Privacy Policy

1. Privacy at a glance

This Privacy Policy applies when you use howmanycamelsamiworth.co.uk (the “Site”) or contact us. It should be read with our Cookie Policy, Advertising & Cookies Policy, Terms of Use and Disclaimer.

Simply visiting the Site does not mean that you consent to optional cookies or optional uses of personal data. Where we rely on consent, we ask for a clear choice and you may withdraw that consent.

2. Who we are

The owner and operator trading as How Many Camels Am I Worth is the controller of personal data processed for the Site. A controller decides why and how personal data is used.

3. Personal data we process

We do not ask you to create an account. We do not intentionally collect special-category data, criminal-offence data or payment information through the calculator. Please do not include sensitive information in a message to us unless it is necessary.

4. Why we process data and our legal bases

Where we rely on legitimate interests, we consider whether the processing is necessary and whether your privacy rights outweigh our interests. You may object to this processing as explained in section 9.

The calculator produces a light-hearted entertainment result. It is not used to make a decision that has legal or similarly significant effects on you.

5. Cookies, similar technologies and your choices

Cookies are small files placed on a device. Similar technologies include local storage, pixels, tags and scripts. The Site may use:

• Strictly necessary technologies to deliver security and remember your privacy choices. These do not require consent where the legal exemption applies.
• Microsoft Clarity analytics technologies to provide usage statistics, heatmaps and session replays. Clarity may use first- and third-party cookies such as _clck and _clsk. Its cookie list can change, so our Cookie Policy and Microsoft’s documentation provide the current detail.
• Google AdSense advertising technologies on pages where advertising is enabled. Google and advertising partners may place or read cookies, use web beacons, or process IP addresses and device information to deliver and measure ads.

We do not currently use Google Analytics. We do use Microsoft Clarity; it is therefore not accurate to describe the Site as having no analytics or no tracking technologies.

Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that occurred lawfully before withdrawal. See our Cookie Policy for a service-by-service cookie table and instructions.

6. Who receives personal data

We do not sell or rent your personal data. We disclose data only where needed to operate the Site, follow your choices, meet legal obligations or protect legal rights. Recipients may include:

• Hosting, content-delivery and website-security providers, which process request, log and diagnostic data to deliver and protect the Site.
• Microsoft Clarity, which helps us understand how visitors navigate and interact with pages using behavioural metrics, heatmaps and reconstructed session replays. Clarity records page structure and interaction events; input-box and drop-down content is masked before upload. Read the Microsoft Clarity privacy disclosure guidance and Microsoft Privacy Statement.
• Google AdSense and advertising partners, if ads are enabled. Third parties may place and read cookies or use web beacons and IP addresses as a result of ad serving. Read how Google uses data from partner sites and manage advertising preferences in My Ad Center.
• Contact and email providers, which transmit or store messages you send to us.
• Professional advisers, courts, regulators or public authorities where disclosure is necessary for advice, legal claims or compliance with a binding requirement.
• A purchaser or successor if the Site or its operating business is sold or reorganised, subject to appropriate safeguards and notice where required.

7. International data transfers

Some service providers, including Microsoft and Google, operate internationally. This means personal data may be processed outside the United Kingdom, including in the United States.

Where UK data-protection law requires a transfer safeguard, we rely on an applicable UK adequacy regulation or contractual safeguards such as the UK International Data Transfer Agreement or the UK Addendum to approved standard contractual clauses, together with supplementary measures where appropriate. The exact mechanism can depend on the provider, recipient and destination. Contact us if you would like information about the safeguards relevant to a particular transfer.

8. How long data is kept

We keep personal data only for as long as needed for the purpose for which it was collected, including security, accounting and legal requirements. The periods or criteria currently used are:

9. Your data-protection rights

Depending on the circumstances and the legal basis, UK data-protection law may give you the right to:

• ask for access to personal data we hold about you;
• ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data;
• ask us to erase data or restrict its use;
• object to processing based on legitimate interests or to direct marketing;
• receive certain data in a portable format where the right applies;
• withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent; and
• raise a concern with the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Email privacy@howmanycamelsamiworth.co.uk to exercise a right. Please describe your request and the email address or interaction concerned. We may ask for proportionate information to verify identity. We normally respond within one month. Where the law allows more time for a complex or numerous request, we will explain this within the first month.

Rights are not absolute, and an exemption may apply. We do not normally charge a fee, but the law permits a reasonable fee or refusal in limited cases involving manifestly unfounded or excessive requests.

10. Under-18s

The Site and its analytics setup are intended for adults and are not directed at anyone under 18. We do not knowingly ask an under-18 user to create an account or provide personal data. If you are under 18, please do not send personal information through the contact form or by email.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe a child has sent us personal data, contact privacy@howmanycamelsamiworth.co.uk. We will investigate and delete the data where appropriate.

11. How we protect data

We use proportionate technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal data. These include HTTPS encryption in transit, access controls, software updates and restricting data collection to what is needed. No website or transmission method can be guaranteed completely secure.

If a personal-data breach occurs, we assess the risk and notify the ICO and affected people where UK law requires us to do so.

12. Links and sharing

The Site links to external sources and may provide share links to services such as WhatsApp, Facebook or X. A normal link does not send calculator answers to that service. If you follow a link or choose to share, the external service receives information according to its own privacy policy. We are not responsible for third-party sites.

13. Changes to this policy

We review this policy when the Site, its service providers or legal requirements change. The “Updated” date shows the latest revision. If a change materially affects how we use personal data, we will provide a prominent notice and request fresh consent where required.

14. Questions and complaints

Please contact us first if you have a concern so that we can investigate. You may also complain at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK data-protection regulator.

15. Contact us