Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how BritLawHelp.co.uk collects, uses, and protects your personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

1. Who We Are

BritLawHelp.co.uk is a free UK legal information website. We are the data controller for the purposes of UK GDPR. You can contact us at: info@britlawhelp.co.uk.

2. What Data We Collect

Automatically Collected Data

When you visit BritLawHelp.co.uk, certain data is automatically collected by Google Analytics including: your IP address (anonymised), browser type and version, operating system, pages visited, time and duration of visits, and referring website. This data is aggregated and used to analyse website traffic and improve our content.

Calculator Data

Our legal calculators do not transmit any data you enter to our servers or any third party. All calculations are performed entirely within your browser. We do not store, record, or process any figures you enter into our calculators.

Cookies

We use cookies for analytics (Google Analytics) and advertising (Google AdSense). You can manage cookie preferences via our cookie consent banner. See Section 4 for details.

3. How We Use Your Data

Analytics: To understand how visitors use our website and to improve content and usability (via Google Analytics)
Advertising: To display relevant advertisements via Google AdSense, which uses cookies to personalise ads based on your browsing history
Security: To detect and prevent fraudulent or malicious activity

4. Cookies and Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google uses cookies (including the DoubleClick cookie) to serve ads based on your prior visits to this site and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to this and/or other websites on the internet.

You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ad Settings or www.aboutads.info. You can also opt out of Google Analytics tracking by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

5. Legal Basis for Processing (UK GDPR Article 6)

Legitimate interests (Article 6(1)(f)): Analytics and site improvement
Consent (Article 6(1)(a)): Advertising cookies — obtained via our cookie consent banner

6. Data Retention

Google Analytics data is retained for 26 months by default before automatic deletion. Advertising cookie data is controlled by Google LLC in accordance with their privacy policy. We do not retain any personal data directly.

7. Your Rights Under UK GDPR

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Right of access — to request a copy of your personal data
Right to erasure — to request deletion of your personal data
Right to restrict processing — to limit how we use your data
Right to object — to object to processing based on legitimate interests
Right to data portability — to receive your data in a portable format
Right to complain — to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk or call 0303 123 1113

8. Third-Party Data Processors

We use the following third-party services that may process your data: Google LLC (Google Analytics, Google AdSense). Google is certified under the EU-US and UK-US Data Privacy Framework. Please review Google's privacy policy at policies.google.com/privacy.

9. Children's Privacy

BritLawHelp.co.uk is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided personal data through our website, please contact us so we can take appropriate action.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in law or our data practices. We will indicate the date of the most recent update below. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

11. Contact Us

For any privacy-related enquiries, please contact us at: info@britlawhelp.co.uk

Last updated: January 2026