Privacy Policy — United Kingdom

The short version

KnowCarCost is a free calculator website. You type numbers into your browser and we do arithmetic with them. None of the figures you enter in the calculators are sent to our servers — the calculations run entirely in your browser.

What we do collect

Like almost every website, our server logs may record basic technical information such as your IP address, browser type, the page requested and the time of the request. We use this only to keep the site running, diagnose faults and defend against abuse.

Your country choice is stored in your own browser (localStorage) so the site can remember your currency and units on your next visit. It never leaves your device.

What we do NOT collect

We do not ask for your name, email, address or payment details. We do not sell personal data. We do not build advertising profiles of individual visitors.

If we add optional analytics in the future, it will be privacy-respecting and this policy will be updated first.

Advertising and Google AdSense

This site may display advertising served by Google AdSense and other third-party vendors. Google and its partners use cookies (including the DoubleClick/AdSense cookie) to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website and other websites.

You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings at https://adssettings.google.com. You can also opt out of third-party vendors' use of cookies for personalised advertising at https://www.aboutads.info/choices/. Google's own practices are described in Google's Privacy & Terms at https://policies.google.com/privacy and its advertising technologies page at https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

Where required by law (for example in the EEA and the UK), we ask for your consent before setting advertising cookies and you can withdraw that consent at any time.

Cookies

KnowCarCost itself uses no tracking cookies for the calculators — your figures are never transmitted. Cookies may be set by third-party advertising and analytics services as described in the advertising section above.

Your country choice is stored in your own browser (localStorage) so the site can remember your currency and units on your next visit. It never leaves your device.

Third-party links

Tools may link to official sources (government fuel-price bulletins, tax authorities, regulators) for verification. Those sites have their own privacy policies.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent through the contact details shown on the site. This policy may be updated as the site evolves; the date above shows when it was last changed.