Privacy Policy
🔒 Plain English: We collect almost nothing. Calculations happen in your browser — we never see your financial data. This policy explains the details.
1 Who We Are
Finance Webtools (“we”, “us”, “our”) operates the website at financewebtools.com. We provide free, professional-grade financial calculators including retirement, mortgage, tax and investment tools.
This Privacy Policy explains how we handle information when you visit our website. Contact us at: thefinancewebtools@gmail.com
2 What Information We Collect
Information You Provide
- Contact form submissions — name, email address and message content
- Email correspondence — email address and message content when you contact us directly
- Newsletter sign-ups — email address if you subscribe to updates
Automatically Collected Information
- IP address and approximate location
- Browser type, version and device type
- Pages visited, time on site and referral source
- Standard server log data
What We Do NOT Collect
✅ We never collect the numbers you enter into our calculators. All calculations run locally in your browser. We have zero access to your income, debts, savings rate, retirement balance or any other financial data.
- We do not require account creation or login
- We do not collect payment information
- We do not collect sensitive financial data from our tools
3 How We Use Your Information
- To respond to your messages — contact form submissions and email enquiries
- To improve our tools — anonymised usage data helps us understand which calculators are most used and where to improve
- To send updates — if you subscribed to our newsletter (you can unsubscribe at any time)
- To maintain security — IP addresses may be used to detect spam or malicious activity
- To comply with law — if required by applicable legal obligations
🚫 We never sell, rent or share your personal information with third parties for marketing or commercial purposes.
4 Cookies & Tracking
Our website may use cookies — small text files stored in your browser. These may include:
- Essential cookies — required for the website to function
- Analytics cookies — anonymised data about how visitors use our site (e.g. Google Analytics)
- Preference cookies — to remember settings or selections you have made
You can control cookies through your browser settings. We do not use advertising, remarketing or cross-site tracking cookies.
5 Third-Party Services
We may use the following third-party services, each with their own privacy policies:
- Google Analytics — anonymised website traffic analysis. Google Privacy Policy →
- Google Fonts — font delivery. Google Privacy Policy →
- WordPress / Hostinger — website hosting platform
- WPForms — contact form processing
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third-party services.
6 Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures including HTTPS encryption for all data transmission. However, no internet transmission is 100% secure. We retain contact form data only as long as needed to respond to your enquiry.
7 Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the right to: access personal data we hold about you, request correction or deletion, object to certain processing, or request data portability. To exercise these rights, contact thefinancewebtools@gmail.com. We respond within 30 days.
8 Children’s Privacy
Our website is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, contact us immediately and we will delete it promptly.
9 Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Changes will be reflected by updating the “Last updated” date. Your continued use of the website after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
10 Contact Us
- Email: thefinancewebtools@gmail.com
- Website: financewebtools.com/contact
Questions About Privacy?
We respond to all privacy enquiries within 48 hours.
✉️ thefinancewebtools@gmail.com