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We built CostInHours.com to be transparent. Here's exactly how we handle your data — in plain language.
This Privacy Policy describes how CostInHours.com ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and shares information when you visit costinhours.com and its subpages. By using the Site, you agree to the practices described here.
CostInHours.com is a free financial calculator tool. We do not require registration, login, or any personally identifying information to use the calculator. All calculations run entirely in your browser.
Calculator inputs: The numbers you enter into the calculator (cost, wage, frequency, etc.) are processed entirely in your browser. We do not transmit, log, or store any calculator inputs on our servers.
Contact form: If you voluntarily submit the contact form, we collect your name, email address, and message. This data is processed through Formspree (formspree.io) and sent to our email inbox. We use it only to respond to your inquiry and do not add you to any mailing list.
Automatically collected data: Like most websites, our hosting provider may collect standard server log data including your IP address, browser type, referring URL, and pages visited. This data is used for security and operational purposes only.
Cookies: We use cookies as described in Section 4 below. Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser.
We use the information we collect to:
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to any third party.
CostInHours.com participates in the Google AdSense program. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google's use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to visitors based on their visit to CostInHours.com and other sites on the Internet.
How advertising cookies work: When you visit our site, Google AdSense may set one or more cookies on your device. These cookies allow Google to recognize your browser and serve you more relevant ads across the web. This is sometimes called "interest-based advertising" or "personalized advertising."
What Google may collect via cookies:
Opt out of personalized advertising: You may opt out of Google's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendor cookies for interest-based advertising by visiting aboutads.info/choices or networkadvertising.org/choices.
For more information on how Google uses data when you use our site, visit: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
For Google's full Privacy Policy, visit: policies.google.com/privacy.
We use the following third-party services, each of which has its own privacy policy:
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.
Calculator inputs are never stored — they exist only in your browser for the duration of your session.
Contact form submissions are retained in our email inbox for as long as necessary to respond and for reasonable record-keeping. You may request deletion of your contact data at any time by emailing costinhours@gmail.com.
Server log data (IP addresses, access logs) is retained by our hosting provider according to their standard policies.
Depending on your location, you may have rights regarding your personal data, including:
For California residents (CCPA): We do not sell personal information. You have the right to know what personal information we collect and to request its deletion.
For EU/EEA residents (GDPR): Our legal basis for processing any personal data is your consent (for cookies) and legitimate interest (for security/operations). You have the right to access, correct, or erase your data.
To exercise any of these rights, contact us at costinhours@gmail.com.
CostInHours.com is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has submitted personal information through our contact form, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of CostInHours.com after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.
We encourage you to review this page periodically.
Questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices? Contact us:
We aim to respond to all privacy inquiries within 5 business days.