This Privacy Policy describes information that may be processed when you visit Packaging Calculator at packagingcalculator.org, use a calculator, or choose to send information through an optional calculator feature. The information actually processed depends on the feature and the site configuration in use. This page is not a statement that every optional feature is enabled.
Calculator inputs and requests
When you submit values to a calculator, those values are sent to this site to produce the requested calculation. The calculator service processes the submitted input values with the selected calculator definition and returns a result. Avoid entering confidential formulas, customer data, personal information, or other information that is not needed for the calculation.
Feedback and error information
If an in-calculator feedback feature is available and you submit it, the site may receive the feedback category, your message, the calculator and release identifiers, and limited technical context such as the page path or input field path. Feedback messages can contain personal information if you choose to include it. Certain calculation or validation errors may also produce technical diagnostic records such as an error code, field path, calculator identifier, and time. The diagnostic format is designed to record error context rather than the entered numeric value.
PDF requests
If PDF generation is available, a request may be processed to create the report. If an optional PDF contact step is presented and you submit it, the site may receive the name and email address you enter, the selected calculator and release, and the consent choice shown with that feature. You can choose not to submit that information; the available download options depend on the feature shown on the calculator page.
Optional behavior measurement
Some calculator definitions can support limited, aggregated behavior events. Site-level behavior measurement is disabled unless enabled in the site configuration, and the feature accepts events only with a granted consent state. The stored event fields can include the calculator, release, page record, event name, and configured non-identifying profile or bucket values. They are not intended to store the calculation inputs themselves.
Technical logs, cookies, and WordPress
The site runs on WordPress. WordPress and the hosting or network services used to deliver a website may process technical request information such as IP address, browser or device details, requested URLs, timestamps, and security or rate-limiting data. WordPress may also use cookies for functions such as authenticated sessions and administration. The exact logs, cookies, service providers, and retention settings depend on the live hosting and site configuration; this page does not claim that no such processing occurs.
Retention and access
Calculator feedback, diagnostics, PDF records, and optional event data are stored only when the corresponding feature records them. Retention can depend on the feature and the site’s configured cleanup settings. We do not state a fixed retention period here because that setting can vary. To ask about a specific message or record you submitted, email admin@packagingcalculator.org and provide enough detail to identify it without sending unnecessary sensitive information.
Third-party services and external links
When you follow an external link or send an email, the relevant third-party service processes your visit or message under its own terms and privacy practices. The hosting provider and any services configured on the live site may also process technical data. The current site operator should review this page whenever those services or features change.
Questions
Privacy questions can be sent to admin@packagingcalculator.org. For the rules that apply to use of the calculators, see the Terms of Use.