GradePrivacy Policy
Last updated: September 7, 2026
Effective date: September 7, 2026
Domain: https://gradeclarity.com
Operator: GradeClarity.com
Jurisdiction: Oregon, United States
Operator Contact: privacy@gradeclarity.com
We do not publish a physical mailing address. Please use the contact email above for any legal or privacy requests.
This Privacy Policy explains how GradeClarity.com (“we”, “us”, or “our”) handles information when you use our final grade calculator tool (the “Service”).
1. Our Core Privacy Promise
We do not collect, store, or transmit your grades, score inputs, grading thresholds, or calculation results.
GradeClarity is designed to work entirely in your web browser. All calculations happen locally on your device. We have no servers that receive your data, no database that stores it, and no analytics that identify you personally.
2. Information We Do NOT Collect
We do not collect or store:
- Your grades, scores, or academic data
- Your grading scale or threshold settings
- Your name, email address, or physical address
- Account credentials or passwords
- Your IP address in an application database or analytics event payload (our hosting provider necessarily processes request data to deliver and secure the site)
- Device fingerprints
- Any data that could identify you or your academic performance
We never use localStorage, sessionStorage, IndexedDB, or cookies to persist calculator inputs, grades, thresholds, or results. Calculator state exists only in memory and is discarded when you refresh or close the page. We use one localStorage preference, gradeclarity.analyticsConsent.v1, only to remember whether you allowed or declined optional Google Analytics.
3. Information Processed Locally in Your Browser
When you use the Service, the following data is processed only on your device and never sent to us:
| Data | Purpose | Storage | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current grade | Calculate required final score | Browser memory (RAM) | Until page refresh or close |
| Final exam weight | Calculate required final score | Browser memory (RAM) | Until page refresh or close |
| Target grades / custom thresholds | Display reachability | Browser memory (RAM) | Until page refresh or close |
| Final exam score (Mode 2) | Calculate final course grade | Browser memory (RAM) | Until page refresh or close |
| Grading scale edits | Recalculate targets | Browser memory (RAM) | Until page refresh or close |
We do not transmit any of this data to our servers or any third party.
4. Third-Party Services
The Service is hosted on Cloudflare Pages. Cloudflare may process technical request data (such as your IP address, browser type, and request URL) for the purpose of delivering the site to your browser, DDoS protection, and network security. We do not receive or store this data.
Cloudflare Pages privacy policy: www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/
Analytics
We use Cloudflare Web Analytics for cookie-free aggregate page and performance metrics. We also offer optional Google Analytics 4 (GA4) for acquisition reporting and a small set of product-interaction events. GA4 is not requested or loaded until you select Allow analytics. You may decline it or withdraw consent at any time through Analytics choices in the footer.
Neither analytics service receives grades, score inputs, final weights, targets, grading thresholds, letter grades, reachability states, score buckets, free text, or calculation results from the application.
| Service | Purpose | Data Collected | Privacy Policy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare Web Analytics | Anonymous usage metrics and performance monitoring | Aggregated page views, referrer, country-level location, browser type, device type | www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/ |
| Google Analytics 4 | Optional acquisition and product-usage measurement after consent | Page views, referrer/campaign information, and six anonymous interaction names with only mode/destination mode and UI version where applicable | policies.google.com/privacy |
Cloudflare Web Analytics is configured without application cookies. Cloudflare may still process technical request and beacon data under its own privacy policy. If you allow GA4, Google may set _ga cookies and process technical request information under its policy. The six possible event names are calculator_started, calculator_result_viewed, custom_target_used, mode_switched, grading_scale_edited, and scenario_interacted. Google Signals, advertising personalization, User-ID, user-provided data, precise location/device collection, and Google Ads linking are disabled. GA4 event data retention is set to two months, and new activity does not reset the user-data retention period.
Advertising (Phase 2, if enabled)
The Service may display advertisements to support its free availability. If ads are enabled, they will be provided by Google AdSense or a similar advertising network.
If advertising is enabled:
- Advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies to serve and measure ads
- Google AdSense may use cookies to serve personalized or non-personalized ads based on your visit to this and other websites
- You can manage your ad preferences at adssettings.google.com
- For EU/EEA/UK users, we will implement Google Consent Mode v2 to require your consent before loading personalized advertising cookies
Advertising will be placed only after the calculator results and away from the core tool interface. We will never place ads that interfere with your ability to use the calculator.
Current status: Advertising is not yet enabled. This section is provided in advance to inform you of our intended practices.
5. Children’s Privacy (COPPA)
The Service is a general-audience educational tool. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Because we do not collect personal information from any user, no child-specific data is processed by us.
If you are under 13, please do not use the Service. If you are between 13 and 17, please review these terms with a parent or guardian.
6. International Users
The Service is hosted using global CDN infrastructure. Since no user data is transmitted to us, your data remains on your device regardless of your location.
For all users, including EU/EEA/UK users, we respect Do Not Track (DNT) and Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals by not loading optional GA4. Without a privacy signal, GA4 still remains blocked until affirmative consent. If advertising is enabled in the future, we will separately update this policy and implement any additional consent controls required before loading advertising technology.
7. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date. Material changes will be noted on the Service.
8. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us at:
- Privacy: privacy@gradeclarity.com
- General support: support@gradeclarity.com
- Operator jurisdiction: Oregon, United States
- Physical address: Not publicly disclosed. Please use the contact email above for any legal or privacy requests.
We aim to respond to privacy-related requests within 30 days.
This Privacy Policy is provided as a compliance draft. It is not legal advice. The operator is an individual developer and has chosen not to obtain a separate attorney review prior to publication; users should review the document at their own discretion.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does GradeClarity store my calculator inputs?
- No. Calculator inputs and results stay in browser memory and disappear when you refresh or close the page.
- Does GradeClarity sell personal information?
- No. GradeClarity does not sell personal information or calculator data.