Privacy Policy
Last Updated: January 2026
Introduction
Welcome to EconTools. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you understand how your information is collected, used, and safeguarded when you visit our website. This Privacy Policy explains our practices regarding data collection and usage.
Information We Collect
Information You Provide
Our economic calculators (Purchasing Power, Cost of Living, and Real Income calculators) run entirely in your browser. The data you enter into these calculators is processed locally on your device and is not transmitted to or stored on our servers. We do not collect, store, or have access to the financial information you input into our calculators.
Automatically Collected Information
When you visit our website, certain information may be automatically collected, including:
- Browser type and version
- Operating system
- Pages visited and time spent on each page
- Referring website or source
- Date and time of your visit
- Device type (desktop, mobile, tablet)
- Screen resolution
- General geographic location (country/region level)
Cookies and Tracking
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies on our website. These fall into the following categories:
Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic features like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website.
Analytics Cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve our website and user experience.
Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you and your interests. They also help limit the number of times you see an advertisement and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
Third-Party Services
Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense may use cookies and web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide personalized advertisements about goods and services that may interest you.
Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
For more information about how Google collects and processes data, please review Google's Privacy Policy.
Analytics
We may use third-party analytics services to help analyze how visitors use our website. These services collect information sent by your browser as part of a web page request, including cookies and your IP address. This information is used to evaluate website usage, compile reports on website activity, and provide other services related to website activity and internet usage.
Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect the information we collect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Children's Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we can take appropriate action.
Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information, including:
- Access: You have the right to request information about what personal data we have collected about you.
- Deletion: You have the right to request deletion of your personal data, subject to certain exceptions.
- Opt-Out: You have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information, and to opt out of targeted advertising.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the information provided below.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will post any changes on this page and update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for the latest information on our privacy practices.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at: