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Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 1, 2025

1. Who We Are

SchengenAI ("we," "us," or "our") operates the website at schengenai.com. We provide free tools for calculating Schengen stay duration and checking European visa requirements. For privacy inquiries, contact us at contact@schengenai.com.

2. Data We Collect

Data you provide

The Schengen Day Calculator operates entirely in your browser. Trip dates you enter are stored only in your browser's local memory and are never sent to our servers. We do not collect or store any personal travel data.

Data collected automatically

When you visit our website, we may collect:

  • IP address (anonymized before storage)
  • Browser type and version
  • Pages visited and time spent
  • Referring URL
  • Country of access (derived from IP, not stored at individual level)

This data is collected via Google Analytics (if you consent) and is used solely to understand how visitors use our site and improve our tools.

Cookies

We use cookies as described in our Cookie Policy. Analytics cookies are only set after you give explicit consent via our cookie banner.

3. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

We process personal data under the following legal bases:

  • Consent — analytics cookies and tracking are only activated after you explicitly accept.
  • Legitimate interests — basic server logs for security and abuse prevention.

4. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal data. We may share anonymized, aggregated data with:

  • Google Analytics — for website usage statistics (only with your consent).
  • Google AdSense — for displaying advertisements (only with your consent).
  • Cloudflare — our hosting provider, which processes request data to deliver our website.

Each of these providers has their own privacy policies and data processing agreements that comply with GDPR.

5. Data Retention

We retain server logs for a maximum of 30 days for security purposes. Analytics data is retained for 14 months in Google Analytics. You may request deletion of any data we hold about you at any time.

6. Your GDPR Rights

If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have the right to:

  • Access — request a copy of data we hold about you.
  • Rectification — request correction of inaccurate data.
  • Erasure — request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten").
  • Portability — receive your data in a machine-readable format.
  • Objection — object to processing based on legitimate interests.
  • Restriction — request that we limit how we use your data.
  • Withdraw consent — at any time, for consent-based processing.

To exercise any of these rights, email contact@schengenai.com. We will respond within 30 days. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

7. Children's Privacy

Our website is not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us personal data, contact us immediately.

8. International Transfers

Data processed by Google Analytics and AdSense may be transferred to servers in the United States. Google complies with the EU-US Data Privacy Framework to ensure adequate protection.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. We will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of our website after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

10. Contact

For any privacy-related questions, email contact@schengenai.com.