification. For access requests, we will provide a copy of all data we hold in a machine-readable format within 30 days. For opt-out requests regarding personalized advertising, we will honor the request immediately at the server level where possible and provide instructions for browser-level opt-out where server-level enforcement is not feasible.

Changes to This Policy

If we materially update this privacy policy, we will update the Last Updated date at the top of this page and post a notice on the homepage for at least 30 days. We will also email any users who have submitted contact form requests in the past 90 days. Minor clarifications and typo fixes do not trigger this notification process. If we are acquired, merge with another entity, or transfer this site to a new owner, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will notify you via a homepage notice at least 30 days before any such transfer becomes effective.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

HourlyTaxCalculator.com uses standard web analytics cookies through Google Analytics 4 to understand which pages users visit and which calculators receive the most usage. These cookies do not identify individual users. We have IP anonymization enabled, which means the last portion of your IP address is stripped before storage. We do not build remarketing audiences from your behavior on this site.

You can opt out of Google Analytics entirely by installing the official Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, which is available for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, and Opera. You can also enable Do Not Track in your browser settings, which we honor where technically feasible.

AdSense Personalized Advertising

This site displays advertisements through Google AdSense. AdSense uses cookies to serve advertisements that may be relevant to your interests based on your prior visits to this site or other sites. Google operates under its own privacy policy for advertising data.

You can disable personalized advertising at any time by visiting Google Ad Settings at google.com/settings/ads. To opt out of personalized advertising across multiple ad networks at once, visit aboutads.info/choices. Privacy-focused browsers like Brave, Firefox with strict tracking protection, or Tor will also block most ad personalization.

Calculator Input Privacy

Critical to understand: all calculations on this site run entirely in your browser using JavaScript. When you enter your hourly rate, annual salary, pay frequency, filing status, or OBBBA election, those values exist only in your browser memory. They are not transmitted to our servers, our content delivery network, or any third party. When you close the browser tab, those values are erased from memory and cannot be recovered.

International Privacy Compliance

For users in the European Union, this policy is designed to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation. For California users, this policy complies with the California Consumer Privacy Act and California Privacy Rights Act. For Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, and Utah users, we comply with their respective state privacy laws. You have the right to access any data we hold about you, request deletion of records, opt out of personalized advertising and cross-site tracking, and receive your data in a machine-readable format.

Data Retention

Contact form submissions are retained for 90 days after the issue is resolved and then permanently deleted. Google Analytics data is retained for 14 months and then automatically purged by Google. We do not retain calculator inputs because those never leave your browser. Server logs are retained for 30 days for security and performance debugging, then automatically rotated.

Children Under 13

This site is intended for adult users making personal financial planning decisions. We do not knowingly collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. If a parent or guardian discovers that a child under 13 has submitted information through our contact form, please email us and we will delete the record immediately.

Security and Updates

We use HTTPS encryption sitewide via our hosting provider. We do not store user passwords, payment information, or sensitive personal data because we do not collect any of those things. The only personal data we ever receive is what users voluntarily submit through the contact form. If this privacy policy materially changes, we will update the Last Updated date and post a notice on the homepage for at least 30 days.