Cookie Policy
The short version
Free Cash Calculator is built to need almost nothing from your browser. The site uses Google Analytics to measure traffic. For visitors in the EU, UK, and Switzerland, analytics runs without cookies unless you accept; everywhere else it sets a standard analytics cookie. There are no advertising cookies yet, and the only other cookies are the strictly necessary ones our host uses to keep the site and the contact form secure. The numbers you type into a calculator stay on your device. When advertising goes live, ad partners may set cookies for contextual (non-personalized) ads, and this page and the banner will be updated so you can accept or decline. Nothing you do with cookies changes the math.
Contents
1. What cookies and similar technologies are
A cookie is a small text file a website or a third party stores in your browser. Similar technologies include local storage, pixels, and tags. They can be "strictly necessary" (needed for the site to work or stay secure), or they can be used for analytics or advertising. This page uses "cookies" as a shorthand for all of these.
2. Our approach
We keep this to the minimum. The calculators run entirely in your browser, so most of what a typical site tracks does not apply here. We use Google Analytics to measure aggregate traffic, configured so visitors in the EU, UK, and Switzerland are not tracked with cookies unless they consent. We set no advertising cookies yet, and we build no advertising profiles of you. See the Privacy Policy for the full picture.
3. Cookies we use today
The site uses strictly necessary cookies (from our infrastructure provider) plus Google Analytics for aggregate traffic measurement. None of these are used to show ads or to track you across other sites.
| Cookie or technology | Set by | Purpose | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare Turnstile | Cloudflare (contact page only) | Confirm a human is submitting the form, without tracking you | Strictly necessary |
Cloudflare security cookies (for example __cf_bm, cf_clearance) | Cloudflare | Protect the site from bots and abuse and keep it available | Strictly necessary |
Google Analytics (_ga, _ga_<id>) | Measure aggregate traffic and how the calculators are used. Runs cookieless for EU, UK, and Swiss visitors unless they consent; GA4 does not record full IP addresses | Analytics |
Strictly necessary cookies do not require consent, but you can still block them in your browser. Blocking the security cookie may stop the contact form from working.
4. Local storage we use
A couple of things are stored on your device using local storage, which stays on your device and is never sent to us:
- Your display currency. If you switch the currency symbol shown on the calculators, we save that choice in local storage (as
fcc-currency) so it carries across pages. - Your cookie choice. When you accept or decline in the cookie banner, we save that choice in local storage (as
fcc-consent) so we do not ask again on every visit. Clearing your browser storage resets it.
Separately, some calculators mirror your inputs into the page link so a result can be shared. That lives in the web address itself, not in cookies or local storage.
5. Cookies when advertising launches
The site is designed to be supported by advertising. It is not live yet, and there are no ad cookies today. When advertising is enabled:
- Ads will be contextual (chosen from the page topic, not a profile of your browsing).
- Ad partners are independent companies that may set their own cookies under their own policies.
- This page and the banner will be updated, and where required we will ask for consent before any non-essential advertising cookie is set. Personalized advertising would require a further update and your consent.
We will not enable non-essential advertising cookies for a visitor who has declined.
6. How to manage cookies
You control cookies in several ways:
- Our banner. Accept or decline in the cookie notice. You can change your choice any time using the Cookie settings link in the footer.
- Your browser. Every major browser lets you block or delete cookies and clear local storage. Search your browser's help for "cookies."
- Opt-out tools. Once advertising is live, industry tools such as the ones at youradchoices.com and youronlinechoices.eu let you opt out of many ad cookies.
7. Consent and Global Privacy Control
We use Google Analytics but set no advertising cookies. For visitors in regions that require prior consent (the EU, UK, and Switzerland), analytics cookies are off by default and only set if you accept. We honor recognized opt-out signals, including Global Privacy Control (GPC), where they apply, and you can also install Google's opt-out browser add-on. See the Privacy Policy for detail.
8. Whether we sell or share your information
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising, as those terms are defined under the CCPA and similar US state laws. Contextual advertising does not involve that kind of sharing. Any change would be preceded by the required notices and opt-out options.
9. Changes to this policy
We will update this page as the site's use of cookies evolves, especially before advertising goes live, and we will update the date above. Significant changes will be made clear.
10. Contact
Questions about cookies? Email hello@freecashcalculator.com or use the contact page.