Data Confidentiality & Trust

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 1, 2026 • Last Reviewed: September 11, 2026

Privacy at a Glance: Key Takeaways

⚡ 100% Client-Side Engine Your hourly wages, annual salaries, bonuses, and hours entered never leave your web browser. All math runs locally via JavaScript.
🚫 No Personal Financial Logging We never record or monitor the dollar amounts, currencies, or tax figures you calculate on our website.
🛡️ No Accounts or Passwords SalaryToHourly requires no registration, social login, or profile creation to use any calculation utility.
⚖️ We Do Not Sell Your Data We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information to data brokers, employers, recruiters, or financial institutions.

01. Introduction & Purpose

Welcome to Salary to Hourly (https://www.salarytohourly.org), owned and operated by Salary to Hourly Inc. (“SalaryToHourly”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). We provide free, high-speed wage conversion calculators, paycheck breakdown estimators, overtime calculators, and salary-to-hourly reference tools.

We believe compensation details are deeply personal. This Privacy Policy details our transparent commitment to your privacy: what minimal technical data we collect, how it is used, how we protect it, and the comprehensive rights you have under data protection regulations worldwide, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK GDPR, the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CCPA/CPRA), and international privacy frameworks.

02. Core Architecture: 100% Client-Side Calculations

Unlike many web applications that transmit form data to remote servers for server-side processing, SalaryToHourly operates on an in-browser mathematical architecture:

  • Local Execution: When you input your base pay, annual salary, hours per week, days worked per year, overtime rate, or tax estimation percentages, every computation is handled exclusively by JavaScript running in your local web browser.
  • Zero Payload Transmission: Your compensation numbers are never dispatched via HTTP request payloads, REST endpoints, GraphQL queries, or server log files.
  • Instant Privacy: When you close or refresh your browser tab, the numbers entered into calculation inputs are immediately cleared from memory unless saved on your own device.

03. Information We Do NOT Collect

To maintain zero ambiguity, we explicitly state that SalaryToHourly does not collect, store, or process any of the following sensitive categories:

× Government IDs, Social Security Numbers (SSN), or National Insurance Numbers
× Bank account numbers, routing codes, or credit/debit card information
× Employer identity, workplace payroll accounts, or employee ID badges
× Actual personal compensation histories, payroll stubs, or W-2/1099 records

04. Information We May Collect & How It Is Used

We limit data collection to non-sensitive technical information strictly necessary to operate a secure, lightning-fast web service:

A. Information You Voluntarily Provide

If you communicate with us directly (such as via email at support@SalaryToHourly.org or through our contact form), we receive your name, email address, and the contents of your message. This information is used solely to respond to your inquiries, address feedback, or resolve technical issues.

B. Local Browser Storage & Cookies

We store lightweight client preferences directly in your browser’s localStorage to remember your display choices between visits. These include:

  • s2h_theme: Remembers your dark mode / light mode interface setting.
  • s2h_currency: Remembers your selected currency symbol (e.g., USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, CAD) for faster calculation convenience.

These local preferences reside solely on your device and are never broadcast to remote tracking servers.

C. Technical Log Files & Network Telemetry

When you load our web pages, our hosting infrastructure automatically records standard HTTP access logs. This data includes your Internet Protocol (IP) address (which is anonymized or truncated wherever possible), browser user-agent, operating system, referring URLs, date/time stamps, and request response codes. This telemetry is processed for:

  • Ensuring network security, detecting malicious bot scrapers, and mitigating Denial-of-Service (DDoS) threats.
  • Diagnosing server latency, broken hyperlinks, and edge routing anomalies.
  • Measuring aggregate visitor traffic patterns (e.g., total daily pageviews) without identifying individuals.

05. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

A cookie is a small text file placed on your device. SalaryToHourly uses cookies and tracking technologies strictly under the principles of data minimization:

  • Strictly Necessary / Functional: Essential for interface navigation, security verification, and rendering device-appropriate stylesheets.
  • Privacy-Respecting Analytics: We may utilize lightweight, cookieless, or privacy-first web telemetry (such as Vercel Web Analytics) that calculates general page popularity without tracking you across third-party domains.
  • Advertising Disclosures: If contextual advertising appears on SalaryToHourly in the future, we adhere to programmatic ad standards that prioritize non-personalized advertisements and respect consumer privacy preferences.

You can restrict, disable, or delete cookies at any time using your web browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies does not prevent you from using the core salary calculator.

06. Legal Bases for Processing (GDPR & UK GDPR)

If you are visiting from the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, our legal bases under Article 6 of the General Data Protection Regulation for processing any minimal personal data include:

  • Legitimate Interests (Art. 6(1)(f)): Maintaining site security, preventing fraudulent activity, optimizing calculator loading speeds, and debugging technical errors.
  • Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)): For non-essential analytics or when you voluntarily communicate with our team via email or support channels.
  • Legal Obligations (Art. 6(1)(c)): Fulfilling statutory duties or valid judicial requests from governmental regulatory bodies.

07. Your Comprehensive Privacy Rights

Regardless of your physical location, we honor established international privacy rights:

Right to Access & Portability: You may request a summary of any personal data (such as past email correspondence) we maintain concerning you.
Right to Rectification & Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): You have the right to demand correction of inaccurate details or permanent deletion of your contact records.
Right to Restrict or Object to Processing: You may challenge or object to processing based on legitimate interests or withdraw consent at any time without penalty.
Right to Lodge a Complaint: You have the right to file a complaint with your national Data Protection Authority (such as the ICO in the UK, CNIL in France, or BfDI in Germany).

California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA / CPRA) Notice

For California residents, SalaryToHourly confirms:

  • We do not sell personal information: In the preceding 12 months, we have not sold or rented personal information to third parties.
  • We do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising: We do not conduct cross-site tracking or profiling.
  • Non-Discrimination: We will never deny services, charge different prices, or provide a differing level of quality if you choose to exercise your California privacy rights.

08. Third-Party Service Providers & Infrastructure

We collaborate only with established, security-audited cloud infrastructure vendors to serve our website globally:

  • Cloud Hosting & CDN Providers: Our platform is deployed on cloud networks (such as Vercel) that utilize TLS 1.3 encryption, edge caching, and global points of presence to deliver instant calculator response times.
  • External Resource Links: Our educational articles and blog guides may reference official government sites (e.g., IRS.gov, BLS.gov, Gov.uk). We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or cookie policies of third-party external websites.

09. Data Retention & Security Measures

Because calculations occur in-browser, we do not retain financial calculation data. For other minor data categories:

  • Server Access Logs: Routinely purged or anonymized on rolling cycles (typically within 30 to 90 days) for security auditing.
  • Support Inquiries: Direct email correspondence is kept only as long as necessary to address your inquiries, typically retained for up to 12 months, after which it is permanently deleted.
  • Cryptographic Security: All connections to SalaryToHourly enforce modern Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) with SSL/TLS encryption in transit.

10. Children’s Online Privacy Protection (COPPA)

Our services are designed for adult wage earners, contractors, job seekers, and hiring managers. We do not knowingly solicit, collect, or maintain personal information from individuals under 13 years of age (or under 16 in applicable EEA jurisdictions). If we discover that a minor has provided us with personal information without verified parental consent, we will promptly delete that data.

11. Do-Not-Track & Global Privacy Control (GPC)

SalaryToHourly supports and honors automated privacy signals. When your browser broadcasts a Do Not Track (DNT) header or a Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal, our platform acknowledges the preference and ensures no non-essential tracking mechanisms are activated.

12. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our calculators, data protection regulations, or service capabilities. When revisions occur, we will update the “Last Reviewed” date at the top of this document. We encourage you to review this page periodically to remain informed on how we protect your calculations.

13. Contact Information & Data Protection Officer

If you have questions, comments, or data privacy requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our client-side calculation safeguards, please reach out to our team:

Organization: Salary to Hourly Inc.

Website: https://www.salarytohourly.org

Data Protection Inquiries: support@SalaryToHourly.org

We endeavor to respond to all legitimate privacy inquiries and verifiable access or deletion requests within thirty (30) calendar days.

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