Privacy Policy

No accounts

TakeHomeLab does not offer user accounts, member logins, or stored profiles. You do not need to create an account to use our tools or read our guides.

Calculators and local use

Our money calculators use JavaScript in your browser to produce educational estimates. Typing values does not add them to the page URL. Copying results or sharing a calculator link includes the entered numbers in that link. Anyone with the link can see those numbers. Opening a shared link sends its URL, including those numbers, to our hosting provider and may leave it in browser history or other logs. The page removes the query string from the address bar before loading advertising scripts and uses the shared values to prefill the calculator. Removing it from the address bar does not erase copies already recorded elsewhere. Earlier versions also added calculator values to the URL while you typed; those URLs could be included in advertising requests.

Information we may receive

• Contact email: If you email us (for example at hello@takehomelab.app), we receive whatever you choose to include so we can respond.
• Technical / server logs: Like most websites, hosting or CDN providers may automatically record standard request data such as IP address, browser type, referring URL, and timestamps for security and reliability.

Cookies and advertising

TakeHomeLab uses Google AdSense to display advertising that helps fund our free tools and guides. Third-party advertising vendors, including Google, use cookies to tailor ads using your previous visits to TakeHomeLab and other websites.

Google’s advertising cookies allow Google and its partners to personalize the ads you see based on visits here and elsewhere on the Internet. Other third-party ad vendors and networks may also use cookies when serving ads on this site.

When you visit pages that use Google’s advertising services, your browser shares information with Google, including the page URL and your IP address. Learn more in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

Your advertising choices

• To opt out of Google’s personalized advertising, visit Google Ads Settings.
• To opt out of personalized advertising from participating third-party vendors, visit www.aboutads.info. EU visitors can also use Your Online Choices.
• You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings.

Opting out of personalized advertising does not remove ads. Google may still use information to deliver ads, measure their performance, and prevent fraud and abuse.

We do not sell personal data

We do not sell your personal information. We do not rent or trade email addresses or contact messages for money. Advertising partners process information under their own privacy policies, as described above.

How we use information

• To operate, secure, and improve the website
• To respond to messages you send us
• To review aggregate reports from Google AdSense and Google Search Console, and to support advertising that funds free tools and guides

External links

Guides may link to IRS pages or other third-party resources. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. Review their policies when you leave TakeHomeLab.

Children

This site is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top will change when we do. Continued use of the site after an update means you acknowledge the revised policy.

Contact

Questions about this Privacy Policy: email hello@takehomelab.app or visit our Contact page.