Privacy Policy

DutyCalc — US Tariff Exposure for Shopify catalogs

Last updated: May 22, 2026

What We Collect

DutyCalc collects only the minimum data needed to audit catalog tariff exposure and provide duty calculations:

• Shop domain — to associate settings and usage with your store
• Product and variant data — title, SKU, price, vendor, product type, and selected product/variant IDs needed to display the catalog audit
• Import metadata — HS/HTS codes and countries of origin from Shopify metafields, or values explicitly saved by the merchant
• Usage counts and cached lookup results — to enforce plan limits and improve performance

What We Don't Collect

• No personal customer data such as customer names, emails, phone numbers, or shipping addresses
• No payment card information
• No storefront tracking profiles
• No cookies on your storefront

Product Metadata Writes

DutyCalc requests product write access so merchants can explicitly save reviewed HS/HTS code and country-of-origin values to Shopify variant metafields. DutyCalc does not make hidden product edits or background catalog changes.

Third-Party Services

Duty rate lookups are processed through the USTariffRates.com API. Only HS/HTS code, country of origin, shop identifier, and lookup context needed for usage/caching are transmitted. Customer personal data is not sent.

Data Retention

Lookup results may be cached for performance and plan enforcement. Shop settings, usage records, and cached lookup results are deleted when you uninstall the app or when Shopify sends a shop erasure request.

GDPR Compliance

DutyCalc supports all mandatory Shopify privacy webhooks: customer data requests, customer data erasure, and shop data erasure. Because DutyCalc does not store personal customer data, customer-level requests are acknowledged automatically.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Email hello@ustariffrates.com