Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

FreelanceTaxTools ("we," "us," or "our") operates the website located at freelancetaxtools.com. We provide free financial education tools and articles for self-employed workers in the United States.

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us via our Contact page.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Calculator Inputs

All calculations on FreelanceTaxTools run entirely within your browser using JavaScript. No financial data you enter into our calculators is ever transmitted to our servers. We do not log, store, or process any income figures, tax estimates, or hourly rates you calculate on this site.

2.2 Contact Form Submissions

If you use our Contact form, you voluntarily provide your name, email address, and message. We use this information solely to respond to your inquiry. We do not add you to any mailing list, sell your contact details, or share them with third parties except as required by law.

2.3 Usage Data (Analytics)

We use Google Analytics to collect anonymized information about how visitors use this site. This may include:

• Pages visited and time spent on each page
• Approximate geographic location (country/city level)
• Browser type, operating system, and device category
• Referring website (how you arrived at our site)

This data is aggregated and anonymized — it cannot be used to identify you personally. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on.

3. Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser. FreelanceTaxTools uses the following types of cookies:

3.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function correctly. They do not track your browsing activity across other websites and cannot be disabled without breaking site functionality.

3.2 Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics)

Google Analytics places cookies (including _ga and _gid) to distinguish users and track sessions anonymously. These cookies typically expire after 2 years for _ga and 24 hours for _gid.

3.3 Advertising Cookies (Google AdSense)

This website participates in the Google AdSense program, which uses cookies to serve personalized advertisements based on your browsing history and interests. Google may use the DoubleClick cookie and similar technologies to display ads that are relevant to you across the web.

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings or by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

FreelanceTaxTools does not control the cookies set by Google AdSense. For more information, see Google's Privacy Policy.

4. Google AdSense and Advertising

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on this website. Google AdSense is a third-party advertising service operated by Google LLC.

Google AdSense may:

• Use cookies and web beacons to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites
• Collect data about your browsing behavior to show personalized ads
• Share aggregated, non-personally identifiable data with advertisers

We do not have access to or control over the cookies placed by Google AdSense. We do not share your personally identifiable information with advertisers. Ad revenue helps us keep all tools and content on this site free.

5. Third-Party Links

Our articles and tools may contain links to external websites (such as IRS.gov, official government resources, or recommended services). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third-party sites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing any personal information.

6. Children's Privacy

FreelanceTaxTools is intended for adults (18+) and is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child under 13 has submitted personal information through our site, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

7. Data Retention

Contact form submissions are retained only as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry, after which they are deleted. We do not maintain a long-term database of user communications.

8. Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have certain rights regarding your personal data, including:

• The right to access the personal data we hold about you
• The right to request correction of inaccurate data
• The right to request deletion of your data
• The right to opt out of personalized advertising

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us through our Contact page.

9. Security

We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect the limited personal information we handle (contact form submissions). However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please reach out via our Contact page. We will respond within 1–2 business days.