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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 1 January 2025
Summary: This website does not collect, store, or sell your personal data. The values you enter into the calculators stay in your browser. Advertising (Google AdSense) uses cookies to show relevant ads. You can opt out at any time.

1. Who We Are

Cycling Calculator ("we", "us", "our") is an independent website providing free cycling performance calculators. The website is operated as a personal project. For questions about this policy, contact us via the contact form.

2. Information We Collect

Calculator inputs (not collected): All values you enter into the calculators — weight, FTP, gear sizes, etc. — are processed entirely within your browser using JavaScript. These values are never transmitted to our servers or any third party. They exist only in your browser's working memory.

Contact form submissions: When you use our contact form, we collect your name, email address, and message content. This data is used solely to respond to your enquiry and is not used for marketing or shared with third parties.

Server logs: Our web server automatically records standard access logs including your IP address, browser type, referring URL, and pages visited. These logs are used for security monitoring and aggregate traffic analysis. They are retained for a maximum of 90 days and are not used to personally identify visitors.

3. Cookies

This website uses cookies in the following ways:

You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings, or opt out of Google Analytics using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

4. Google AdSense & Advertising

This website is funded by advertising revenue from Google AdSense. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our sites and/or other sites on the Internet.

We have no control over the specific ads displayed by Google AdSense. Ads shown do not represent endorsements by Cycling Calculator of any product or service. Calculator recommendations are not influenced by advertising relationships.

For more information about how Google uses data when you use our site, visit: How Google uses data from sites that use Google services.

5. Third-Party Services

This website uses the following third-party services:

6. Your Rights (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

To exercise these rights, contact us via the contact form. We will respond within 30 days.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your national data protection supervisory authority.

7. Data Retention

Contact form submissions are retained for up to 12 months, after which they are permanently deleted. Server access logs are retained for 90 days. Calculator inputs are not retained — they are discarded when your browser session ends.

8. Children's Privacy

This website is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has submitted personal information to us, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "last updated" date at the top of this page will reflect any changes. Continued use of the website after a policy update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

10. Contact

For privacy-related questions or to exercise your rights, please use our contact form and select "Other" as the subject, noting that your enquiry is privacy-related.