🔒 Privacy Policy

Last Updated: October 21, 2026

This policy outlines the strict privacy standards enforced by the QuietDuty Excise Notice 196 Policy Generator extension hosted at quietduty.co.uk.

1. Principle of Absolute Privacy Moat

This application operates on a strict, zero-server architecture. We do not maintain databases, we do not require user account logins, and we do not collect, store, or transmit your confidential business metrics to any external cloud network. Your data remains entirely your own property.

2. Local On-Device Processing (Gemini Nano)

All text compilation, legislative translation, and compliance document structuring are executed 100% locally inside your own Google Chrome web browser using your machine's native on-device AI capabilities (window.ai).

• Zero Cloud Logs: Your raw warehouse workflow notes, target bonded warehouse codes, client identification details, and operational structures never leave your local machine.
• Zero Training: Your sensitive proprietary data is never used to train global AI models.

3. Third-Party Transaction Processing

Payment handling is managed securely and externally via our merchant of record, Paddle v3.

• When you purchase a policy download key, your payment details are processed entirely within Paddle's secure, encrypted environment.
• This extension only processes the unique mathematical string of your purchased License Key locally within your browser sidebar to lift the visual preview blur. We do not track your credit card details or personal bank infrastructure.

4. The Background Change Detector

The extension includes a passive background utility that queries our dedicated Cloudflare Change Detector worker. This network request contains zero identifiable user data, zero tracking cookies, and zero diagnostic tokens. It simply fetches a timestamp from our isolated quietduty data namespace to confirm whether HMRC Excise Notice 196 has been structurally updated by the UK government.