Who is responsible
My Descent Passport is a one-person project based in the UK. Contact: hello@mydescentpassport.com.
Your answers in the tools
The checker, document list, cost estimator and family tree work entirely on your own device. Names, dates and places you enter never leave it: they aren’t sent to this site or to anyone else. If a tool offers to keep your answers for next time, they’re kept on your device and you can wipe them whenever you like.
How visits are counted
Visits are counted with Google Analytics, which records things like the pages viewed, the rough country or region a visit comes from and the kind of device and browser. It sets cookies so it can tell a new visit from a returning one. Its advertising features are switched off, and nothing is shared for advertising.
If you’re in the UK or the EU, we ask first and only count your visit if you choose Accept all. Elsewhere, visits are counted without asking. You can change your choice at any time with “Cookie settings” at the foot of every page; “Reject” also removes the cookies. If your browser sends a Global Privacy Control signal, the counter doesn’t load at all.
Other cookies
The site sets no other cookies and uses no tracking pixels, adverts or social media plugins.
Typefaces and icons
The typefaces (Lexend and Libre Caslon Text, under the SIL Open Font License) and all icons are served from this site, so no font or icon company sees your visit.
Sending a page to someone
The “Send to a relative” button uses your phone’s or computer’s own sharing menu, or your email app. This site doesn’t see who you send it to.
Server logs
Our web host may hold short-lived server records (your IP address and which pages loaded) for running and protecting the service.
If you write in
There’s no newsletter. If you email, your address and message are used only to answer you, are never shared or sold, and are deleted once they’re no longer needed.
Your rights
UK data protection law gives you the right to see what’s held about you, to have it corrected or erased, and to object to how it’s used. Email hello@mydescentpassport.com for any of these.
You can also raise a concern with the Information Commissioner’s Office.