Privacy Notice

1. Local-first design

During normal preparation, tax documents, extracted values, manually entered return data, saved projects, generated forms, and exported project files are processed and stored locally on your device. They are not transmitted to tako.tax servers as part of normal preparation.

2. Information tako.tax does not intentionally collect

tako.tax does not intentionally collect or receive tax document contents, generated forms, Social Security numbers, taxpayer identification numbers, names, mailing addresses, dates of birth, employer information, brokerage details, bank account numbers, numeric tax values, or free-form tax answers entered into the product during normal preparation.

3. Limited operational data

Standard web infrastructure and product diagnostics may create limited records such as:

• IP address, timestamps, browser user-agent, and requested resources
• Product version, browser family, operating system family, and capability signals
• Page or screen load success and failure signals
• Error categories, diagnostic codes, stack traces, and performance measurements
• Policy acceptance or consent records when applicable

tako.tax does not use operational telemetry to collect tax document content or return values.

4. How limited data is used

Limited operational data may be used to:

• Operate, secure, and debug tako.tax
• Understand product reliability and feature usage in aggregate
• Investigate errors without receiving tax data
• Maintain policy, consent, and legal records

5. Cookies, local storage, and similar technologies

tako.tax may use essential cookies, browser local storage, and similar technologies to operate the site and app. Local storage is used for local project saving. tako.tax does not use advertising pixels or sell tax data.

6. Retention and deletion

Because tax documents and return contents stay on your device during normal preparation, tako.tax does not retain those materials on its servers. You can delete local project data by clearing browser site storage for tako.tax, but doing so may permanently delete your local project unless you exported a backup.

Limited operational data may be retained for security, reliability, debugging, and legal recordkeeping. Retention periods may vary depending on the type of record and operational need.

7. Crash reports

If crash reporting is enabled, error reports are intended to be scrubbed before transmission to avoid names, tax values, document content, and identifiable return information. Reports may include error type, stack trace, app version, and platform.

8. Third-party service providers

tako.tax may use providers for hosting, domain services, email delivery, security monitoring, or similar infrastructure. If analytics or diagnostic error reporting is enabled, those tools must be configured so they are not intended to receive tax return contents or attached tax documents during normal preparation.

9. Future changes

E-file, if added in a future version, would require transmitting filing data to tax agencies and possibly filing partners. Accounts, if added, would require account data. This notice will be updated before those features are enabled.

10. Children

tako.tax is not directed to children under 13.

11. Changes to this notice

tako.tax may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. The updated version will be posted at tako.tax with a revised effective date.

12. Contact

Privacy questions may be sent to [email protected].