Privacy Policy

Last updated: 29 June 2026

Detective Scout (“we”, “our”, “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use it, and the choices you have when using our website.

1. Who We Are

Detective Scout is an independent UK website that provides clear guides and information to help households understand, compare and review everyday services.

These may include car insurance, home insurance, broadband, online privacy tools and other household money-saving services.

We do not provide insurance, financial products, broadband services or other third-party products directly.

2. What Information We May Collect

When you use our website, we may collect limited information such as:

Pages visited

Links clicked

General website usage data

IP address

Device type

Browser type

Approximate location data

Cookie and tracking information

If you contact us by email, we may also collect the information you choose to provide, such as your name, email address and message content.

We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal information directly through this website.

3. How We Use Your Information

We may use information collected through the website to:

Operate and improve the website

Understand how visitors use our pages

Monitor website performance

Measure advertising and affiliate link performance

Improve our guides and content

Respond to enquiries

Help keep the website secure

We may use tools such as analytics, advertising tags, affiliate tracking links or similar technologies to understand how users interact with our website.

4. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Detective Scout may use cookies and similar technologies to:

Analyse website traffic

Improve user experience

Measure advertising performance

Track clicks to affiliate or comparison partners

Understand which pages and links are useful to visitors

Some cookies may be necessary for the website to function. Other cookies, such as analytics or advertising cookies, may require your consent.

Where required, we will ask for your consent before placing non-essential cookies or similar tracking technologies on your device.

You can also manage cookies through your browser settings.

5. Third-Party Links and Comparison Partners

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including comparison partners, affiliate partners, insurers, service providers or other external websites.

When you click on a third-party link:

You may leave the Detective Scout website

The third-party website’s own privacy policy and terms will apply

We do not control how that third party collects, uses or stores your data

You should review the privacy policy of any third-party website before entering personal information.

6. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal data.

We may share limited data with trusted third-party services that help us operate, analyse, advertise or improve our website. These may include:

Website hosting providers

Analytics providers

Advertising platforms

Affiliate networks

Comparison partners

Security or performance tools

These services may process limited technical or usage data on our behalf or as independent data controllers, depending on the service.

7. Legal Basis for Processing

Where we process personal data, we rely on one or more lawful bases, including:

Legitimate interests — to operate, improve and secure our website

Consent — where required for non-essential cookies, advertising tracking or similar technologies

Legal obligation — where we are required to keep or disclose information by law

You can withdraw cookie consent where applicable by updating your cookie preferences or browser settings.

8. Data Retention

We keep personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

Website usage, analytics and advertising data may be retained by third-party platforms according to their own retention settings and privacy policies.

Emails or enquiries sent to us may be kept for a reasonable period so that we can respond and maintain appropriate records.

9. Data Security

We take reasonable steps to protect the information we hold.

However, no website, email system or online service can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You should avoid sending sensitive personal information to us unless it is necessary.

10. Your Rights

Under UK data protection law, you may have rights including the right to:

Access personal data we hold about you

Request correction of inaccurate data

Request deletion of your data

Object to certain processing

Request restriction of processing

Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent

Complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office

To exercise your rights, contact us at:

[email protected]

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