Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

HouseCalc ("we", "us", "our") operates the website at housecalc.co.uk. We provide free UK property cost calculators as an informational service. We are not a financial services firm and are not regulated by the FCA.

For privacy enquiries, contact us at: [email protected]

2. What data we collect

Calculator inputs

All calculations happen entirely within your web browser. Numbers you enter — purchase prices, income figures, deposit amounts — are processed locally using JavaScript and are never transmitted to our servers. We have no record of what you calculated.

Anonymous usage analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our site. This includes:

• Which pages are visited and how often
• Approximate geographic location (country/region level)
• Browser type and device category
• How visitors arrive at our site (search, direct, referral)
• Time spent on pages

This data is aggregated and anonymous. We cannot identify individual visitors from analytics data. We have enabled IP anonymisation in Google Analytics.

Contact emails

If you contact us by email, we receive and store your email address and message content solely to respond to your enquiry. We do not add you to any mailing list.

3. Cookies

We use a small number of cookies. See our Cookie Policy for full details. In summary:

• Functional cookies: Remember your cookie consent preference
• Analytics cookies: Google Analytics anonymous usage statistics (only if you consent)
• No advertising cookies — we don't run ads or remarketing campaigns
• No third-party tracking — we don't embed Facebook Pixel, LinkedIn Insight or similar

4. Legal basis for processing

Under UK GDPR, our legal basis for processing analytics data is legitimate interests — understanding how our free service is used so we can improve it. You may opt out of analytics by declining cookies on your first visit or via your browser's privacy settings.

If you contact us by email, our legal basis is the performance of a contract (responding to your request).

5. Data retention

• Analytics data: Retained by Google Analytics for 26 months, then automatically deleted
• Contact emails: Retained for 12 months after our last correspondence, then deleted
• Calculator data: Not retained — we never receive it

6. Third parties

We use the following third-party services:

• Google Analytics — anonymous usage statistics. Google Privacy Policy →
• Vercel — website hosting. Vercel processes standard web server logs (IP addresses, request URLs) as part of hosting. Vercel Privacy Policy →

We do not use advertising networks, data brokers, or any service that monetises your data.

7. Your rights under UK GDPR

You have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate data
• Request deletion of your data
• Object to processing based on legitimate interests
• Lodge a complaint with the ICO (ico.org.uk) if you believe we've mishandled your data

Given that we collect almost no personal data, most of these rights will rarely be relevant. But if you want to exercise any of them, contact us at [email protected].

8. Children

Our service is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

9. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision. Continued use of our site after a policy update constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.