Who runs this site
Tool Tax (tooltaxhq.com) is run by Patrick Jenkins through DailyProfits LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company. "I" and "me" on this page mean Tool Tax. Questions or requests go to [email protected], or by post to DailyProfits LLC, 30 N Gould St Ste R, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA.
The calculator
- Your picks stay in your browser. The tools and plans you check are saved in your browser's local storage under the key
tooltax.sel.v2, so they're still there next time. They aren't sent to me. Use the Clear button or clear this site's data in your browser to remove them. - Share links. Your picks are also written into the page address as
?t=…so you can copy or share the link. That part holds only tool and plan IDs, never your name or email. Anyone you send the link to sees those picks, and like any web address it passes through the hosting service when the page loads. - Saved images are drawn in your browser and saved to your device. They aren't uploaded anywhere.
The newsletter (Tool Tax Audit)
If you sign up, the form sends your email address directly to Kit, the email service I use. This site doesn't store it.
- What's collected: your email address. Kit also records when you signed up and which form you used, and, like most email services, whether emails are opened and which links are clicked.
- What it's used for: confirming your subscription (you'll get a confirmation email first), sending you the Tool Tax Audit worksheet, and occasional emails about what I'm testing. Kit tags you as a Tool Tax subscriber so those emails reach the right list.
- How to stop: every email has an unsubscribe link. To have your address deleted entirely, email [email protected].
If your browser blocks the background signup, the form submits to Kit's own page instead, and Kit's privacy policy applies there.
Hosting and analytics
- Hosting. The site is served by Cloudflare (Cloudflare Pages). Like any web host, Cloudflare processes your IP address and basic browser details to deliver pages and block attacks. I see aggregate traffic numbers, not individual visitors.
- Analytics. I use Cloudflare Web Analytics to count page views, referring sites, countries and device types. It doesn't set cookies or use local storage, and Cloudflare says it doesn't fingerprint or track you across sites. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.
- Everything else loads from this site. Fonts, images and scripts are served from tooltaxhq.com. The only exception is Cloudflare's analytics script.
Cookies
This site doesn't set cookies. Nothing on it is used for advertising, and there are no ad networks, tracking pixels or embedded videos.
Links to other sites
The "See the full stack" button and the club-level links go to SHIFT AI and carry my referral code (tooltaxhq). When you click them you leave this site, SHIFT sees that you came from Tool Tax, and SHIFT's own privacy policy applies. If you join, SHIFT records me as your referrer and may share referral details with me under its own terms. The details are on the disclosure page.
The YouTube, TikTok and tool-vendor links are plain links. Nothing from those sites loads until you click one.
If you email me
I use what you send only to reply and to fix whatever you reported. I keep it as long as that takes, and I'll delete it if you ask.
Sharing and selling
I don't sell or rent personal information, and I don't share it with anyone except the services above that run the site and the newsletter.
How long data is kept
- Newsletter: until you unsubscribe or ask me to delete it. Kit may keep a record that you unsubscribed so you aren't added again by mistake.
- Emails to me: as long as needed to deal with them.
- Your picks in local storage: until you clear them.
Your choices and rights
You can ask to see, correct or delete the personal data I hold about you (in practice, your newsletter record and any emails you've sent). Email [email protected] and I'll act on it. Depending on where you live (for example the EU, the UK or California), the law gives you these rights and others, such as objecting to processing or complaining to your local data-protection authority. The newsletter relies on your consent, which you can withdraw at any time by unsubscribing. Hosting and analytics rely on my legitimate interest in running and improving a secure site.
Kit and Cloudflare are based in the United States, so your data is processed there.
Children
This site isn't meant for children. Please don't sign up if you're under 16.
Changes
If this policy changes, I'll update this page and the date at the top.