Privacy Policy — eExpense Tracker

This Privacy Policy explains what eExpense Tracker ("we", "us") collects when you use eexpensetracker.com and the eExpense tracker (together, the "Service"), and the choices you have. The short version: your transactions stay in your browser; we do not receive them. The only data we process server-side is what your browser sends to load pages and what advertising partners collect under their own policies, described below.

1. Who we are

eExpense Tracker is an independent website providing a browser-based expense tracker and educational articles about budgeting. Controller of personal data collected through this website: the operator of eexpensetracker.com. Contact: [email protected].

2. What we do not collect

No accounts. There is no registration, so we never receive your name, email or password for using the tracker.
No transaction uploads. Expenses, incomes, budgets and notes you enter in the tracker are written to your browser's local storage. They are not sent to us, stored on our servers, or shared with anyone.
No behavioural tracking of your spending. We do not receive, analytics-profile or sell your transaction history. It is technically impossible for us to do so — the data never leaves your device.
No third-party analytics on transactions. Page-level advertising integrations (below) do not read the contents of the tracker's local storage.

3. Data we do process

a. Standard server logs

Like most websites, our hosting provider (Cloudflare Pages) processes standard technical request data — IP address, user agent, requested URL, referrer and timestamps — to deliver and secure the site. This data is used for security, abuse prevention and aggregate traffic statistics, and is retained by the provider according to its own retention settings.

b. Local storage (your device)

The tracker stores your data in your browser's local storage under a single key. This is local to your device. You can delete it at any time by clearing site data in your browser, or by using the app's Settings → reset options. If you export a CSV, that file is handled by you, not us.

Cookies and similar technologies

This site itself does not set advertising cookies before you interact with ads. When advertising is enabled (see below), Google and its partners may set or read cookies or similar identifiers on your device.

4. Advertising — Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements that fund the site. Google and its vendors may use cookies (including the DoubleClick DART cookie) or similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites.

Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you 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.
You may opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalised advertising at www.google.com/settings/ads.
Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendor cookies via the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page at optout.networkadvertising.org or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance at youronlinechoices.com.
Google's own handling of data is described in Google's Technologies & policies and Google Privacy Policy.

Google AdSense may also use the DoubleClick DART cookie to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. You can opt out of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

We do not control these third-party cookies and recommend reviewing the policies linked above. Ads served by AdSense are clearly labelled as such by the ad network.

5. Children's privacy

The Service is not directed at children under 13 (or under 16 in the EU/UK). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal data to us through the site, contact [email protected] and we will delete it.

6. Your rights

Depending on your location (GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA/CPRA and similar laws), you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of your personal data, to object to processing, and to data portability. Because we do not collect account or transaction data, most requests concern server logs or advertising identifiers held by our providers.

To exercise a right, email [email protected] with "Privacy request" in the subject. We respond within the legally required timeframe (normally 30 days).
Local data: delete it yourself at any time by clearing this site's data in your browser settings.
Advertising preferences: use the Google and NAI opt-out links in section 4.
You may also lodge a complaint with your supervisory authority.

7. Do Not Track

There is no universally accepted standard for Do Not Track signals, so the Service does not respond to DNT headers. The opt-out mechanisms in section 4 are the reliable way to control personalised advertising.

8. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy to reflect operational, legal or regulatory changes. The "Last updated" date at the top will change when we do. Material changes will be posted on this page.

9. Contact

Questions about privacy: [email protected] or via the contact page.