Privacy Policy
Last updated: Mar 1, 2025
TL;DR (The Quick Version)
- We believe that calculating dates doesn't require collecting your personal data
- We don't track which dates you're counting down to (or up from)
- We don't sell your data because we barely collect any
- We use minimal analytics just to know how many people use our calculators
- Our site does not require you to create an account or store personal information
A Different Approach to Privacy
Most privacy policies read like they were written by robots for robots. We wanted ours to be different—just like our approach to privacy itself.
The truth is, to calculate how many days exist between two dates, we don't need to know:
- Who you are
- Why you're calculating this date
- What that date means to you
- Your browsing history, shoe size, or favorite ice cream flavor
So unlike many sites that collect everything they can "just in case," we've built HowManyDays.orgaround the principle of minimal data collection. Here's how it works.
What We Collect (And Why)
We DO Collect
- Basic usage metrics: Number of visitors, pages viewed, time spent on site
- General location data: Country level only, to understand where our users come from
- Error reports: When something breaks, we need to know what happened
- Referral sources: To know if people find us via search, social media, or links
We DON'T Collect
- Personal identifiers: Your name, email, phone number, etc.
- The actual dates you're calculating
- Cross-site tracking data: We don't follow you around the internet
- Payment information: Our service is free and has no premium features
A Note About Cookies
We use only essential cookies for site functionality. These remember your preferences and enable basic features. Unlike most sites, we don't use cookies to track you or build a profile about you.
URL Parameters: When you use our date calculations, this information is encoded in the URL. Anyone with that URL can see what date calculation you were performing, so be mindful when sharing links to personal events.
Third-Party Services
We use a few external services to help operate our site. Each has been selected carefully with privacy in mind:
- Vercel: Hosts our website and provides analytics on page views
- Sentry: Helps us identify and fix bugs that might affect your experience
These services may collect their own data as permitted by their privacy policies, but we limit what information we share with them.
Our Commitments
No Data Sales
We don't sell, rent, or monetize your data in any way.
No User Accounts
Using our services doesn't require creating an account or sharing personal information.
Transparent Updates
If our privacy practices change, we'll update this policy and notify you clearly.
Contact Us
If you have questions about our privacy practices or would like to request information about data we might hold, please contact us at:
We'll respond to your inquiry within 30 days. That's 720 hours, or 43,200 minutes, or 2,592,000 seconds—but who's counting?