Introduction

Family Tax Benefit Calculator ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website familytaxbenefitcalculator.au. Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

Information We Collect

Calculator Data

When you use our Family Tax Benefit Calculator, you may enter financial information such as income amounts, number of children, and their ages. This information is processed entirely within your browser and is not transmitted to or stored on our servers. All calculations are performed client-side, meaning your personal financial data never leaves your device.

Automatically Collected Information

We may automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the site, we collect information about the individual web pages you view, what websites or search terms referred you to our site, and information about how you interact with the site. We refer to this automatically collected information as "Device Information."

How We Use Your Information

We use the Device Information that we collect to:

Analyse and understand how our website is used to improve our services
Monitor and prevent any problems with our website
Assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns
Deliver targeted advertising (see Advertising section below)

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our visitors use the site. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about your use of our website. This information is used to compile reports and create services to help us improve our site. The reports disclose website trends without identifying individual visitors.

Advertising

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Google AdSense may use cookies and web beacons to collect data about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having this information used by these companies, please visit Google's Advertising Policies.

Third-Party Services

In general, the third-party providers used by us will only collect, use, and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us. However, certain third-party service providers have their own privacy policies in respect to the information we are required to provide to them. For these providers, we recommend that you read their privacy policies so you can understand how your personal information will be handled.

Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect the information we collect and store. However, please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

Your Rights

If you are an Australian resident, you have certain rights regarding your personal information under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth). These include the right to:

Access the personal information we hold about you
Request correction of your personal information
Complain about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles

Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through our Contact Page.