1. Introduction

Welcome to BestPetrolPrices.co.uk. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you use our website and services. We are committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected and that we comply with all applicable data protection laws, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR).

2. How We Collect Data

We collect data in the following ways:

• Information you give us: When you register an account, set up favourite stations, or contact us.
• Information we collect automatically: When you use our website, we automatically collect technical data and usage information through cookies and similar technologies.
• Location data: If you allow it, we may collect your location data to show you nearby petrol stations and prices.

3. Data Collections & Personal Data

We may collect and process the following types of personal data:

• Identity Data: Your name or username.
• Contact Data: Your email address (used for account management and our cheapest stations email alerts).
• Location Data: Postcode or city information you provide for tailored price alerts, or device location if granted.
• Profile Data: Your favourite stations, preferences, and feedback.
• Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, operating system, and platform.

We use this data to provide our price comparison service, manage your account, send you opted-in communications, and improve our website's functionality.

4. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users. This helps us provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site. We use essential cookies to keep you logged in and remember your preferences, as well as analytical cookies to understand how visitors interact with the site.

5. Analytics

We use third-party analytics providers to collect information about how you use our website. This information is generally aggregated and anonymised. It helps us understand user behavior, track the effectiveness of our service, and make improvements to the user experience. These providers may use cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyse this data.

6. Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. All data interactions are managed via secure APIs to our backend systems.

7. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. If you delete your account, your personal data will be removed from our active systems in accordance with our data retention schedule.

8. Your Rights

Under data protection laws, you have rights including:

• The right to access your personal data.
• The right to correction of your personal data.
• The right to erasure of your personal data.
• The right to object to or restrict processing.
• The right to data portability.

You can exercise these rights by contacting us. You also have the right to opt-out of marketing emails at any time via your account settings or the unsubscribe link in our emails.