Last updated: August 17, 2026
American Dollar Story (americandollarstory.com) is an independent, non-partisan public data project that visualizes US federal government spending. We are operated by BellView Technologies LLC.
We collect no personal data directly. We do not require registration, do not ask for your email, and do not store any information you enter into the salary calculator — that calculation happens entirely in your browser and is never sent to our servers.
We use Google Analytics (GA4) to understand how visitors use the site — which pages are popular, how long people stay, and what devices they use. Google Analytics collects:
This data is aggregated and anonymized. We cannot identify individual visitors. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
This site does not currently display advertising. We intend to use Google AdSense in the future to help fund the ongoing maintenance of this site, and this policy is kept up to date in advance so our data practices are clear before any ads go live. If enabled, Google AdSense may use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this site or other websites. You can learn more about how Google uses your data at Google's partner sites policy.
Once ads are enabled, you will be able to opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ad Settings or www.aboutads.info.
We do not set any first-party cookies. Third-party cookies may be set by Google Analytics as described above, and in the future by Google AdSense once ads are enabled. You can control cookie behavior through your browser settings.
This site links to official government sources (CBO, Treasury, OMB, IRS) and our sister site The British Pound. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external sites.
This site is a general educational resource and does not knowingly collect any information from children under 13.
We may update this policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated date.
If you have questions about this privacy policy, please contact us through our parent company BellView Technologies LLC, or open an issue on our GitHub repository.