Privacy Policy

Who we are

SilverGoldSpot.co.uk is a UK information resource providing live precious metal prices, calculators and guides. This policy explains what personal data we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have, in line with the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. This site is not regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and does not provide financial advice.

What we collect

We collect the details you give us through the contact form: your name, email address and message. We do not require an account, and we do not collect payment or card information of any kind. Like most websites, our hosting infrastructure and analytics may also automatically record technical data such as IP address, browser type, device information, referring pages and the pages you visit.

How we use your data

Contact form details are used solely to respond to your enquiry. We do not sell, rent or share your personal data with third parties for their own marketing. Aggregated, non-identifying information about site usage may be used to understand which pages and guides are useful and to improve the site.

Cookies

A cookie is a small text file placed on your device by your browser. We use cookies for two purposes: to remember essential settings needed for the site to function, and — where advertising or analytics is active — to support measurement and ad delivery. You can set your browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent; however, some parts of the site may not function correctly without them.

Google advertising and the DoubleClick cookie

This site may display advertising provided by Google, including through Google AdSense and other Google advertising services. Google and its partners use cookies — including the DoubleClick (advertising) cookie — to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this site and other sites on the internet. You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings at adssettings.google.com, and you can opt out of third-party vendor cookies for personalised advertising via www.aboutads.info/choices or, for users in the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland, via www.youronlinechoices.com.

Third-party advertising vendors

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s previous visits to this and other websites. These vendors may use automated decision-making to infer interests and serve relevant ads. The collection and use of this data by these vendors is governed by their own privacy policies, and we do not control their cookie practices. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these vendors for details on how they use the data they collect.

Analytics

We may use privacy-respecting, aggregated analytics to understand which pages are useful. Where a third-party analytics provider is used, it may set its own cookies and collect usage data in accordance with its privacy policy. No advertising trackers are used to build personally identifiable profiles for sale, and we do not sell your data.

Data retention

Contact messages are kept only as long as needed to handle your enquiry and any reasonable follow-up, after which they are deleted. Advertising and analytics data is retained by the relevant providers in line with their own retention policies.

Your rights

You have the right to access, correct, erase or restrict the processing of your personal data, to object to processing, and to data portability. To exercise any of these rights, contact us via the contact page. You also have the right to withdraw consent to cookies and personalised advertising at any time through your browser settings and the opt-out links above, and the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

Children

This site is not directed at children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from them. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us and we will delete it.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, the services we use, or legal requirements. The “last updated” date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was last revised.

Contact

Questions about this policy or your data? Reach us through the contact page.