This Privacy Policy describes how the Sales Tax / VAT Calculator (“the site”, “we”, “us”) handles information when you visit and use it. The short version: the amounts you calculate never leave your device.
1. Information we do not collect
- We have no backend, no database, no user accounts and no sign-up.
- The amounts, rates and currencies you enter are processed entirely by JavaScript running in your browser. They are not transmitted to us and are not stored on our servers.
- We do not ask for your name, email address, phone number, payment details or tax identification number.
- Refreshing or closing the page discards everything you typed.
2. Cookies and local storage
The site itself uses your browser’s localStorage — a small amount of text kept on your own device — for strictly necessary, non-tracking preferences:
vatcalc-theme— your Day / Night (light or dark) theme choice.vatcalc-cookie-consent— whether you have accepted or rejected non-essential cookies, so the consent bar is shown only once.vatcalc-currency— your last selected currency, so the calculator opens the way you left it.
We set no advertising or analytics cookies of our own. These entries contain no personal data and cannot identify you. You can clear them at any time via your browser settings (usually Settings › Privacy › Clear browsing data / site data), and the site will keep working.
3. Third-party advertising (Adsterra)
The site uses an Adsterra Social Bar advertising tag. The ad is loaded after the site’s own content and is visually constrained so that it does not cover the calculator. When the tag loads, your browser connects directly to Adsterra’s advertising network.
- Adsterra and its advertising partners may process standard technical information such as your IP address, browser and device details, referring page, approximate location, and ad interactions.
- They may use cookies or similar technologies to deliver advertisements, limit how often ads appear, detect fraud, and measure advertising performance.
- That processing is controlled by the relevant third party and is governed by its own policies. See Adsterra’s Cookie Policy for more information, including browser controls for disabling cookies.
- You can also manage third-party cookies and tracking protections in your browser settings.
The preference you choose on the cookie notice is stored locally as vatcalc-cookie-consent
so the notice is not repeatedly displayed.
4. Information that may be processed by your host or network
Like any website, the infrastructure that delivers these files may automatically see standard technical data such as your IP address, browser type, device type, referring page and the pages requested. We do not operate that logging and do not use it to profile you. Where applicable, that processing is the responsibility of the hosting provider under its own privacy notice.
5. Children
This site is a general-audience utility tool and is not directed at children under 13 (or under 16 in jurisdictions where that applies). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
6. Your rights
Depending on where you live — including under the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023, the GDPR in the EU/UK, or the CCPA/CPRA in California — you may have rights to access, correct, delete or restrict processing of personal data, and to object to certain processing. Because we do not collect personal data about you through this tool, there is typically nothing for us to provide or delete. Requests relating to advertising cookies should be directed to the relevant ad provider.
7. Changes to this policy
We may update this page if the site changes — for example, if analytics or advertising are switched on. The “Last updated” date at the top always reflects the current version. Continued use of the site after a change means you accept the updated policy.
8. Contact
Questions about privacy? See the contact page for how to reach us.