Terms of Use

Terms of Use – Raw Calculator

Effective Date: January 1, 2025

Last Updated: January 1, 2025

Welcome to RawCalculator.com (“RawCalculator,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). These Terms of Use (“Terms”) are a binding legal agreement between you and RawCalculator governing your access to and use of our website, calculators, tools, and content (collectively, the “Services”). By accessing or using the Services, you agree to be bound by these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Services.

Key Points

  • Our calculators are for educational and informational purposes only — not professional advice.
  • Results are estimates. Always verify independently and consult a qualified professional.
  • The Services are provided “as is” — we do not guarantee accuracy or uninterrupted availability.
  • We are not liable for decisions you make based on our tools.
  • Third-party ads (Google AdSense) are served under our Privacy Policy.

1. Eligibility & Acceptable Use

  • You must be capable of forming a legally binding contract in your jurisdiction to use the Services.
  • The Services are intended for a general audience and are not directed to children under 13.
  • You agree to use the Services only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms and all applicable local, national, and international laws, rules, and regulations.

2. Changes to the Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. The “Effective Date” at the top reflects the latest version. We will post any changes on this page and, for material changes, may provide additional notice on the site. Your continued use of the Services after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms.

3. License to Use the Services

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the Services for personal, non-commercial purposes. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, sublicense, or lease any part of the Services except as expressly permitted in writing by RawCalculator.

4. Educational Purpose & No Professional Advice

Important: RawCalculator.com provides calculators and content for educational and informational purposes only. Results produced by our tools are estimates and may not reflect your specific circumstances or official outcomes.

We do not provide legal, tax, financial, accounting, medical, engineering, or any other form of professional advice. Nothing on the Services should be construed as professional advice or a substitute for consultation with a qualified professional. You should always:

  • Verify results independently using official sources.
  • Consult a licensed and qualified professional before making decisions based on any output from our tools.

RawCalculator is not responsible for any actions you take or decisions you make based on information obtained through the Services.

5. Accuracy, Availability & Modifications

  • We strive to provide accurate, up-to-date content and tools, but we do not warrant the completeness, reliability, or error-free operation of the Services.
  • Formulas, rates, and data (e.g., tax rates, interest rates, health benchmarks) may change over time and may not reflect the most current figures.
  • We may modify, update, suspend, or discontinue any portion of the Services at any time without notice or liability.
  • We are not responsible for delays, interruptions, errors, or data loss.

6. User Content & Feedback

If you submit comments, suggestions, bug reports, feature requests, or other feedback (“Feedback”), you grant RawCalculator a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate, and display the Feedback for any purpose without compensation or attribution to you.

You represent and warrant that you own or control all rights in and to your Feedback, that it is accurate, and that it does not infringe or violate the rights of any third party.

7. Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to:

  • Use the Services in any way that violates applicable law or the rights of others.
  • Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or attempt to extract the source code or underlying algorithms of the Services, except to the extent permitted by applicable law.
  • Scrape, mine, crawl, or use automated means (bots, spiders, scrapers) to access the Services in a manner that burdens our infrastructure, without our prior written consent.
  • Interfere with or disrupt the integrity, security, or performance of the Services or attempt to gain unauthorized access to any system or network.
  • Upload, transmit, or distribute malicious code, viruses, spam, phishing content, or any content that is unlawful, defamatory, obscene, infringing, or otherwise harmful.
  • Impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation with any person or entity.
  • Use the Services to collect personal information about other users without their consent.

8. Intellectual Property

The Services — including all text, interfaces, visual design, calculators, graphics, code, compilations, and trademarks — are owned by RawCalculator or our licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. All rights not expressly granted to you in these Terms are reserved by RawCalculator.

You may not use RawCalculator’s name, logo, or trademarks without our prior written consent.

9. Third-Party Services, Links & Ads

The Services may link to or integrate with third-party websites, tools, and advertising networks. We display ads through Google AdSense, which uses cookies and similar technologies to serve ads — including interest-based ads — based on your browsing activity. See our Privacy Policy for full details and opt-out instructions.

We do not control third-party websites, services, or ad content, and are not responsible for their practices, content, accuracy, or availability. Your use of any third-party service is at your own risk and subject to that party’s terms and privacy policies.

10. Privacy

Your use of the Services is subject to our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference. The Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information, and includes all disclosures required by Google AdSense, the GDPR, the CCPA/CPRA, and other applicable laws.

You may also review your consumer privacy rights on our Consumer Rights page.

11. DMCA / Copyright Complaints

If you believe that content on the Services infringes your copyright, please send a written notice to us that includes all of the following:

  1. Your name, address, telephone number, and email address.
  2. A description of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed.
  3. The URL or specific location of the allegedly infringing material on our site.
  4. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  5. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.
  6. Your physical or electronic signature.
Send DMCA notices to: [email protected]

12. Disclaimer of Warranties

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so the above exclusions may not apply to you in full.

13. Limitation of Liability

Our total aggregate liability for any claim relating to the Services shall not exceed USD $100 or the amount you paid us (if any) in the three months before the event giving rise to liability, whichever is greater.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation of liability for certain types of damages, so some of the above limitations may not apply to you.

14. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless RawCalculator and its affiliates, officers, employees, contractors, and agents from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your use of or access to the Services; (b) your violation of these Terms; or (c) your infringement of any third-party intellectual property, privacy, or other right.

15. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to all or part of the Services at any time, with or without notice, for any reason — including violation of these Terms. Upon termination, your right to use the Services ceases immediately.

The following sections survive termination: Intellectual Property, Disclaimer of Warranties, Limitation of Liability, Indemnification, and Governing Law.

16. Governing Law & Dispute Resolution

These Terms and any dispute arising from them are governed by the laws of the State of California, U.S.A., without regard to conflict-of-law principles. You agree to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in San Francisco County, California for any dispute not otherwise resolved.

Before initiating any formal legal action, you agree to first contact us at [email protected] and provide a written description of the dispute. The parties will attempt to resolve the dispute informally for at least 30 days.

17. International Users

Access to the Services may not be legal for all persons or in all countries. If you access the Services from outside the United States, you do so on your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with applicable local laws. RawCalculator makes no representation that the Services are appropriate or available for use in any particular location.

18. General Provisions

Electronic Communications

By using the Services or contacting us by email, you consent to receive communications from us electronically. You agree that all agreements, notices, disclosures, and other communications we provide electronically satisfy any legal requirement that such communications be in writing.

Severability

If any provision of these Terms is found invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the remaining provisions will continue in full force and effect.

Waiver

Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms is not a waiver of that right or provision. Any waiver must be in writing and signed by an authorized representative of RawCalculator.

Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and Consumer Rights page, constitute the entire agreement between you and RawCalculator regarding the Services and supersede all prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations, and understandings.

19. Contact Us

For questions about these Terms or the Services:

Disclaimer

For informational and educational purposes only. Results produced by RawCalculator.com tools are estimates based on the inputs you provide. Formulas, rates, and reference values may change over time and results may differ from official sources due to rounding or regional variation.

Nothing on this site constitutes legal, financial, medical, tax, or professional advice. Always verify critical calculations with official sources or a qualified professional before making important decisions.

See our Disclosure, Privacy Policy, and Terms of Use.