Effective date: [24th July 2026]
Last updated: [24th July 2026]
At Addressless Mailing trading as Dustid, privacy is central to the service we provide.
Dustid is a privacy-focused intelligent address book that helps people manage their contact and delivery information, keep selected information up to date, connect with people they know and, where the relevant features are available, securely provide a recipient’s preferred delivery information to an authorised retailer or service provider.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, store and protect personal information when you:
It also explains your rights and how you can contact us about your personal information.
Please read this Privacy Policy alongside our:
Where a product-specific privacy notice conflicts with this general Privacy Policy, the product-specific notice will apply to the relevant processing.
For the purposes of UK data-protection law, the controller responsible for the personal information described in this Privacy Policy is:
Addressless Mailing Ltd, trading as Dustid
Company number: 09509382
Registered office: 6 Brewery Gardens, Gateacre, Liverpool, L25 3PB, United Kingdom
In this Privacy Policy, “Dustid”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Addressless Mailing Ltd, trading as Dustid.
As controller, we determine why and how personal information is processed in connection with the Dustid service.
In some business arrangements, a retailer or other organisation may also be an independent controller of personal information it receives from Dustid. That organisation will be responsible for explaining how it uses the information after receiving it.
We process personal information in accordance with applicable UK privacy and data-protection law, including:
The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 amended parts of the UK’s data-protection and electronic-communications framework. References in this policy to the UK GDPR, Data Protection Act 2018 or PECR include those laws as amended from time to time.
Personal information means information relating to an identified or identifiable living person.
It may identify someone directly, such as through their name or telephone number, or indirectly, such as through an account identifier, device identifier, location information or a combination of information.
Personal information does not include information that has been anonymised so that an individual can no longer reasonably be identified.
The information we collect depends on how you interact with Dustid and which features you use.
We may collect:
We do not store your account password in readable form. Passwords and other authentication credentials should be protected using appropriate technical safeguards.
We may collect:
Depending on the features you use, we may collect:
Dustid is designed to allow the person associated with an address to control, update and manage that information.
Where you choose to use networking or contact-discovery features, we may collect or process:
Where technically possible, contact matching should be performed using privacy-preserving methods, such as securely transformed or hashed identifiers, rather than permanently storing a full copy of your device address book.
We will only access device contacts where you grant the relevant device permission. You may withdraw that permission through your device settings, although some networking features may then stop working.
You are responsible for ensuring that you have a legitimate reason to provide another person’s information to Dustid, including when inviting them to join the service.
When you use Dustid in connection with a retailer or other service provider, we may collect:
Dustid does not need to process payment-card information merely to provide an address-selection or address-sharing service. Where a retailer takes payment, the retailer or its payment provider is normally responsible for processing the payment information.
We may collect information contained in:
Where calls are recorded, we will inform you where required.
We may automatically collect:
We may process approximate location information derived from an IP address.
We will only process precise device location where:
You can normally withdraw precise-location permission through your device settings.
We may collect:
If you represent a retailer, supplier, developer, contractor or potential business partner, we may collect:
We may receive personal information from:
When we receive personal information from another source, we will provide privacy information where required by law, unless an applicable exception applies.
A Dustid user may provide limited information about a person who does not yet have a Dustid account, for example to send that person an invitation.
This information may include a name, telephone number, email address or relationship label.
We use this information only as reasonably necessary to:
We do not treat a non-user as having consented to marketing merely because another person provided their information.
A non-user may ask us not to send further invitations or may request information about how their details are being processed.
Dustid is not designed to require information about:
Please do not provide this type of information unless it is specifically requested through an authorised feature and we have explained why it is required.
If you voluntarily include sensitive information in a support message, contact label, delivery instruction or other free-text field, we will only process it where we have a valid legal basis and, where applicable, an additional condition under data-protection law.
We may remove information that is unnecessary, inappropriate or unlawfully provided.
We only process personal information where we have a lawful basis.
The principal purposes and lawful bases are described below.
We use identity, contact, authentication and account information to:
Lawful basis: performance of a contract or taking steps at your request before entering into a contract.
We use identity, contact, address, network and preference information to:
Lawful basis: performance of a contract.
Where a feature is optional and depends on access to device contacts, precise location or another permission-controlled resource, we may also rely on your consent.
We may use telephone numbers, email addresses and contact identifiers to:
Lawful basis: performance of a contract, consent where device permission is required, and our legitimate interests in providing a useful and secure networking service.
Our legitimate interests do not override a person’s right to object to invitations or unwanted contact.
Where you or another authorised user initiates a transaction, we may use and disclose the intended recipient’s preferred delivery information to the relevant retailer or service provider so that the item can be fulfilled and delivered.
Depending on the feature and the recipient’s settings:
We do not provide a recipient’s address merely because another person searches for them. A disclosure must be supported by the relevant permissions, product rules and transaction context.
Lawful basis: performance of a contract, taking steps requested in connection with a transaction and our legitimate interests in securely facilitating authorised deliveries.
Where a recipient has expressly chosen an optional sharing setting, consent may also apply to that setting.
We may use address information to:
Lawful basis: performance of a contract and our legitimate interests in providing an accurate and reliable service.
Address validation does not guarantee that every address or delivery will be correct or successful.
We use account, contact, transaction and communications information to:
Lawful basis: performance of a contract, compliance with legal obligations and our legitimate interests in supporting users and protecting our service.
We use personal information to:
Lawful basis: our legitimate interests in protecting users, our systems and our business; compliance with legal obligations; and, where necessary, the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims.
We may use usage, technical, support and transaction information to:
Lawful basis: our legitimate interests in operating and improving Dustid.
Where optional cookies, analytics tools or device technologies require consent under PECR, we will obtain consent before using them.
Where reasonably possible, we use aggregated or anonymised information for research, reporting and product development.
We may send messages concerning:
These are service communications and are not necessarily marketing.
Lawful basis: performance of a contract, compliance with legal obligations and our legitimate interests in administering the service.
We may send information about Dustid products, services, features, partnerships or promotions where permitted by law.
For individuals, we will normally rely on:
Different rules may apply to corporate business contacts, but we will always identify ourselves and provide a valid way to opt out.
We do not treat service registration, website use or acceptance of this Privacy Policy as automatic consent to marketing.
You may unsubscribe at any time by:
Lawful basis: consent or legitimate interests, as applicable. Electronic marketing will also comply with PECR.
We may process information to:
Lawful basis: compliance with legal obligations and our legitimate interests in managing and protecting our business and legal rights.
Where we rely on legitimate interests, those interests may include:
Before relying on legitimate interests, we consider:
You may object to processing based on legitimate interests. We will consider your objection in accordance with the law.
Dustid.com and our other digital services may use:
We use strictly necessary technologies to operate, secure and provide requested functions.
We will not rely on continued browsing, silence, pre-ticked boxes or acceptance of this Privacy Policy as consent to non-essential cookies.
Where consent is required, optional analytics, functional or marketing technologies will only be activated after you make an affirmative choice through our cookie banner or preference centre.
You can:
Further information, including the cookies used, providers, purposes and expiry periods, is contained in our Cookie Policy.
We may share personal information with the following categories of recipient.
When a Dustid user authorises an address request or delivery transaction, we may provide the relevant delivery information to the retailer, merchant, fulfilment provider or other organisation responsible for completing the request.
The recipient organisation may process that information as an independent controller and should provide its own privacy information.
We may use suppliers that provide:
Where a provider acts as our processor, it may only process personal information under our instructions and subject to appropriate contractual, confidentiality and security requirements.
We may share information with lawyers, accountants, auditors, insurers, consultants and other advisers where reasonably necessary.
We may disclose information where required or permitted by law, including to:
If Dustid or its assets are involved in an investment, financing, merger, restructuring, acquisition or sale, relevant information may be disclosed to potential investors, purchasers and their advisers under appropriate confidentiality arrangements.
We may share information with another person or organisation where you ask us to do so or have clearly authorised the disclosure.
Unless we clearly tell you otherwise and have an appropriate lawful basis, Dustid does not:
Dustid is established in the United Kingdom, but some of our service providers may process or access personal information from countries outside the UK.
We will not state that information never leaves the UK unless our systems and supplier arrangements have been verified to support that statement.
Where personal information is transferred outside the UK, we will use an appropriate transfer mechanism, which may include:
Where required, we will conduct a transfer risk assessment and implement additional contractual, organisational or technical protections.
You may contact us for further information about the safeguards applying to a relevant transfer.
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including legal, regulatory, security, accounting and reporting requirements.
The periods below describe our intended approach. Our internal retention schedule should contain the definitive operational periods.
Kept while the account remains active and normally deleted or anonymised within [insert verified period] after account closure, unless continued retention is required.
Kept while needed to provide the user’s account and normally deleted or anonymised within [insert verified period] after account closure.
Where information has been disclosed to a retailer, the retailer’s own retention period will apply to the copy it received.
Kept for [insert verified period] to support security, audit, fraud prevention, dispute resolution and legal compliance.
Where logs are no longer required at an identifiable level, they may be anonymised.
Unaccepted invitation information should be deleted or anonymised after [insert verified period], subject to maintaining a minimal suppression record where a person has objected to further invitations.
Kept for [insert verified period] after the enquiry or complaint is resolved, unless a longer period is required for legal or security reasons.
Kept while a person remains subscribed.
When a person opts out, we may retain minimal information on a suppression list so that we can respect the opt-out. Suppression information may be kept for as long as reasonably necessary to prevent further unwanted marketing.
Kept for the periods stated in our Cookie Policy and for as long as reasonably necessary to demonstrate and respect your choices.
Kept for [insert verified period], or longer where required to investigate an incident, prevent abuse or establish legal claims.
Kept for the duration of the relationship and normally for up to six years afterwards where needed for contractual, tax, accounting or legal-claims purposes.
Deleted information may remain in protected backups for a limited period until those backups are overwritten. Backup information is not routinely used and will remain subject to access restrictions.
When a retention period expires, we will delete, securely destroy or anonymise the information unless the law permits or requires us to retain it.
You may close your Dustid account using the available account settings or by contacting us.
Closing an account does not necessarily result in the immediate deletion of every record. We may retain limited information where necessary to:
We will not continue using retained information for unrelated purposes.
Information already disclosed to an independent retailer or another controller must normally be addressed directly with that organisation.
We use appropriate technical and organisational measures intended to protect personal information against:
Depending on the system and risk, these measures may include:
No internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should use a strong and unique password, keep your authentication information confidential and notify us promptly if you suspect unauthorised account access.
We maintain procedures for assessing and responding to suspected personal-data breaches.
Where required by law, we will:
Depending on the circumstances, you may have the following rights.
You have the right to receive clear information about how your personal information is collected and used.
You may request confirmation that we process your personal information and obtain a copy of that information, together with other relevant information.
You may ask us to correct inaccurate personal information or complete information that is incomplete.
Dustid users may be able to update certain information directly through their account.
You may ask us to delete personal information in certain circumstances.
The right to erasure is not absolute. We may retain information where permitted or required by law.
You may ask us to restrict the use of your information in certain circumstances, including while we investigate a dispute about accuracy or lawfulness.
Where processing is based on consent or contract and carried out by automated means, you may have the right to receive information you provided to us in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format, or ask us to transfer it to another controller where technically feasible.
You may object to processing based on legitimate interests.
We will stop the processing unless we can demonstrate compelling legitimate grounds that override your interests, rights and freedoms, or the processing is required for legal claims.
You have an absolute right to object to processing for direct-marketing purposes.
Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.
Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.
You may have rights relating to decisions made solely through automated processing that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
Dustid does not currently intend to make solely automated decisions of this kind about ordinary users.
If this changes, we will provide appropriate information and safeguards, which may include the right to obtain human intervention, express your point of view and challenge the decision.
You may complain to us about how we process your personal information.
You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
To exercise a data-protection right, contact us using the details at the end of this policy.
Please state:
We may ask for information reasonably necessary to verify your identity. We will not request more identification information than is proportionate.
We will normally respond without undue delay and within one month of receiving a valid request. Where permitted by law, the response period may be extended for a complex request or multiple requests. We will tell you if an extension applies.
Rights are not absolute, and legal exemptions may apply. If we cannot comply fully with a request, we will explain why and tell you about your right to complain.
We will normally deal with rights requests free of charge. A reasonable fee may be charged, or a request may be refused, where permitted by law—for example, where a request is manifestly unfounded or excessive.
If you are concerned about how we have collected, used, shared, retained or protected your personal information, you may submit a complaint to us.
Please include:
We will:
Where we do not uphold the complaint, we will explain our decision and tell you that you may complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Submitting a complaint to Dustid does not prevent you from contacting the ICO at any time.
You may stop receiving marketing by:
Opting out of marketing will not prevent us from sending necessary service or security messages.
We may retain minimal suppression information to make sure that your marketing objection continues to be respected.
Dustid may maintain pages on social-media services and may link to websites operated by third parties.
When you interact directly with another platform, that platform may collect and use information under its own privacy policy.
Our Privacy Policy does not control how an independent third party uses information collected directly through its website, app or service.
Before providing information to a third party, you should review its privacy information.
Publication decision required: Dustid must confirm the minimum age for creating an account and ensure that the account-registration process, Terms and Conditions, app-store disclosures and this section all use the same threshold.
Until that decision has been confirmed, this section must not be published in placeholder form.
The final section should state:
Dustid should not knowingly collect information from a person below the permitted age contrary to its published terms. If we learn that such information has been collected, we will investigate and take appropriate action, which may include restricting or deleting the account.
We may update this Privacy Policy when:
We will publish the revised policy with an updated effective date.
Where a change materially affects how we use personal information, we will take reasonable steps to bring it to your attention. Where required, we will request new consent.
We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
Questions, requests or complaints concerning this Privacy Policy or Dustid’s processing of personal information should be sent to:
Addressless Mailing Ltd, trading as Dustid
Registered office: 6 Brewery Gardens, Gateacre, Liverpool, L25 3PB, United Kingdom
Company number: 09509382
Email: info@dustid.com
Telephone: +44 7896 309933
For data-protection matters, please mark your communication:
“Data Protection Request” or “Data Protection Complaint”.
You may complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office if you are dissatisfied with how we have handled your personal information or your complaint.
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
United Kingdom
Telephone: 0303 123 1113
Current contact methods are available through the ICO’s official website.
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