Privacy Policy

Last updated: 23 February 2026

TaxCalcs (“we”, “us”, or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle your data when you use our website at taxcalcs.uk (the “Site”).

1. What Data We Collect

Calculator Inputs

When you use our tax calculators, all calculations are performed locally in your browser. We do not transmit your salary, income, or other financial inputs to our servers.

Automatically Collected Data

We automatically collect certain technical information including your IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, referring URLs, pages visited, and time spent on each page. This data is collected through cookies and similar technologies.

2. How We Use Your Data

We use your data to:

  • Provide and improve our calculator tools
  • Analyse website usage to improve performance and user experience
  • Display relevant advertisements to support our free tools
  • Comply with legal obligations under UK law

3. Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies for the following purposes:

  • Essential cookies: Required for the Site to function properly.
  • Analytics cookies: We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our Site. These cookies collect information in an anonymous form.
  • Advertising cookies: Google AdSense may use cookies to serve relevant advertisements based on your browsing activity.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking certain cookies may affect the functionality of our Site.

4. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party service providers, each of whom has their own privacy policy:

  • Google Analytics: Website analytics and usage tracking. Data may be transferred to Google servers outside the UK.
  • Google AdSense: Advertising services that may use cookies to personalise ads shown to you.

5. Data Retention

Analytics data is retained for 26 months. We do not store any personal financial data as all calculations are performed in your browser.

6. Your Rights Under UK GDPR

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), you have rights including access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, and the right to object to processing. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

7. Data Security

All data transmitted between your browser and our servers is encrypted using TLS/SSL technology. Financial data entered into our calculators never leaves your browser.

8. 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 revision date.