1. Who We Are
Ireland Pay Calculator operates the website at irelandpaycalculator.ie (the "Site"). We provide free salary, tax and budget calculation tools for Irish workers. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and protect any information when you use our Site.
2. Information We Collect
We do not require you to create an account or provide any personal details to use our calculators. However, the following data may be collected automatically:
- Usage data: Pages visited, time spent on site, browser type, device type and approximate geographic location (country/city level only) via Google Analytics.
- Cookies: Small text files placed on your device by Google Analytics and, once enabled, Google AdSense. See Section 4 for full details.
- Salary and financial data you enter: All calculations happen entirely in your browser. We do not transmit, store or have access to any salary figures, tax details or financial information you enter into our calculators.
3. How We Use Your Information
The usage data we collect is used solely to:
- Understand how visitors use our Site so we can improve it
- Monitor Site performance and fix technical issues
- Measure the effectiveness of our content
- Serve relevant advertisements through Google AdSense (where applicable)
We do not sell, rent or share your data with any third party for marketing purposes.
4. Cookies
Our Site uses the following types of cookies:
- Analytics cookies (Google Analytics): These help us understand how visitors interact with our Site. Data is anonymised and aggregated. You can opt out at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
- Advertising cookies (Google AdSense): If you have consented, Google AdSense may place cookies to serve personalised advertisements based on your interests. You can manage your Google ad preferences at adssettings.google.com.
- Strictly necessary cookies: These are essential for the Site to function and cannot be disabled.
Under Irish and EU GDPR law, we obtain your consent before placing non-essential cookies. You can update your cookie preferences at any time using the cookie consent banner on our Site.
5. Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to collect anonymised statistics about Site usage. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as how often users visit the Site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to visiting. We use this information to improve our Site. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit the Site, not your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through Google Analytics with personally identifiable information.
Google's ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy.
6. Google AdSense
We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our Site. Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to our Site and other sites on the internet. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our Site and other sites on the internet. You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ad Settings.
7. Third Party Links
Our Site contains links to third party websites including Revenue.ie and citizensinformation.ie. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these sites and encourage you to review their privacy policies.
8. Your Rights Under GDPR
As a resident of Ireland or the European Union, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Right to access: You can request a copy of any personal data we hold about you.
- Right to erasure: You can request that we delete any personal data we hold about you.
- Right to object: You can object to our processing of your personal data.
- Right to restrict processing: You can ask us to restrict how we use your data.
- Right to data portability: You can request your data in a portable format.
- Right to withdraw consent: Where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw it at any time.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details in Section 10.
9. Data Retention
Google Analytics data is retained for 26 months by default. We do not store any financial or salary data entered into our calculators — this data never leaves your browser.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data rights, please contact us at:
Website: irelandpaycalculator.ie
Email: privacy@irelandpaycalculator.ie
11. 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 revision date. We encourage you to review this page periodically. Continued use of our Site after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the new policy.
12. Complaints
If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission at dataprotection.ie.