Privacy policy

Calculator inputs and public data requests

The calculator uses a duty station ZIP code, pay grade, and dependent category to select a published rate. An optional service branch choice changes explanatory context rather than the rate source. The rate calculation happens in your browser using static public data files. There is no account database, member profile, application submission, or backend eligibility review associated with this lookup.

Your browser requests the ZIP index and the rate file for the matched housing area from the website host. These are public reference files, not requests to a military personnel system. Although the site does not submit a personal application, ordinary web requests still pass through network and hosting services. The absence of a calculator database should not be read as a promise that no technical request information exists anywhere.

Result URLs, browser history, and sharing

A result can be represented by URL parameters for the ZIP, grade, and dependent category so that refreshing or opening the same URL can reproduce the selection. The URL may therefore reveal those choices to anyone who can see the link. Your browser may keep it in history, synchronize it to another device, include it in a bookmark, or show it when you share your screen.

Before copying a result into a public post or sending a screenshot, review the information you are choosing to share. A public rate is not confidential, but the combination of a location, grade, and family category may be personal to you. You can share only the published MHA and amount when that is enough for the conversation. Browser history and bookmark controls are managed in your own browser.

Cookies, storage, and measurement

The current application does not install advertising cookies, an analytics script, a session replay tool, or a login session. It does not create an account identifier to follow your calculator use. The calculator does not require permission to track you across websites. There is also no advertising service currently installed, and this policy does not claim that an advertising account has been approved.

A browser can cache HTML, scripts, and public rate files as part of loading a website. Such caching is different from a user account or an advertising profile. Browser extensions, security software, corporate networks, or browser synchronization can have their own data practices outside this application. If you want to remove local browsing traces, use the controls provided by your browser and any relevant device administrator.

Hosting and technical information

The hosting and network providers that deliver the website may process technical information such as an IP address, request time, requested path, browser information, and error details. Such information can be used for delivery, security, reliability, or troubleshooting under those providers’ practices. This site does not state a specific provider log retention period because no independently verified retention schedule is represented here.

The website does not ask the hosting provider to create a military personnel record from your lookup. Nevertheless, technical paths or request details can provide context about pages and public files that were requested. You should consider both this policy and the applicable provider policies when assessing a website visit. A private browser window can change local history behavior but does not remove the network requests needed to load a page.

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Email and information you choose to send

If you contact the configured site address, your email provider and any receiving mail service handle the message and its metadata. Information you choose to put in an email may include your sender address, name, message text, or attachments. Public calculator defects can normally be described using a ZIP, pay grade, dependent category, displayed rate, and source link without sending a personal record.

Do not include a Social Security number, military identification number, account credentials, unredacted orders, or a full pay statement in a website bug report. The calculator cannot use those documents to authorize benefits. No particular response time, email retention period, or secure document review service is promised. The contact page explains how to describe a public data discrepancy while keeping the report limited to what is needed.

External links and future changes

Official source links take you to websites operated by other organizations. Those websites may use their own cookies, forms, analytics, or account features. Opening an external page does not mean that its data practices are governed by this policy. Review the destination’s privacy information before sending information there, especially if the destination asks you to sign in or submit a document.

Advertising or additional measurement may be considered in the future, but it is not described as active today. If the site adds a service that changes how visitor information is handled, this policy should be updated to explain the actual implementation and any applicable choices. A future plan is not consent to a service that is absent now. This page describes the current website behavior rather than a list of possible technologies.