Privacy Policy
Last updated: [insert date you publish this]
What this site collects directly
The pay calculator on this site runs entirely in your browser. The numbers you type — basic pay, allowance amounts, increment rates — are never sent to a server and are not stored anywhere. They disappear when you close or refresh the page.
This site does not have user accounts, does not run analytics beyond what's described below, and does not ask you for personal information.
Third-party advertising
This site shows ads served by Google AdSense. Google and its advertising partners may use cookies, device identifiers, or similar technology to serve ads based on your visits to this site and other sites, and to measure ad performance. This is standard behaviour for any AdSense-supported site, governed by Google's own policies rather than ours.
You can see and adjust what Google knows for ad personalisation at Google's Ad Settings, and you can opt out of personalised advertising generally through the Digital Advertising Alliance's opt-out page, where available in your region.
Cookies and the consent banner
Advertising cookies are set by Google and its partners, not by this site directly. On your first visit, a banner asks you to accept or reject cookies; your choice is remembered using your browser's local storage (not a tracking cookie itself) so the banner doesn't reappear on later visits.
Where required — for visitors in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland — this site uses Google's own certified Consent Management Platform (CMP), registered with the IAB Transparency & Consent Framework, delivered through Google AdSense's Privacy & messaging tools. A simpler fallback banner covers other regions and applies until that system is active. You can revisit your choice at any time using the "Cookie Preferences" link in the footer.
Children's privacy
This site is intended for general audiences researching pay and benefits information and is not directed at children. It does not knowingly collect data from children.
Changes to this policy
This policy may be updated as the site's advertising or features change. Check back periodically.
Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent through the contact page.
A note before you publish this
This draft covers the disclosures AdSense reviewers typically look for, but it isn't legal advice, and Claude isn't a lawyer. If you have site visitors in the EU/UK or California, or expect meaningful traffic, it's worth running this through a proper privacy-policy generator or a lawyer to make sure it matches your actual data practices and local law before you publish it live.