Privacy policy
Last updated: 2026-11-09
This policy explains how Asad Ali ("we", "us"), operator of dutyfreeallowance.com, processes personal data. We are based in Lithuania and follow the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable laws.
1. Data we process
- Calculator inputs (route, goods, amounts): processed in your browser. Inputs sent to our estimate service (for countries without published data, or product photos) are used only to return the answer and are not stored with your identity.
- Contact form: your name, email and message, used only to reply. Kept for up to 24 months.
- Technical data: IP address, browser type and pages visited, processed by our hosting and security provider (Cloudflare) to deliver the site and protect it from abuse.
- Preferences (language, dismissed prompts) stored in your browser's local storage.
2. Advertising (Google AdSense)
We show ads through Google AdSense. Google and its partners may use cookies or similar technologies to show ads based on your visits to this and other websites. You can opt out of personalised advertising at Google Ads Settings or aboutads.info. In the EEA, UK and Switzerland we ask for your consent through a Google-certified consent management platform before personalised ads are shown. Learn how Google uses data: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
3. Bot protection
We use Cloudflare Turnstile to check that visitors are human. Turnstile processes limited technical signals and does not use them for advertising. See Cloudflare's privacy policy.
4. Analytics
We may use Cloudflare Web Analytics, which does not use cookies or track you across sites.
5. Legal bases
Providing the service (legitimate interest), replying to messages (consent/legitimate interest), personalised ads (consent), security (legitimate interest).
6. Sharing and transfers
We share data only with providers needed to run the site (Cloudflare, Google). Some may process data outside your country under appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses.
7. Your rights
You can request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability or object to processing, and withdraw consent at any time. Contact [email protected]. You may also complain to your data protection authority (in Sweden: IMY, imy.se).
8. Children
The site is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect their data.
9. Changes
We will post updates on this page with a new date.