Privacy Policy

The short version

Warrior Retirement is an independent publisher of federal retirement strategy content. We collect minimal data, use it only for our own operations, and we never sell, rent, lease, or share your personal information with any third party for their commercial use. Period.

What we collect

Google Analytics 4 (anonymous site data). We use Google Analytics to understand aggregated patterns about how visitors use the site — pages viewed, time on page, device type, country. This data is anonymized and does not personally identify you.

Email subscription (only if you opt in). If you subscribe to our email list, we collect your email address. We use it solely to send you content updates. We do not share, sell, rent, or transfer your email to anyone, ever.

Calculator inputs (stays in your browser). Anything you type into the retirement calculator on this site runs entirely in your browser. The numbers are never sent to our servers, never saved, and never seen by anyone but you.

How we use your data

• To understand what content visitors find useful (aggregated analytics)
• To send you content updates if you subscribed
• To improve the site, fix bugs, and plan new content

That is the complete list. We do not use your data for any other purpose.

What we do NOT do with your data

• We do not sell your data to anyone
• We do not rent your email list to advertisers
• We do not share your personal information with marketers
• We do not build profiles of individual visitors
• We do not track you across other websites

Cookies

Google Analytics sets cookies to track session and visitor information. These cookies do not contain personally identifiable information. You can opt out of Google Analytics tracking using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Future advertising or affiliate links

We may add advertising or affiliate links to the site in the future. If we do, this Privacy Policy will be updated to disclose what data those services collect, and we will add a clear disclosure indicating which links are affiliate links. We will never run advertising or affiliate programs that compromise the "we do not sell your data" commitment above.

Your rights (GDPR, CCPA, and similar laws)

Regardless of where you live, you have the right to:

• Know what personal data we hold about you
• Request deletion of your personal data
• Request a copy of your personal data
• Opt out of analytics tracking
• Unsubscribe from email at any time (every email includes an unsubscribe link)

To exercise any of these rights, contact us via the Contact page. We will respond within 30 days.

Data security

We use industry-standard security practices to protect your data. The site is served over HTTPS. Email addresses are stored in a secure email service. We do not store financial information, payment details, or sensitive personal data.

Third-party services

We use the following third-party services. Each has its own privacy policy:

• Google Analytics — for anonymous site analytics. Google Privacy Policy
• Firebase Hosting (Google Cloud) — for site hosting. Firebase Privacy Policy
• Google Fonts — for typography. Loads font files from Google servers.

Children

This site is intended for adults — federal employees, military retirees, and people planning for retirement. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 16. If you believe we have collected information from a minor, please contact us and we will delete it.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Significant changes will be noted in a Dispatch or via the email list.

Contact

For privacy questions or to exercise your data rights, contact us via the Contact page.