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Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 2026  ·  TakeHomePay.ie  ·  Ireland

Summary: TakeHomePay.ie does not collect any personal information through its calculators. All calculations happen in your browser. We use cookies for advertising (Google AdSense) and analytics. You can manage your cookie preferences at any time using the cookie banner.

1. Who we are

TakeHomePay.ie is an independent Irish website providing free financial calculators for people living and working in Ireland. The data controller for the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Acts 1988–2018 is TakeHomePay.ie, based in Ireland.

If you have any questions about this policy or how your data is handled, please contact us at hello@takehomepay.ie.

2. What data we collect

Calculator inputs

All calculations on TakeHomePay.ie — salary, VAT, mortgage, pension, freelance and BIK — are performed entirely within your browser. We do not transmit, store or process any figures you enter into our calculators. No salary, income, property price or other financial data you enter is ever sent to our servers.

Usage data (analytics)

We may use Google Analytics to collect anonymised information about how visitors use the site. This includes pages visited, time spent on pages, browser type, device type, and general geographic location (country/region level). This data is aggregated and cannot be used to identify you personally. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect this information.

Advertising data

TakeHomePay.ie displays advertisements served by Google AdSense. Google may use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this site and other sites on the internet. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the internet.

You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings, or by opting out via the Network Advertising Initiative.

Contact emails

If you email us at hello@takehomepay.ie, we will receive your name, email address and the content of your message. We use this only to respond to your enquiry and do not add you to any mailing list or share your details with third parties.

3. Cookies

TakeHomePay.ie uses cookies. Cookies are small text files placed on your device by your browser. We use the following categories of cookies:

  • Strictly necessary cookies — required for the site to function. These cannot be disabled.
  • Analytics cookies — used by Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the site (only set with your consent).
  • Advertising cookies — used by Google AdSense to serve relevant advertisements (only set with your consent).

We use CookieYes to manage cookie consent on this site. When you first visit TakeHomePay.ie, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner. You can choose to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking the cookie settings link in the footer.

For more information about how Google uses cookies in advertising, see Google's Advertising Policies.

4. Legal basis for processing

Under GDPR, we rely on the following legal bases:

  • Consent — for analytics and advertising cookies, which we only set after you have given explicit consent via our cookie banner.
  • Legitimate interests — for basic site security and fraud prevention.
  • Contract — when you contact us, we process your email to respond to your enquiry.

5. Third-party services

TakeHomePay.ie uses the following third-party services which may process data on our behalf:

6. Data retention

We do not store calculator inputs. Contact emails are retained only for as long as necessary to respond to your enquiry and are then deleted. Analytics data is retained in accordance with Google Analytics' default retention settings (26 months).

7. Your rights under GDPR

As a person in the EU/EEA, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right of access — you can request a copy of any personal data we hold about you.
  • Right to rectification — you can ask us to correct inaccurate data.
  • Right to erasure — you can ask us to delete your personal data ("right to be forgotten").
  • Right to restrict processing — you can ask us to limit how we use your data.
  • Right to data portability — you can request your data in a portable format.
  • Right to object — you can object to processing based on legitimate interests.
  • Right to withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent, you can withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at hello@takehomepay.ie. We will respond within 30 days.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Data Protection Commission (DPC), Ireland's supervisory authority: dataprotection.ie.

8. Data transfers outside the EEA

Some of our third-party service providers (including Google and Vercel) may process data outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Where this occurs, it is subject to appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.

9. Children's privacy

TakeHomePay.ie is not directed at children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will reflect the most recent revision. Continued use of the site after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Contact

If you have any questions, concerns or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us:

Email: hello@takehomepay.ie
Website: takehomepay.ie
Location: Ireland