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Privacy

No advertising. No selling your data. Ever.

We use Google Analytics with your consent to understand how visitors use the site. All calculations run entirely in your browser.

  • No account required and no login. You can use every feature without identifying yourself.

  • Analytics only with your consent. We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the site so we can improve it. You are asked on your first visit — if you decline, no analytics cookies are set. You can change your choice at any time by clearing your browser's site data.

  • No advertising cookies. Google Analytics is used solely to count page views and understand usage patterns. No advertising networks, no Meta Pixel, no Hotjar.

  • No data is sent to any server. Every tax calculation, pension estimate, and salary comparison runs entirely in your browser using JavaScript. Nothing leaves your device.

  • No advertising networks. There are no ads on this site and no advertiser tracking.

  • Salary data is baked in at build time. The ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings data is compiled into the app when it is built — there are no runtime API calls to fetch it.

What is localStorage?

Think of it as a sticky note your browser keeps for itself. When you switch to dark mode, the site writes a small preference (something like theme=dark) so it remembers your choice next time you visit.

This note never leaves your device. It is not a cookie, so it is not included in HTTP requests to any server. It cannot be read by other websites. You can clear it at any time by clearing your browser's site data, or simply by switching your browser's dark mode preference.

That is the only thing we store anywhere. There is nothing else.

If you close this tab, nothing about your visit is retained anywhere.

No session. No fingerprint. No record. You were never here.