Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Edge4ward Pty Ltd is an Australian technology company operating EdgeWorks Apps at edgeworksapps.com, including the following web applications:

• WorldTimeHub — edgeworksapps.com/worldtimehub
• LoanLens — edgeworksapps.com/loanlens
• DocSuite — edgeworksapps.com/docsuite
• GeoTools — edgeworksapps.com/geotools
• Edge4Field — edge4field.edgeworksapps.com
• EdgeWorks Apps (main) — edgeworksapps.com

Support contact: support@edgeworksapps.com

2. What Data We Collect

We collect minimal data across all our applications:

• No personal information — we have no user accounts or registration.
• Timezone / location — detected locally in your browser to provide relevant defaults.
• Financial inputs (LoanLens) — all loan and savings calculations happen entirely in your browser. No figures are transmitted to any server.
• Document processing (DocSuite) — all PDF, image and file operations run locally in your browser using JavaScript.
• Geographic inputs (GeoTools) — coordinate conversions, distance calculations and elevation lookups run in your browser. No location data is stored by us.
• Search queries (WorldTimeHub) — city searches are sent to third-party geocoding APIs (OpenStreetMap/Photon) to find coordinates. We do not log these queries.
• Cookie consent preference — stored in your browser's localStorage only. Not transmitted anywhere.
• Advertising data — Google AdSense may set cookies and collect data to serve relevant advertisements. This is governed by Google's own privacy policy.

3. Google AdSense and Cookies

We use Google AdSense (publisher ID: ca-pub-8747785874660369) to display advertisements on our sites. Google may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our sites or other websites on the internet.

You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ad Settings.

Users in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom and Switzerland are shown a cookie consent banner before personalised ads are activated. You may decline consent and non-personalised ads will be shown instead.

4. Third-Party Services We Use

• Google AdSense — advertising (privacy policy)
• Google Fonts — Syne and JetBrains Mono typefaces
• Photon / OpenStreetMap — city search geocoding (WorldTimeHub)
• Open-Meteo — timezone lookup by coordinates (WorldTimeHub)
• corsproxy.io — CORS proxy for fetching public RSS feeds (WorldTimeHub)
• ipapi.co — country detection for region pre-selection (LoanLens)
• Public RSS feeds — BBC, Reuters, ABC Australia, NHK, Channel NewsAsia and others for news headlines (WorldTimeHub)

5. Your Rights

Under the Australian Privacy Act 1988 and, where applicable, the GDPR, you have the right to acce

Under the Australian Privacy Act 1988 and, where applicable, the GDPR, you have the right to access, correct, or request deletion of any personal data we hold about you. To exercise these rights, contact us at privacy@edgeworksapps.com and we will respond within 30 days.

6. Data Retention

We do not store personal data on our servers for any of our tool interactions. Any data processed by our tools (PDFs, coordinates, loan figures, recipes) exists only in your browser session and is discarded when you close the page. Google AdSense and Google Analytics may retain data per their own retention policies.

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will reflect any changes. Continued use of our apps after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

8. Contact

For privacy-related enquiries, contact Edge4ward Pty Ltd at privacy@edgeworksapps.com.