Privacy Policy

Introduction

The Online Works (“we”, “us”, or “this website”) operates theonlineworks.online, a single-tool website that provides a free Freelance Rate Calculator. This Privacy Policy describes the types of information that may be collected when you use the site, why it may be collected, and how it may be handled.

We aim to keep data collection limited to what is needed to run the website and respond to messages. Some information, however, is collected automatically whenever anyone visits a website, and third-party services used by the site may collect information of their own. This policy explains both.

By using this website, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this policy. If you do not agree with it, please stop using the site.

Information We May Collect

The information involved falls into a few categories:

• Information you provide voluntarily. Details you type into the contact form, such as your name, email address, chosen subject, and message.
• Information collected automatically. Technical data recorded when any device requests a page, such as an IP address, browser type, and the time of the request.
• Information collected by third-party services. Data that analytics, advertising, or hosting providers may collect through cookies or similar technologies, according to their own policies.
• Calculator inputs. The figures you enter into the Freelance Rate Calculator, which are handled as described in Section 4.

We do not ask for, and this website has no facility to collect, payment card details, government identification numbers, or account passwords.

Information Submitted Through Contact Forms

If you contact us, you choose what to share. The contact form asks for your name, email address, a subject category, and your message. Providing this information is entirely voluntary, and you may write to us by email instead if you prefer.

What we receive is used to read and respond to your message, to investigate any issue you report about the calculator, and to keep a record of the correspondence. It is not used to build a marketing list, and it is not sold or rented to anyone.

Depending on how the form is configured, submissions may be delivered by email, filtered by an anti-spam service, or stored temporarily by the website software. Where such a service is involved, that provider handles the data under its own privacy policy.

Please do not include sensitive personal information, financial account details, or confidential client information in a message to us.

Calculator Information

The Freelance Rate Calculator runs entirely in your own web browser. The figures you enter, such as your income goal, expenses, working hours, billable hours, tax rate, fees, and time off, are processed on your device using JavaScript.

The “Copy Results” button places a summary on your device clipboard, and “Print Results” uses your browser’s own print function. Both actions stay on your device, and we receive nothing from either.

This applies to the calculation itself. General page activity, such as the fact that the calculator page was visited, may still be recorded by server logs or analytics, as described in Sections 5 and 7. Those records relate to page visits, not to the numbers you typed.

Automatically Collected Information

Like most websites, this site and its hosting provider may automatically record technical information each time a page is requested. This can include your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device type, approximate location inferred from the IP address, the pages you viewed, the referring page or search engine, and the date and time of your visit.

This information is generally recorded in server logs and is used to keep the website running, diagnose errors, understand general traffic patterns, and protect against abuse such as spam or automated attacks. These logs are kept by the company that hosts this website, which processes them under its own privacy policy.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored by your browser. This website, or services used on it, may set cookies for purposes such as:

• Essential functions, such as security, load balancing, or remembering a consent choice you have made.
• Analytics, to understand how visitors use the site in aggregate.
• Advertising, where advertising is displayed, to measure performance or limit repeat ads.

The specific cookies present depend on the services in use, which are noted in Sections 7, 8, and 9. Third-party cookies are set by those providers rather than by us.

You can control cookies through your browser settings, including blocking or deleting them, and most browsers offer a private browsing mode. Blocking cookies will not stop the Freelance Rate Calculator from working, since the calculation runs locally, but it may affect other parts of the site or of third-party services. Where required in your region, a consent notice may be shown, and you can change your choice at any time using that notice.

Analytics

We may use an analytics service to understand how the website is used, for example which pages are visited, how visitors arrive, and roughly where in the world they are. The purpose is to improve the calculator and the content around it, not to identify individuals.

Where an analytics service is used, that provider may set cookies or use similar technologies and may process data such as IP addresses, device information, and pages viewed, under its own privacy policy rather than ours. We see the reports it produces, which describe visitors as a group rather than individually.

Many analytics providers offer opt-out tools or browser add-ons, and browser settings and privacy extensions can also limit this type of tracking.

Advertising

This website may display advertising to support the cost of running the free calculator. Where advertising is shown, it is delivered by an advertising provider rather than by us.

Advertising providers and their partners may use cookies, device identifiers, or similar technologies to serve ads, measure their performance, and in some cases show ads based on your previous visits to this or other websites. This activity is governed by the provider’s own privacy policy and controls, not by us, and we do not have access to the profiles they may build.

Depending on your region, you may be able to limit personalised advertising through your device or browser settings, through the ad provider’s own preference tools, or through the consent notice shown on this site. If no advertising is displayed, this section does not apply.

Third-Party Services

Running a website normally involves third parties. Depending on the configuration of this site, these may include a hosting provider, a content delivery network, a security or spam-filtering service, an analytics provider, an advertising provider, an email service used to receive messages, and any embedded content such as fonts or media.

The exact combination of services can change over time as the website is maintained, and not all of the categories above are necessarily in use at any given moment.

Each of these providers acts under its own privacy policy and terms. We do not control how they handle information, and we encourage you to review their policies if you would like to know more.

How Information May Be Used

Where information is collected, it may be used to:

• Operate, maintain, and improve the website and the Freelance Rate Calculator
• Respond to messages, questions, and reported issues
• Investigate calculation errors, display problems, and other bugs
• Understand general usage patterns and improve the content and the tool
• Detect, prevent, and address spam, abuse, security incidents, and technical faults
• Display and measure advertising, where advertising is used
• Comply with applicable legal obligations or valid legal requests

We do not sell personal information, and we do not share contact form submissions with third parties except where it is necessary to deliver or process the message, or where we are legally required to do so.

Data Storage and Retention

Information is kept only as long as there is a reason to keep it. Contact messages may be retained while a conversation is ongoing and for a reasonable period afterwards, so that we have a record of what was asked and answered. Server logs and analytics data are typically retained for a limited period set by the hosting or analytics provider.

Calculator inputs are not retained at all, because they are never sent to us. They exist only in your browser while the page is open.

Information may be stored or processed on servers located in countries other than your own, including countries whose data protection rules differ from those where you live. Where that happens, the providers involved are responsible for the safeguards applied under their own policies.

Data Security

We take reasonable steps to protect the information handled through this website, including serving the site over an encrypted HTTPS connection and keeping the website software updated. Because the calculator processes your figures locally, there is also very little data to protect in the first place.

That said, no method of transmitting or storing information over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. Any information you send us, including by email, is sent at your own risk, which is why we ask you not to include sensitive or confidential details in a message.

External Links

This website may contain links to other websites, for example in an explanation or a reference. Those sites are operated independently, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to them.

We are not responsible for the content, accuracy, or privacy practices of external websites. If you follow a link away from this site, we suggest reading the privacy policy of the site you arrive at.

Children’s Privacy

This website and its calculator are intended for adults working independently or considering doing so. The site is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Age thresholds for online consent differ between countries. If you are a parent or guardian and believe a child has sent us personal information through the contact form, please contact us and we will delete it from our records.

User Rights

Depending on where you live, data protection law may give you rights over personal information relating to you. These commonly include the right to ask what information is held, to request a copy, to have inaccurate information corrected, to request deletion, to object to or restrict certain processing, and to withdraw consent you have previously given.

Because the calculator does not collect personal data, most requests will relate to a message you sent through the contact form or by email. To make a request, write to us using the details in Section 17, and describe what you would like. We may need to confirm that the request comes from you before acting on it.

Rights and the way they apply vary by country, and some information may need to be retained for legal or technical reasons. Where a third-party service holds data about your visit, such as an analytics or advertising provider, requests about that data may also need to be made to the provider directly. This section is a general summary and is not legal advice.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This policy may be updated from time to time, for example if the website adds a service, changes providers, or responds to a change in the law. When it is updated, the revised version is posted on this page and the “Last updated” date at the top is changed.

Continuing to use the website after an update means you accept the revised policy. We suggest checking this page occasionally if the topic matters to you.

Contact

If you have a question about this Privacy Policy, or you would like to make a request about information relating to you, you can reach us by email:

You can also use the form on our contact page. Please include enough detail for us to understand your request. We answer messages as time allows, and we cannot promise a specific response time.