Privacy Policy
Table of Contents
1. Overview
AmericaCalculator.com ("we," "us," or "our") operates the website located at https://americacalculator.com (the "Service"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.
We are committed to protecting your privacy. Our calculators are designed to work entirely in your browser — the numbers you enter into our finance, loan, payroll, or real estate calculators are never transmitted to our servers and are not stored, logged, or shared.
2. Information We Collect
2.1 Information You Provide Directly
When you contact us via our contact form, you may provide:
- Your name
- Your email address
- A message subject and body
This information is used solely to respond to your inquiry and is not shared with third parties for marketing purposes.
2.2 Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, we and our third-party partners may automatically collect:
- Log Data: IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referring URL, pages visited, and time and date of your visit.
- Device Information: Screen resolution, device type (desktop, tablet, mobile), and browser language.
- Usage Data: Pages viewed, time spent on pages, links clicked, and navigation paths through the site.
- Cookie Data: See the Cookies section below.
2.3 Calculator Inputs
All calculator inputs (loan amounts, salaries, property values, tax figures, etc.) are processed entirely within your browser using JavaScript. This data is never sent to our servers, stored in any database, or associated with your identity.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Respond to contact form submissions and provide customer support
- Analyze website traffic and improve our calculators and content
- Detect and prevent fraudulent or abusive activity
- Serve relevant advertisements through Google AdSense
- Comply with applicable laws and regulations
- Monitor the performance and security of our website
4. Google AdSense & Advertising
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Our AdSense publisher ID is: ca-pub-2047576600281805.
Google AdSense uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to serve ads based on your interests and prior visits to our website and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to AmericaCalculator.com and/or other sites on the internet.
You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings or by visiting www.aboutads.info.
For more information on Google's data practices, please review the Google Privacy Policy.
5. Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to visiting.
Google Analytics uses cookies to collect this information. Google's ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy.
You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits by disabling cookies in your browser, or by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
6. Cookies & Tracking Technologies
Cookies are small data files stored on your device. We use the following types of cookies:
- Essential Cookies: Required for the website to function. These include session management cookies for our contact form (CSRF protection).
- Analytics Cookies: Set by Google Analytics to collect anonymous usage statistics.
- Advertising Cookies: Set by Google AdSense to deliver personalized advertisements.
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to refuse cookies, delete existing cookies, or be notified when cookies are set. Note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of some features.
For more information on managing cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
7. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, tools, or resources that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party's website. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party websites or services.
8. Data Security
We take reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect the information we collect from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. Our website uses HTTPS encryption for all data transmitted between your browser and our servers.
However, no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
9. Children's Privacy
Our Service is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal data, please contact us at info@americacalculator.com.
If we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we will delete such information from our servers immediately.
10. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Right to Access: Request a copy of the personal information we hold about you.
- Right to Correction: Request that we correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Right to Deletion: Request that we delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions.
- Right to Object: Object to our processing of your personal information for certain purposes.
- Right to Opt-Out of Advertising: Opt out of personalized advertising via Google's ad settings.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@americacalculator.com.
11. California Privacy Rights (CCPA)
If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). These rights include:
- The right to know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell
- The right to request deletion of your personal information
- The right to opt out of the sale of your personal information
- The right to non-discrimination for exercising your CCPA rights
We do not sell your personal information to third parties. To exercise your California privacy rights, contact us at info@americacalculator.com with the subject line "California Privacy Rights."
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications constitutes your acceptance of the new Privacy Policy.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
- Email: info@americacalculator.com
- Contact Form: americacalculator.com/contact
- Website: https://americacalculator.com