Privacy policy

Who runs this site

FireVerdict is an independent educational calculator website maintained by Mike. For privacy questions or requests, email [email protected].

Calculator inputs and shared links

Calculations run in your browser. We do not send the values you type into calculators to Google Analytics, and you do not need an account. When you use Share, the link includes your inputs. Anyone who receives it can see them. Opening a shared link sends its URL to our hosting and security providers, and browsers may retain it in history. Do not share a link containing information you want to keep private. Shared links are not private accounts or encrypted storage.

Optional Google Analytics

Only if you select Allow analytics, we load Google Analytics 4 to understand page visits, engagement, and where traffic comes from. Google receives cookie identifiers, page information, browser/device details, and connection information such as your IP address. We do not set a user ID or enable advertising personalization or Google signals.

We send only recognized page paths, remove query strings and fragments, and reduce referrers to their website origin. We do not track form contents, calculator values, or shared-result values. Our analytics cookies are configured to expire after 30 days and may renew when you return with consent. Google may process information outside your country. Read Google's privacy policy and its explanation of data from partner sites.

Choosing No thanks prevents this Google tag from loading. You can withdraw consent using Analytics preferences or the footer. This stops further collection by our integration and removes its cookies; it does not erase information already received by Google.

Hosting, security, and preferences

Our hosting infrastructure and Cloudflare process web requests to deliver and protect the site. This can include IP addresses, requested URLs, timestamps, browser information, security signals, and traffic statistics. These operations are separate from optional Google Analytics and continue when you decline it. Cloudflare may use security cookies when needed. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.

Your theme preference and, when available, analytics choice are stored locally in your browser until changed or cleared. Declining analytics does not disable any calculator.

Email, retention, and your choices

If you email us, our email providers process your address and message so we can reply. Please do not send sensitive financial information. We keep correspondence as needed to address your request. Infrastructure providers retain operational records under their own policies; we do not promise immediate deletion of those records.

You can clear site storage through your browser, decline optional analytics, or contact Mike to ask about access, correction, or deletion of information we hold about you. The rights available to you depend on where you live. We may need to verify a request before acting. External links lead to websites with their own privacy policies.