Cookies Policy
Your Cookies, Your Choice, Our Priority
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, SCHDcalc.com) are called “first-party cookies.” Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third-party cookies.” Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
Why do we use cookies?
We use first-party and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as “essential” or “strictly necessary” cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Website. Third parties serve cookies through our Website for analytics and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
What types of cookies do we use?
Given the nature of SCHDcalc.com as a financial calculator and information platform, we primarily use cookies to enhance user experience, provide essential functionality, and gather anonymous analytics to improve our services. We do not engage in extensive third-party advertising or complex tracking that would necessitate a wide array of intrusive cookies. Our cookie usage is focused on:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our Website and enable you to navigate around it and use its features. Without these cookies, services like accessing secure areas or using the calculators cannot be provided. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work.
- User Feedback: Any comments, suggestions or testimonials you give on your own.
- Analytical/Performance Cookies:These cookies collect information about how you use our Website, for instance, which pages you go to most often, and if you get error messages from web pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies you. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how our Website works. For example, we use Google Analytics to understand how users interact with our calculators and content, allowing us to optimize performance and usability. [1]
- Functionality Cookies:These cookies allow our Website to remember choices you make (such as your preferred language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For example, these cookies can be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other parts of web pages that you can customize. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymized and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
How can you control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by clicking on the appropriate opt-out links provided in the cookie section below. Alternatively, you can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our Website, though your access to some functionality and areas of our Website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser”s help menu for more information. Most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of interest-based advertising.
Changes to our Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookies Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the bottom of this Cookies Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Where can you get further information?
We use cookies and other tracking tools to keep track of what people do on our website and to store some information. Cookies are small files that store a small amount of data which may include a unique identifier that is not linked to a person.
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please email us at info@schdcalc.com.