1. Overview
SalaryCheckup ("we," "us," or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle information when you use our salary and tax calculator application.
2. Client-Side Only Processing
SalaryCheckup is designed with privacy as a core principle. All calculations are performed entirely within your browser. No salary data, tax information, personal details, or any other input you provide is transmitted to, stored on, or accessible by any external server.
Your data never leaves your device.
3. Information We Collect
Since all processing is client-side, we do not collect:
- Salary or income information
- Tax filing details or calculations
- Personal identification data
- Financial account information
The only data we may collect is:
- Cookie preferences — stored locally in your browser to remember your consent choices
- Analytical data — only if you have consented to analytics cookies (see Section 5)
4. Cookies
We use cookies only with your explicit consent, except for strictly necessary cookies. For detailed information about the cookies we use, please refer to our Cookie Policy.
Necessary cookies (always active): Used to store your cookie consent preferences and basic application state (e.g., selected country).
Analytics cookies (opt-in): Used to understand how visitors interact with our application. Only activated with your consent.
Advertising cookies (opt-in): Used by Google Ads and similar services to display relevant advertisements. Only activated with your consent.
5. Google Ads & Advertising
We may display advertisements through Google Ads (Google AdSense/AdMob). If you consent to advertising cookies:
- Google may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this or other websites
- Google's advertising cookies enable it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the Internet
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings
For more information about how Google uses data, see Google's Privacy Policy.
6. Third-Party Services
If you consent to analytics or advertising cookies, data may be processed by the following third parties:
- Google Analytics — for usage analytics (only with your consent)
- Google AdSense — for displaying advertisements (only with your consent)
These third parties have their own privacy policies governing the use of data they collect. We encourage you to review their policies.
7. Your Rights (GDPR / UK GDPR)
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, you have the following rights:
- Right to Access — Request information about what personal data is being processed
- Right to Rectification — Request correction of inaccurate personal data
- Right to Erasure — Request deletion of your personal data
- Right to Restrict Processing — Request limitation of processing your personal data
- Right to Data Portability — Request transfer of your data in a structured format
- Right to Object — Object to processing of your personal data
- Right to Withdraw Consent — Withdraw consent at any time for cookies and tracking
Since we process virtually no personal data server-side, most of these rights are inherently satisfied. You can clear all locally stored data at any time by clearing your browser's cookies and local storage.
8. Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect any data processed through our Service. Since all salary calculations are performed client-side, your financial data is protected by your device's own security measures.
9. Children's Privacy
Our Service is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
10. International Users
SalaryCheckup is available to users worldwide. If you are accessing the Service from outside the EEA/UK, please be aware that your data may be processed differently than described in this policy. By using the Service, you consent to the processing of your data as described herein.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.
12. Contact
For privacy-related inquiries, please contact us using the details provided in our Impressum.