1. Introduction
NetPayScale UK ("we", "our", or "the Service") is committed to protecting your privacy and personal data. This Privacy Policy outlines our practices regarding data collection, usage, and disclosure when you access our salary calculator utilities via https://netpayscale.uk/.
We adhere strictly to the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.
2. Client-Side Computational Processing (Zero Storage of Salary Inputs)
When you use our NHS salary calculator, select an Agenda for Change band, enter overtime/night hours, or adjust tax codes, all calculations are executed entirely within your web browser (client-side JavaScript).
We do not transmit, log, store, or profile your personal salary inputs, hours worked, pension choices, or estimated net pay figures on any remote database or server.
3. Cookies and Local Storage
We use standard cookies and browser local storage strictly to improve your browsing experience:
- Essential Cookies & Local Storage: Used to remember your cookie consent preferences and retain calculator UI state (such as your preferred pay timeframe) across visits.
- Analytical Cookies: Help us understand aggregate, anonymised visitor behavior (e.g. pages viewed, browser type) to optimise page performance and server capacity.
4. Third-Party Advertising & Google AdSense Disclosures
To maintain NetPayScale UK as a free public utility for healthcare workers, we may partner with third-party advertising networks, including Google AdSense and Google DoubleClick:
- Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites on the Internet.
- Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.
- Users may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or via www.aboutads.info.
5. Log Files & Hosting Architecture
Our website is hosted on Cloudflare Pages. Like most web hosting platforms, Cloudflare logs non-personally identifiable technical information (such as internet protocol [IP] addresses, browser type, internet service provider [ISP], referring/exit pages, and timestamps). This information is used solely for security auditing, DDoS protection, and technical diagnostics.
6. Your Data Rights
Under UK GDPR, you have rights regarding your personal data, including the right to request access, rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing. Because we do not store personal profiles or identifiable user accounts, we hold no personal data linked to your identity.
7. Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please reach out to us via our Contact Page or by email at [email protected].