Welcome to Contractor Pay Guide (the "Site"). We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. If you have any questions or concerns about this privacy notice, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us.
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you use our IR35 calculator, interact with our articles, or otherwise contact us.
The personal information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Site, the choices you make and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:
- Calculator Input Data: Financial figures and selections you enter into the calculator (e.g., contract value, expenses, pension details). This data is processed in your browser to provide you with calculations and is not stored by us unless explicitly stated for a feature.
- Usage Data: If you consent to analytics, we may collect information about your device and how you use our Site, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, pages viewed, and dates/times of access. This is collected via Firebase Analytics / Google Analytics.
- Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies to manage consent preferences and, if consent is given, for analytics purposes.
2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We use the information we collect or receive:
- To provide and maintain our Service: Including to provide calculations as per your input.
- To improve our Site: We may use usage data (if consent is given) to understand how our Site is used and to improve its functionality and user experience.
- To manage user consent: Using local storage to remember your cookie consent choices.
3. SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION
We do not sell your personal information. We may share information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors or agents who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. Examples include: data analytics services (Google Analytics).
These third parties are contractually obligated to keep your information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which we disclose it to them.
4. COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES
We use cookies to help us improve your experience of our Site and to see which areas and features of our Site are popular. You can set your browser to remove or reject browser cookies. Please note that if you choose to remove or reject cookies, this could affect the availability and functionality of our Site (e.g., remembering your consent).
Specifically, we use:
- localStorage: To store your consent preferences for analytics cookies (key:
userConsent) and your theme preferences (key:selectedPaletteName,theme). - Firebase Analytics / Google Analytics (if consent given): These services use cookies to collect information about your use of the Site and report website trends.
5. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE
We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated "Last Updated" date and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.
6. CONTACT US
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may use our Contact Us and Feedback form.