Privacy Policy
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This privacy policy sets out how Pay Calculator Australia handles your data. It covers your calculator inputs (which stay in your browser), the cookies Google Analytics and our ad partners set, and how to opt out of personalised ads.
The short version: All calculations happen in your browser. We do not collect, store, or transmit your salary information to any server.
Your Calculator Data
- We do not collect your salary information. When you enter a salary into any of our calculators, the calculation runs entirely in your web browser using JavaScript. No data is sent to our servers or any third party.
- We do not store calculation results. Once you close or refresh the page, your inputs and results are gone. We have no database of user calculations.
- We do not require any personal information. No signup, no email, no name. You can use every calculator on this site completely anonymously.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand how visitors use our site. This helps us improve our calculators and create content that people find useful.
GA4 collects anonymous usage data such as:
- Pages visited and time spent on site
- Device type, browser, and general geographic region
- How you arrived at the site (search engine, direct link, etc.)
GA4 does not collect your salary inputs, calculation results, or any personally identifiable information from our calculators.
Cookies
We use cookies for analytics (Google Analytics) and, where advertising is shown, for serving and measuring ads (see Advertising below). Cookies are small text files stored on your device.
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Our calculators will continue to work normally without cookies enabled.
Advertising
This site is free because it shows advertising. 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 to you based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of some third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info.
Our ad partners may include Google AdSense and Mediavine. They may collect cookie identifiers and device information to show and measure ads. We never give them your salary inputs or calculation results, which stay in your browser.
Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)
The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.
First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The "help" feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.
Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.
The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:
- IP Address
- Operating System type
- Operating System version
- Device Type
- Language of the website
- Web browser type
- Email (in hashed form)
Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.
If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.
For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.
Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services:
- Google Analytics 4: anonymous usage statistics (Google Privacy Policy)
- Google Firebase Hosting and Cloudflare: website hosting and content delivery
- Google AdSense and Mediavine: advertising (see Advertising above)
Data Sharing & Selling
We do not sell personal data to third parties. We do not give advertisers or data brokers your salary inputs or calculation results. Our advertising partners collect cookie and device data as described under Advertising above.
Children's Privacy
Our site is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect any information from children.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.
Contact
If you have questions about this privacy policy, email us at hello@pay-calculator-australia.com.