Cookie Policy
Last updated: July 16, 2026
The short version: NetProceeds sets no cookies of its own. The calculators need none — they run entirely in your browser. We store exactly two small preferences on your device, and neither is a cookie or leaves your computer. Cookies only ever appear here if you press “Accept analytics” on our banner, and only from Google.
What we store without asking
Two values, in your browser’s local storage — not cookies, and never transmitted anywhere:
| Name | What it holds | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
np-theme | light or dark | Remembers your light/dark choice so the site doesn’t flash the wrong theme on the next page. | Until you clear your browser storage |
np-consent | accept or decline | Remembers your answer to the cookie banner so we stop asking — and so a “decline” keeps blocking scripts on every later visit. | Until you clear your browser storage |
These are strictly necessary to honour your own settings, which is why they don’t require consent. Neither one identifies you, and there is nothing in either value that could.
What loads only if you accept
If you choose “Accept analytics”, we load Google services that do set cookies:
- Google Analytics 4 — tells us which pages get used and which are dead weight. Sets cookies such as
_gaand_ga_*, typically lasting up to two years, holding a randomly generated identifier. - Google AdSense — the ads that keep every calculator free and un-gated. Google may set advertising cookies to limit repeat ads and measure performance.
These are third-party cookies set by Google, not by us, and they’re governed by Google’s cookie policy and advertising policies. You can opt out of personalised advertising at Google Ads Settings.
How the consent gate actually works
Most sites load their trackers first and show you a banner afterwards. Ours doesn’t. Any analytics or ad script on this site is written into the page in an inert form that browsers refuse to execute, and it is only converted into a live script after you click accept. Decline, and the code sits there dead — no request to Google is ever made. Your choice is re-read on every visit, so declining once means declining forever unless you change it.
Change your mind any time: use the Cookie settings link here or in the site footer to reopen the banner and pick again. To wipe both stored preferences entirely, clear this site’s data in your browser settings.
Your calculator inputs are not tracked
Worth stating plainly, because it’s the reason this policy is so short: when you type a sale price, item cost, or shipping cost into any calculator on this site, that number is processed by JavaScript on your own device and is never sent to us. There is no cookie, no local-storage entry, and no server log containing it. The only exception is one you trigger deliberately — pressing “Copy link to this result” encodes your inputs into a URL so you can share it. That URL goes wherever you choose to paste it.
Blocking cookies yourself
Every major browser lets you block or delete cookies from its privacy settings, and blocking them will not break any calculator on this site — nothing here depends on a cookie to work. If you block local storage as well, the site still functions; it will simply forget your theme choice and ask about cookies again each visit.
Changes to this policy
If we ever add a service that sets cookies, this page and the banner get updated before it ships, and the date at the top changes. Related reading: our privacy policy covers data handling in full, and the terms of use cover the rest.
Contact
Questions about anything here? The contact page reaches me directly.