Opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information for targeted advertising, as provided for under U.S. state privacy laws.
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), gives California residents the right to opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of their personal information. Under the CPRA:
If you are a California resident, you have the right to direct us not to sell or share your personal information at any time.
PCS Calculator does not sell your personal information for money. But this Site uses Google Analytics and Google AdSense, and both use cookies to collect information such as your IP address, device identifiers, and the pages you visit. Google may use data collected through these services for its own advertising purposes, including personalized ads. Under the CPRA, letting an advertising partner collect information this way can count as "sharing" for cross-context behavioral advertising, and it may also be treated as a "sale." Outside the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, these cookies are on by default until you turn them off.
We also work with affiliate marketing networks (MaxBounty and FlexOffers) to earn commissions when you click affiliate links and complete qualifying actions on advertiser websites. When you click an affiliate link, the network collects click event data (such as IP address, browser type, and referring page) directly from your browser under its own privacy policy and sets a cookie to attribute the referral.
For a complete description of how we collect and use data, please see our Privacy Policy.
On this Site: Choose Decline All on the cookie banner, or open Cookie Preferences (also at the bottom of every page) and switch off both analytics and advertising. This turns off the Google Analytics and Google AdSense cookies described above in the browser you are using. It takes effect right away, and you do not need to send us anything or verify your identity. If you use more than one browser or device, make the choice in each.
Global Privacy Control: If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal, we treat it as this opt-out automatically, before any analytics or advertising cookies are set.
Affiliate cookies: These are set by the affiliate network when you click an affiliate link, so the way to avoid them is not to click affiliate links, or to clear your cookies afterward.
Google across other sites: To opt out of Google's personalized advertising on other websites as well, visit Google Ad Settings.
You may also send us a request: to opt out of sale or sharing, to confirm our data practices, or to exercise any of your other California privacy rights (the right to know, the right to delete, or the right to correct).
To submit a request, please use our Contact page with the subject line "California Privacy Request". Your message should include:
We will verify your identity before processing your request and will respond within 45 days of receipt. If we need additional time (up to 90 days total), we will notify you within the initial 45-day period.
California residents may designate an authorized agent to submit a Do Not Sell/Share request or any other privacy rights request on their behalf. To use an authorized agent, the agent must provide written authorization signed by you demonstrating that they have permission to act on your behalf.
We may require you to verify your identity directly with us even when an authorized agent is used, to ensure that the request is legitimate and to protect against unauthorized requests.
Authorized agents should submit requests through our Contact page with the subject line "California Privacy Request — Authorized Agent" and include a copy of the written authorization.