Privacy policy

Last updated: 27 September 2026

VAT Switch ("the app") is made by RYDEE. This policy explains what data the app uses when a Shopify merchant installs it, and what happens with it. Questions: hi@tomderuiter.com.

Data from your store

To show the switch with the right rates and texts, the app reads through Shopify's API:

your shop's name, domain, currency, languages and whether your prices include tax;
the countries of your markets.

The app stores your shop domain and the access token Shopify gives it on our server in the European Union (Germany). Your settings are stored in your own Shopify store, as data that belongs to the app installation.

Data about your customers

The app doesn't collect, receive or store personal data of your customers. On your storefront, the app's script runs in the customer's browser and sends nothing to our servers. To remember whether a customer wants prices with or without VAT, it stores that choice in a cookie (vat_preference) and in the browser's local storage, for one year. This is a functional preference, not tracking. Whether a logged-in customer starts on prices excluding VAT is worked out by Shopify from their tags or company, in your store; the app never receives those.

Sharing

We don't sell or share data. Besides Shopify, only the hosting of our server processes the data described above.

Retention and deletion

When you uninstall the app, we delete your access token and shop domain right away, and Shopify deletes the app's data in your store. Anything left is deleted when Shopify asks us to after uninstalling (the shop redact request, 48 hours later). Customer data requests from Shopify are answered with "no data held", because the app holds none.

Your rights

You can ask us which data we hold about your store, and to correct or delete it, by emailing hi@tomderuiter.com. You can also complain to your data protection authority.

Changes

If this policy changes, we update this page and the date above.