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Privacy Policy

Last Updated and Effective Date: November 1, 2026

1. Our Commitment to Financial Privacy

At WageTakeHome, we believe that calculating your take-home pay should not require sacrificing your personal privacy. We have designed our website so that you can estimate payroll deductions and read our educational guides **without creating an account, providing your name, disclosing your email address, or submitting your Social Security number**.

2. What Information We Do NOT Collect

  • No Personal Identifiers: We do not ask for or collect names, home addresses, phone numbers, or dates of birth.
  • No Financial Identifiers: We never collect Social Security numbers (SSN), Employer Identification Numbers (EIN), bank account numbers, or credit card details.
  • No Server-Side Calculation Logging: The numbers you enter into our interactive calculator (salary, hourly rate, 401k percentage, deductions) are processed directly inside your web browser. We do not save or log your personal salary calculations to our servers.

3. Information We Automatically Collect for Security & Infrastructure

When you access WageTakeHome, our hosting provider (Cloudflare Pages) automatically logs standard, non-personally identifiable technical information necessary to deliver and protect the website:

  • Server Log Information: IP address (anonymized/truncated where feasible), browser type and version, operating system, referring URL, date and time stamp, and requested pages.
  • DDoS & Threat Detection: Technical telemetry used exclusively to detect malicious traffic, automated scrapers, and denial-of-service attacks.
  • Local Storage: We use your browser's `localStorage` solely to remember your UI preferences (such as your chosen state or whether you have dismissed our privacy notice). This data resides exclusively on your local device and is never transmitted to our servers.

4. Third-Party Advertising and Analytics Disclosures

To keep WageTakeHome free and accessible to all Americans, we may display third-party advertisements (such as Google AdSense) when authorized and policy-compliant:

  • Google Advertising Cookies: Google and its certified advertising partners use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites on the internet.
  • Opting Out of Personalized Advertising: You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or by visiting AboutAds.info.
  • For visitors in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, and Switzerland, we integrate a Google-certified Consent Management Platform (CMP) supporting the IAB Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF) to gather prior affirmative consent before non-essential cookies are stored.

5. Your US State Privacy Rights (CCPA, CPRA, CPA, TDPSA)

Residents of California, Colorado, Texas, Virginia, and other US states with comprehensive privacy legislation enjoy specific rights regarding their personal information:

  • Right to Know & Access: You have the right to request what personal information we collect (as stated above, we collect no personal payroll data).
  • Right to Delete: You have the right to request deletion of personal information.
  • Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information: We do not sell your personal information or personal payroll data for monetary consideration. If third-party advertising partners drop cookies for cross-context behavioral advertising, you can opt out at any time using our cookie settings or by enabling the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal in your browser.

6. Children's Privacy (COPPA)

WageTakeHome is directed toward individuals of working age and adults managing payroll. We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children under the age of 13 under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our legal obligations, privacy regulations, or technology practices. Material revisions will be reflected with an updated "Effective Date" at the top of this page.

8. Contact Us Regarding Privacy

If you have questions or concerns regarding our privacy practices, contact our Data Protection Officer at:

Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Mailing Address: WageTakeHome Editorial & Privacy Office, PO Box 412, San Francisco, CA 94104