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1. Who We Are

PTO Calculator operates the website ptocalculators.com (the "Service"). We are an independent, ad-supported web tool — not a corporation, HR software company, or data broker. The site is maintained by an individual developer. References to "we," "us," or "our" in this document refer to the operator of ptocalculators.com.

If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us at [email protected].

2. Data We Collect

The table below summarizes every category of data that touches our Service and whether we collect or transmit it.

Data Type	Collected by Us?	Notes
PTO balance, accrual rate, vacation dates	Never	Processed locally in your browser only.
Browser local storage (settings)	Never	Saved to your device only; we cannot read it.
IP address / server logs	Maybe	Our hosting provider may log standard HTTP request metadata (IP, user-agent, referrer). We do not access or retain these logs.
Ad interaction data	By Google	Google AdSense may collect data per its own privacy policy to serve and measure ads.
Email address	Never	Only if you voluntarily contact us by email.
Account / login data	Never	There are no accounts on this site.
Analytics / page-view tracking	Never	We do not use Google Analytics, Mixpanel, or any analytics service.

3. Local Storage

When you use PTO Calculator, your settings are saved to your browser's localStorage under the key pto-config. This includes inputs like your current balance, accrual rate, pay period, carryover cap, and theme preference.

This data:

• Is stored only on your device — it never leaves your browser.
• Is not accessible to us, Google, or any third party.
• Is not encrypted on your device; anyone with access to your device and browser profile can read it. Treat it the same as any other browser-saved data.
• Can be deleted at any time by going to your browser's settings → Privacy → Clear site data for ptocalculators.com.

PTO balances and vacation entries you log during a session are not persisted to local storage — they are cleared when you close or refresh the page.

4. Advertising & Google AdSense

PTO Calculator displays advertisements served by Google AdSense to cover hosting costs and keep the tool free. By visiting this site, you may be subject to Google's data collection practices as described in Google's Privacy Policy.

What Google may collect

• Cookies set by Google's ad-serving infrastructure (pagead2.googlesyndication.com)
• Your IP address and general location
• Browser type, operating system, and device information
• Pages visited before and after this site (referrer data)
• Ad interaction data (impressions, clicks)

Opting out of personalized ads

You can control or opt out of personalized advertising from Google in several ways:

• Visit Google Ads Settings to manage your ad preferences.
• Use the NAI opt-out tool to opt out of interest-based advertising from participating networks.
• Install a browser extension like AdChoices to manage ad personalization across sites.
• Enable Do Not Track in your browser settings (note: not all ad networks honor this signal).

5. Cookies

We do not set any first-party cookies on ptocalculators.com. We use localStorage rather than cookies for saving your settings.

Third-party cookies may be set by Google AdSense when ads are loaded. These cookies are governed by Google's Cookie Policy. You can manage or block cookies through your browser's settings:

• Chrome
• Firefox
• Safari
• Microsoft Edge

6. Third-Party Links

This Privacy Policy applies only to ptocalculators.com. If you follow a link to an external website — including links within ads or in this policy — that site's own privacy policy governs how your data is handled. We have no control over and accept no responsibility for the privacy practices of any third-party sites.

7. Log Data & Hosting

PTO Calculator is hosted as a static site. Our hosting infrastructure may automatically record standard server access logs when your browser requests files from our servers. These logs typically include:

• Your IP address (may be anonymized or truncated by the host)
• Browser user-agent string
• Pages or files requested
• Date and time of the request
• HTTP response code

We do not actively access, store, or analyze these server logs. They are retained by the hosting provider per their own data retention policies. We do not use this data to identify individual users.

8. Children's Privacy

PTO Calculator is intended for adults who receive employment-based paid time off. The Service is not directed to, and we do not knowingly collect information from, children under the age of 13 (or under 16 in the European Union). If you believe a child has used this site in a way that raises a privacy concern, please contact us at [email protected].

9. Your Rights (CCPA / GDPR)

Because we do not collect personal information from you, most data-subject rights (access, rectification, deletion, portability) have no practical application to our Service — there is simply no personal data we hold about you to act on.

However, to the extent any data is held (e.g., if you contact us by email), you have the following rights depending on your jurisdiction:

California residents (CCPA)

• Right to Know: You may request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
• Right to Delete: You may request deletion of personal information we have collected.
• Right to Opt-Out: We do not sell personal information. You may opt out of personalized advertising via Google's tools listed in Section 4.
• Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any CCPA rights.

EEA / UK residents (GDPR / UK GDPR)

• Legal basis: We process any personal data (e.g., emails you send us) on the basis of legitimate interest (providing support) or consent.
• Rights: You have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing of, and port your personal data, as well as to object to processing and to lodge a complaint with your supervisory authority.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days.

10. Data Security

The PTO Calculator website is served over HTTPS, which encrypts data in transit between your browser and our servers. Because all user data is stored locally on your device and never transmitted to us, the attack surface for a server-side data breach is essentially zero.

Your browser's local storage is protected by the same-origin policy, meaning only code running on ptocalculators.com can read or write the pto-config key. No external script — including Google AdSense — can access your stored settings.

That said, no method of data storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of data stored on your device if it is compromised by malware, unauthorized physical access, or other factors outside our control.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. If the changes are significant, we may add a more prominent notice.

Continued use of the Service after any update constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy. We encourage you to review this page periodically. Past versions are not archived publicly, but you may request them by email.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please reach out:

• Email: [email protected]
• Website: ptocalculators.com

We aim to respond to all privacy-related inquiries within 30 days.