Privacy policy

About this site

This website provides general information about Personal Independence Payment (PIP). It is not legal, financial, or benefits advice, and it does not guarantee any PIP outcome.

The operator of this website is the data controller for personal data described in this policy.

What we do not collect through forms

You do not need an account to use this site. We do not ask you to submit PIP claim forms, medical records, National Insurance numbers, or similar sensitive claim data through this website.

Condition story selections and calculator choices are handled in your browser. This is a static site, so those choices are not sent to us as form submissions or stored by us in a personal database.

If you use a template page, selected story IDs may appear in the page URL in your browser. That URL stays on your device unless your browser or analytics tools send it as part of normal page-view data.

Analytics

When configured, we use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand how the site is used, for example which pages are visited and general traffic patterns. GA4 may use cookies or similar technologies and may collect information such as pages viewed, approximate location, device type, and browser type.

Analytics is only loaded when a measurement ID is set in the site configuration. If analytics is not enabled, no GA4 scripts are loaded.

Google processes analytics data under its own terms. See Google's Privacy Policy and Google Analytics opt-out .

Hosting and technical logs

Our hosting provider may automatically record technical information when you visit, such as IP address, browser type, request time, and pages requested. This is used for security, reliability, and basic operation of the site.

Cookies

Cookies are small files stored on your device. This site may use:

• Analytics cookies, if GA4 is enabled, to measure site use.
• Essential technical storage only as required for normal site delivery through your browser and hosting provider.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking cookies may affect analytics but should not stop you reading the site.

How we use information

We use the information described above to:

• operate and improve the website;
• understand which content is useful;
• maintain security and prevent abuse;
• comply with legal obligations where they apply.

Legal bases (UK GDPR)

Where UK GDPR applies, we rely on:

• Legitimate interests to run, secure, and improve an informational website and to measure aggregate use through analytics, balanced against your rights.
• Legal obligation where we must retain or disclose information to comply with law.

Sharing and international transfers

We do not sell your personal data. We share data only with service providers that help run the site, such as hosting and analytics providers, and only as needed for those services.

Some providers, including Google, may process data outside the UK. Where that happens, appropriate safeguards may apply under UK data protection law.

How long we keep data

We do not operate a user account database on this site. Retention of analytics and hosting log data is governed by the relevant provider settings and legal requirements.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law, you may have rights including access, correction, erasure, restriction, objection, and data portability, where they apply.

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised.

Contact

To ask about this privacy policy or how your data is handled, contact the site operator using the contact details published on this website.