Privacy Policy

Last updated: 12 August 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Employers Calculator ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal data when you use our website and calculator tools.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information You Provide

When you use our calculators and choose to receive results by email, we collect:

  • Email address
  • Company size (optional)
  • Hiring timeline (optional)
  • Your role in the company (optional)
  • Marketing and partner consent preferences

1.2 Calculation Data

We may store anonymised calculation data for analytics purposes, including:

  • Calculator type used
  • Input values (e.g., salary amounts)
  • Calculated results

This data is used to improve our calculators and is not linked to your personal identity unless you choose to provide your email address.

1.3 Automatically Collected Information

With your consent, we use cookies and similar technologies to collect:

  • Device and browser information
  • IP address
  • Pages visited and time spent
  • Referral source

1.4 Email Engagement Data

If you subscribe to our email updates, our email provider (Resend) records technical information about the messages we send you — whether an email was delivered, whether it was opened, and which links inside it were clicked. We use this only to measure and improve the emails we send.

Open tracking works via a small invisible image and can be inaccurate (some email apps load it automatically, others block it). You can prevent open tracking by blocking images in your email app, and you can stop all email tracking at any time by unsubscribing — there is a one-click unsubscribe link in every email we send.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

  • Send you calculation results by email when requested
  • Send marketing communications (only if you consent)
  • Share your details with trusted partners (only if you consent)
  • Improve our calculators and website
  • Analyse website usage and trends
  • Comply with legal obligations

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data based on:

  • Consent: When you provide your email or agree to marketing
  • Legitimate interests: To improve our services and analyse usage
  • Legal obligation: When required by law

4. Sharing Your Information

We may share your information with:

  • Service providers:Who help us operate our website and communications — including hosting (Vercel), our database (Supabase), email delivery and engagement tracking (Resend), and website analytics (Google Analytics, only with your consent). These providers process data on our behalf under contract.
  • Trusted partners: Only if you have explicitly consented to receive partner communications
  • Legal authorities: When required by law

We never sell your personal data to third parties.

4.1 Affiliate Links

Some of our pages and emails contain affiliate links to payroll and accounting software (for example Xero and Sage). If you click one and go on to sign up, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. Clicking an affiliate link takes you to that partner's own website, where their privacy policy and terms apply. We do not pass your personal data to them — any details you provide are collected by them directly.

5. Cookies

We use cookies to:

  • Remember your preferences
  • Analyse website traffic (with consent)
  • Improve your experience

You can manage your cookie preferences through the cookie consent banner on our website. We only use analytics cookies after you have given consent.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The "help" feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

  • IP Address
  • Operating System type
  • Operating System version
  • Device Type
  • Language of the website
  • Web browser type
  • Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

6. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the right to:

  • Access your personal data
  • Correct inaccurate data
  • Request deletion of your data
  • Object to processing
  • Request data portability
  • Withdraw consent at any time

To exercise these rights, please contact us at the details below.

7. Data Retention

We retain your personal data for as long as necessary to provide our services and fulfil the purposes described in this policy. Lead data is retained for up to 2 years unless you request deletion.

8. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data, including encryption of data in transit and at rest, secure hosting, and access controls.

9. International Transfers

Your data may be processed in countries outside the UK. Where this occurs, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place in accordance with UK data protection law.

10. Children's Privacy

Our services are not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by posting the new policy on this page with an updated date.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us:

13. Supervisory Authority

You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's supervisory authority for data protection: