📄 Legal Document

Privacy Policy

Last Updated: March 15, 2025

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Your Privacy Matters

agedifferencecalculator.org — effective March 15, 2025

Welcome to agedifferencecalculator.org ("we", "us", or "our"). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data when you visit or use our website.

1. Information We Collect

a) Information You Provide

When you use the contact form on our website, you may voluntarily provide:

  • Your full name
  • Your email address
  • Your message content

We only use this information to respond to your inquiry. We do not sell or share it with third parties.

b) Calculator Inputs

All date of birth inputs entered into our Age Difference Calculator are processed entirely within your browser using JavaScript. No date of birth or calculator data is ever transmitted to our servers, stored, or logged. Your calculation data remains private on your device.

c) Automatically Collected Information

Like most websites, we may automatically collect standard technical information when you visit, including:

  • Your IP address (anonymised)
  • Browser type and version
  • Operating system
  • Pages visited and time spent
  • Referring website

This information is collected via analytics tools (e.g. Google Analytics) in aggregated, anonymous form and helps us improve the site.

2. Cookies

Our website may use cookies — small text files stored on your device — to enhance your experience. We use the following types of cookies:

  • Essential Cookies: Required for the website to function correctly.
  • Analytics Cookies: Help us understand how visitors use the site (anonymised data only).

You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect some features of the website.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information collected to:

  • Respond to contact form submissions
  • Improve and optimise the website
  • Analyse overall usage patterns (no personally identifiable data)
  • Ensure the security and proper functioning of the site

We do not use your information for marketing, profiling, or advertising purposes.

4. Third-Party Services

We may use the following third-party services, which have their own privacy policies:

  • Google Analytics — for website usage statistics (anonymised)
  • Google Fonts — for typography (fonts are loaded from Google's servers)

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties for commercial purposes.

5. Data Retention

Contact form messages are retained only as long as necessary to respond to your inquiry, after which they are deleted. We do not store any calculator input data.

6. Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe your child has submitted personal data to us, please contact us immediately and we will delete it.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

  • Access the personal data we hold about you
  • Request correction or deletion of your data
  • Object to how we use your data
  • Request data portability

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below.

8. Security

We implement reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect any information you provide. However, no internet transmission is 100% secure and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: