Privacy policy

Last updated: 11 November 2026

The short version

We use Google Analytics to understand how people use ExpatGoals, such as which places they open and which currencies and household types they choose, so we know what to improve and add. We don't sell your data, we don't show ads yet, and you can turn analytics off at any time with "Cookie settings" at the bottom of every page.

What we collect, and why

Analytics (Google Analytics 4)

If analytics is on, Google Analytics sets cookies and records:

• Pages viewed, how you reached the site, your approximate location (country or city), device, browser and language.
• How you use the map: places opened, lifestyle level, household type, currency, whether you open comparisons or sources, and budgets you set, rounded to the nearest US$100.

We use this only in aggregate, to decide which places to add and what to improve. Google processes it under its own privacy policy. IP addresses are not logged or stored by Google Analytics 4.

Your choices

Visitors in Europe and the UK are asked first, and analytics stays off until they accept. Elsewhere it is on by default. Anyone can change their choice at any time with "Cookie settings" at the bottom of each page. You can also block analytics with Google's opt-out browser add-on.

Contact form

If you write to us, we receive your name, email address and message through our hosting provider's form service. We use them only to reply, and delete them when no longer needed.

Stored on your device

The site remembers your household, currency, lifestyle level, budget and cookie choice in your browser's local storage, and caches exchange rates for up to 12 hours. This never leaves your device. Clearing your browser's site data removes it.

Other services the site uses

• Map tiles from OpenFreeMap and the map library from unpkg.com.
• Fonts from Google Fonts.
• Exchange rates from Exchange Rate API.
• Hosting, which keeps standard server logs for security.

Your browser contacts these services directly when the page loads, so they receive your IP address as part of normal web traffic.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal data we hold, or to object to its use. Contact us and we'll help.

Changes

If we add advertising or new services, we'll update this page first. The date above shows the latest version.