Cookies and local storage

Cookies on this site

HelpMeCalculator is operated by WishWell LLC, Virginia, USA. These notices were reviewed for the initial launch on October 9, 2026. Contact [email protected] with questions.

Application pages on this site do not set a first-party cookie and do not load a consent banner, analytics script, or advertising script. Cloudflare serves and protects the site and may use security cookies when its security features require them. We do not use advertising or analytics cookies. Browser extensions and external sites have their own practices.

Storage that exists now

Calculator inputs stay in memory until you leave or refresh, unless you use an explicit save. The margin comparison save writes local storage on the margin site at hmc.margin.scenarios.v1 after you choose Save comparison. Deleting one named comparison removes that entry. Delete saved comparisons removes the rest. Seller fee tools write hmc.ebay.estimate.v1, hmc.depop.estimate.v1, or hmc.etsy.estimate.v1 when you choose Save on this browser. Restore saved entries reads that key back. Clear saved entries removes it. A value stored on one tool's site is not visible on the directory site or on another tool's site. Clearing site data in the browser removes these entries as well. None of them are encrypted.

The seating editor writes helpmecalculator.seating.v1 only after you choose Save in this browser. That entry is the version 1 project, including names, private ids, groups, layout, rules, seed, and assignment. Load saved copy reads it and replaces the open project. Delete saved copy removes only that entry. The open project and files you already downloaded stay. Opening the editor does not load the saved project on its own. The copy is not encrypted, and the browser may remove it.

Downloads are files on the device. They are not cookies. There is no separate preference cookie for currency or theme. A seating organizer CSV keeps private ids, names, groups, and assignments. A project file keeps the workspace, including rules and the seed. A public PDF, PNG, or printout shows names and places and omits private ids, rules, and the seed.

Categories that are not active

The directory homepage includes a public AdSense publisher identifier for ownership verification. Consent, analytics, and advertising services remain inactive, with no consent-manager key or analytics identifier. The seating editor does not include the verification identifier or load a third-party ad or analytics script. Public seating pages on this directory site do not embed the editor and do not pass a roster to it.

We will review and update this notice before activating advertising or analytics. No consent banner is loaded for those inactive services.