Privacy Policy

Who we are

Military Toolkit is a free web application operated by Correia Virtus LLC ("we", "us", "our"). The site publishes free calculators and reference guides covering U.S. military pay, entitlements, and transition benefits. This Privacy Policy applies to militarytoolkit.com and all subdomains we control.

You can reach us at support@correiavirtus.com for any privacy question.

Information we collect

Military Toolkit is designed to require no account and no personally identifying information to use. Many of our calculators run entirely in your browser — the inputs you enter (rank, ZIP codes, weights, dates, etc.) stay on your device. Some calculators (notably PPM, MALT, the PCS Checklist generator, and the AI Assistant) route a computation through our server; in those cases the input is processed transiently to return a result and is not stored against your identity or sold to anyone.

When you interact with the site, we may automatically collect:

• Standard log data: IP address (anonymized), browser user-agent, referring URL, pages viewed, timestamps, and approximate location derived from the IP.
• Cookies and similar technologies (see the "Cookies and tracking" section below).
• Analytics events gathered by Google Analytics 4 — e.g. which calculator you used, which button you clicked, how long you spent on a page.
• Advertising signals when Mediavine and its advertising partners serve ads on the site, as described in the advertising section below.

When you use the optional AI Assistant, your question text and relevant conversation context are transmitted to our server and to the AI provider (Anthropic). We do not retain your conversation history after the session ends.

When you optionally provide your email address through the contact form or the "email me a copy" feature of certain calculators, we use that address only to fulfill your request.

How we use information

We use the information we collect to:

• Operate and maintain the site and its calculators.
• Understand which tools people use so we can prioritize updates and fix bugs.
• Protect the site from abuse, fraud, and excessive traffic.
• Deliver and measure the performance of advertisements served through Mediavine.
• Respond to your questions or feedback when you contact us.
• Comply with applicable law.

We do not sell personal information to third parties, and we do not share it for third-party marketing purposes.

Cookies, tracking, and your consent choice

Military Toolkit uses cookies and equivalent browser storage for the following purposes:

• Essential cookies — required for core functionality (e.g. remembering that you dismissed the cookie banner or made a consent choice).
• Analytics cookies — set by Google Analytics 4 to measure aggregate site usage.
• Advertising cookies — set by Mediavine and its advertising partners to serve and measure ads.

Consent Mode v2. We implement Google's Consent Mode v2 with all advertising and analytics storage set to denied by default. The cookie banner that appears on your first visit asks you to Accept or Decline. If you accept, Google Analytics begins writing analytics cookies and our advertising partners may write personalized-ad cookies. If you decline, only cookieless ping signals are sent (no individual identifiers), and ads are non-personalized. Rejecting cookies does not remove ads; it makes them non-personalized.

To change your choice later, clear site data for militarytoolkit.com in your browser and reload the page; the banner will reappear.

Independent of our banner, you can manage personalized advertising at Google My Ad Center and optout.aboutads.info, and block or delete cookies at any time through your browser settings.

Mediavine Programmatic Advertising (Ver 1.1)

The Website works with Mediavine to manage third-party interest-based advertising appearing on the Website. Mediavine serves content and advertisements when you visit the Website, which may use first and third-party cookies. A cookie is a small text file which is sent to your computer or mobile device (referred to in this policy as a “device”) by the web server so that a website can remember some information about your browsing activity on the Website.

First party cookies are created by the website that you are visiting. A third-party cookie is frequently used in behavioral advertising and analytics and is created by a domain other than the website you are visiting. Third-party cookies, tags, pixels, beacons and other similar technologies (collectively, “Tags”) may be placed on the Website to monitor interaction with advertising content and to target and optimize advertising. Each internet browser has functionality so that you can block both first and third-party cookies and clear your browser’s cache. The "help" feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, how to disable existing cookies and how to clear your browser’s cache. For more information about cookies and how to disable them, you can consult the information at All About Cookies.

Without cookies you may not be able to take full advantage of the Website content and features. Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site. In the event you opt-out, you will still see non-personalized advertisements on the Website.

The Website collects the following data using a cookie when serving personalized ads:

• IP Address
• Operating System type
• Operating System version
• Device Type
• Language of the website
• Web browser type
• Email (in hashed form)

Mediavine Partners (companies listed below with whom Mediavine shares data) may also use this data to link to other end user information the partner has independently collected to deliver targeted advertisements. Mediavine Partners may also separately collect data about end users from other sources, such as advertising IDs or pixels, and link that data to data collected from Mediavine publishers in order to provide interest-based advertising across your online experience, including devices, browsers and apps. This data includes usage data, cookie information, device information, information about interactions between users and advertisements and websites, geolocation data, traffic data, and information about a visitor’s referral source to a particular website. Mediavine Partners may also create unique IDs to create audience segments, which are used to provide targeted advertising.

If you would like more information about this practice and to know your choices to opt-in or opt-out of this data collection, please visit National Advertising Initiative opt out page. You may also visit Digital Advertising Alliance website and Network Advertising Initiative website to learn more information about interest-based advertising. You may download the AppChoices app at Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices app to opt out in connection with mobile apps, or use the platform controls on your mobile device to opt out.

For specific information about Mediavine Partners, the data each collects and their data collection and privacy policies, please visit Mediavine Partners.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics 4 to understand how visitors interact with the site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the site, what pages they view, and what other sites they used before. We use the information from Google Analytics in aggregate form only, to improve our site and services.

You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on.

How long we keep information

We keep log and analytics data for no longer than 26 months, after which it is automatically deleted or anonymized beyond individual identification. Email messages you send us via the contact form are retained only for as long as needed to respond and, if the exchange has legal or operational value, for a reasonable period afterwards.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you have rights over the personal information we hold about you. We honor any verified request regardless of where you reside; the categories below summarize the formal regimes most often invoked.

European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland (GDPR / UK GDPR / FADP)

Under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, the UK GDPR, and the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we process about you;
• Rectification — correct inaccurate or incomplete data;
• Erasure ("right to be forgotten");
• Restriction of processing;
• Object to processing based on legitimate interests, including direct marketing;
• Data portability for data you provided to us;
• Withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent (analytics + advertising cookies). Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of prior processing.

Lawful bases we rely on: consent (analytics + advertising cookies), legitimate interests (operating the site, preventing abuse, responding to support requests), and legal obligation where applicable. You can lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority — for example, the Irish Data Protection Commission, the UK ICO, or the Swiss FDPIC.

California (CCPA / CPRA)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, California residents have the right to:

• Know what categories of personal information we collect, the sources, the purposes, and the categories of third parties we share with;
• Access the specific pieces of personal information we hold about you;
• Delete personal information we hold about you;
• Correct inaccurate personal information;
• Opt out of "sale" or "sharing" of personal information — we do not sell personal information for money. Use of third-party advertising cookies (Mediavine and its advertising partners) qualifies as "sharing" for cross-context behavioral advertising under the CPRA; you can opt out by clicking Decline on the cookie banner, by clearing site data and re-deciding, or through the industry opt-out pages listed in the Mediavine section above;
• Limit the use of sensitive personal information — we do not collect sensitive personal information as defined by the CPRA;
• Non-discrimination — you will not receive degraded service for exercising any of these rights.

We honor Global Privacy Control (GPC) signals as a valid opt-out of "sharing" under § 1798.135(b).

How to exercise any of these rights

Email support@correiavirtus.com with the right you wish to exercise and enough information for us to verify you are the data subject. We respond within 30 days (GDPR) / 45 days (CCPA), or notify you within that window if we need to extend.

Children's privacy

Military Toolkit is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 in the United States or under 16 in the European Union. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us and we will delete it.

Security

We use industry-standard safeguards including HTTPS/TLS transport encryption, rate limiting, server-side input validation, and access-restricted infrastructure to protect the information we collect. No online service can guarantee absolute security; please report any suspected vulnerability to support@correiavirtus.com.

International visitors

Military Toolkit is operated from the United States. If you access the site from outside the United States, your information will be transferred to, stored, and processed in the United States, where privacy and data protection laws may differ from those of your country.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will change the "Last updated" date at the top of this page and, for material changes, post a more prominent notice on the site. Your continued use of Military Toolkit after the effective date of an updated policy constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.

Contact

Questions about this policy or our data practices can be directed to:

Correia Virtus LLC
support@correiavirtus.com
United States