Privacy Policy

Last Updated: March 4, 2026

1. Introduction

TotalTaxRate.com ("we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you when you visit this website, and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

By using this website, you consent to the data practices described in this policy.

2. Information We Collect

Calculator Inputs: We do not collect or store any personally identifiable information (PII) that you enter into the tax calculator — such as income, home value, or ZIP code. All calculation inputs are processed locally in your browser and are never transmitted to our servers.

Usage Data: We may use third-party analytics tools (such as Google Analytics) to collect anonymous usage data to help us improve our website. This may include your IP address, browser type, device type, referring URLs, and pages visited. This data is aggregated and not linked to any individual.

3. Cookies

This website uses cookies — small text files placed on your device — to improve your browsing experience and to enable advertising functionality. Cookies are used for the following purposes:

  • Analytics cookies: Used by services like Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the site, which pages are most popular, and how long visitors stay. This data is anonymous and aggregated.
  • Advertising cookies: Used by Google AdSense and its advertising partners to serve relevant ads and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns (see Section 4 for details).
  • Functional cookies: Used to remember your preferences and settings from visit to visit (such as dark mode preference).

You can set your browser to refuse all or some cookies, or to alert you when sites are setting or accessing cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may become inaccessible or not function properly. For more information about cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org.

4. Google AdSense and Advertising

TotalTaxRate.com uses Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google LLC. This service uses cookies and web beacons to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this and other websites.

Through AdSense, Google and its advertising partners may:

  • Use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to TotalTaxRate.com and other websites across the internet.
  • Collect data about your device, browsing activity, and use of websites and apps to show you personalized advertising.
  • Use the DoubleClick cookie to enable Google and its partners to serve ads based on your interests and prior visits to this and other sites.

Opting Out of Personalized Advertising: You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings or by visiting aboutads.info. You can also opt out of third-party vendor use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

For more information about how Google uses data collected through its advertising services, please visit How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or apps.

5. Third-Party Services

Our website may use third-party services including but not limited to Google Analytics, Google AdSense, and other advertising networks. These third parties have their own privacy policies governing the use of the information we are required to share with them when you use their services. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third parties.

This website may also contain links to external websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of those websites.

6. California Privacy Rights (CCPA)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to request information regarding the disclosure of your personal information to third parties for direct marketing purposes, and the right to opt out of the sale of your personal information. Because TotalTaxRate.com does not collect personal information from the calculator, the scope of these rights as they apply to this site is limited. For advertising-related data, please use the opt-out mechanisms described in Section 4.

7. Children's Privacy

This website is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can delete it.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal, operational, or regulatory reasons. The date the policy was last revised is identified at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this page periodically for the latest information on our privacy practices.

9. Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this privacy policy or our data practices, please contact us through our contact page.