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1. Who we are

This website ("the Service") is operated as a personal project. Contact details are on the contact page. For privacy-related requests, write to the same address with "Privacy" in the subject line.

2. What we store on your device

The Service uses your browser's localStorage to remember:

• The list of days you have marked as time spent in the Schengen area.
• Your reference date and the currently visible 12-month window.
• Your light/dark theme preference.

This data is stored only on your device. It is not transmitted to us, and we cannot read it. You can clear it at any time using the "Clear all" button in the controls panel, or through your browser's site-data settings.

The optional Schengen Counter MCP service is separate from the website calculator. When you invoke it through an AI client, that client sends the dates included in your request to our AWS-hosted endpoint. The endpoint uses them only to calculate the response and does not save the trip dates or request bodies. The AI client and its provider handle the conversation under their own privacy terms. You can avoid sending dates to our endpoint by not using the MCP service; the website calculator works in your browser.

3. What we collect on our servers

The website is served as static files through a third-party hosting and content delivery provider. We also operate a small calculation endpoint for users who choose to connect through an AI client. Our function does not log request bodies or trip dates. AWS Lambda writes technical invocation and error records to CloudWatch Logs; we retain those records for 30 days, after which AWS deletes them. They can include technical details such as request IDs, duration, and errors. API Gateway access logging is disabled. AWS may separately process connection metadata such as IP address, user-agent, and request time to route and protect its services; AWS's privacy and retention practices apply to that service-level data.

We use Google Analytics 4 to count visits and understand which pages are popular. IP addresses are anonymised. Google Analytics is loaded with Consent Mode v2: until you make a choice in the consent message shown on your first visit, Google's tags run in a cookieless, non-personalised mode and no analytics or advertising identifiers are stored on your device. The consent message is provided by a Google-certified consent management platform (CMP); you can change or withdraw your consent at any time through the "Manage options" / privacy settings in that message.

4. Advertising

Pages on this site may show ads through Google AdSense. When this is the case:

• Google and its partners may use cookies and similar identifiers to serve ads, including personalised ads where consent has been given.
• You can review and adjust your ad preferences at adssettings.google.com.
• You can opt out of personalised advertising via the DAA (US) or EDAA (EU).
• For visitors in the EU/UK, we use Google's IAB-compliant consent flow to ask before any non-essential cookies are set.

Some pages may also include affiliate links (for example to travel insurance or visa services). If you sign up through one of these links, we may receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate links do not change the price you pay and do not influence which products are mentioned.

5. Third parties

• Hosting & content delivery provider — a third-party service serves and caches the site's files and may process standard request logs.
• AWS — hosts the optional MCP calculation endpoint. Trip dates and request bodies are not logged or retained by us. Technical Lambda invocation and error records are retained in CloudWatch Logs for 30 days. AWS may also process standard connection metadata under its own privacy and retention practices.
• Google Analytics 4 — anonymous visit measurement, loaded with Consent Mode v2 (see section 3). See Google's privacy policy.
• Google AdSense — advertising (when enabled). See Google's privacy policy.
• Affiliate partners — if you click an affiliate link, you leave this site and the destination's privacy policy applies.
• Travelpayouts — an affiliate network whose script runs on our pages to attribute referrals and may set cookies or similar identifiers. See Travelpayouts' privacy policy.

6. Your rights (GDPR / CCPA)

If you are in the EU, UK, or California, you have the right to access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of any personal data we hold about you, and to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. Because we do not run a user-account backend, the personal data we hold is limited to anonymous analytics aggregates and (where applicable) advertising identifiers held by Google. To exercise your rights regarding advertising data held by Google, use the links in section 4. For anything else, contact us using the address on the contact page.

7. Children

This Service is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect data from them.

8. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the Service evolves. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will reflect any changes.