Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 2026

1. Who we are

IrishPAYE.ie is a free Irish PAYE tax calculator built and maintained by Yeury de los Santos, based in Ireland. For privacy-related queries, contact: yeury-msr@hotmail.com.

2. What data we collect

We do not collect or store any personal financial data you enter into the calculator. All calculations are performed in real time and discarded immediately — nothing is saved to a database or server.

The following data may be collected automatically when you visit this site:

  • IP address (anonymised — used for rate limiting and security only, not stored long-term)
  • Browser type, device type, and operating system (via Google Analytics)
  • Pages visited and time spent on site (via Google Analytics)
  • Approximate geographic location at country/region level (via Google Analytics)
  • Ad interaction data (via Google AdSense, if you have consented)

3. Cookies

We use the following categories of cookies:

Strictly necessary

CSRF token — required for secure form submissions. No personal data. Cannot be opted out of.

Analytics (requires consent)

Google Analytics 4 (_ga, _ga_*) — used to understand how visitors use the site. Anonymised. Controlled by Google's privacy policy at policies.google.com/privacy.

Advertising (requires consent)

Google AdSense — used to serve relevant advertisements. Controlled by Google's privacy policy. If you reject cookies, you may still see ads but they will not be personalised.

Preference (functional)

irishpaye_consent — stores your cookie consent choice in your browser's local storage. Not a cookie; not sent to any server.

4. Legal basis for processing

  • Consent — analytics and advertising cookies are only activated after you accept via the cookie banner.
  • Legitimate interest — rate limiting and security logging (anonymised IP hashing) to protect the service from abuse.

5. Third-party services

We use the following third-party services, each subject to their own privacy policies:

We use Google Consent Mode v2. If you reject cookies, Google Analytics and AdSense operate in a privacy-preserving mode with no personal data collection.

6. Your rights under GDPR

As a person in the EU/EEA, you have the right to:

  • Access the personal data we hold about you
  • Request correction or deletion of your data
  • Object to or restrict processing
  • Withdraw consent at any time (use the cookie banner — reload the page to change your choice)
  • Lodge a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission at dataprotection.ie

To exercise any right, contact: yeury-msr@hotmail.com.

7. Data retention

We do not retain any calculator input data. Google Analytics data is retained for 14 months (Google's minimum). Anonymised rate-limit logs are held in memory only and cleared on server restart.

8. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. The date at the top of this page indicates when it was last updated.