Privacy Policy
This page explains what data Spot Bot (the site at spot-bot.co.uk) collects when you use the precious metal toolbox, why, and what your rights are under UK data protection law.
The short version: We don't collect personal data, run analytics, or use tracking cookies. The only thing we store is a small set of preference flags in your own browser's local storage so the calculator remembers your settings between visits. There are no accounts, sign-ups, or forms.
What we store
On your device (browser local storage)
The following preferences are saved on your device only — they never leave your browser:
- Selected display currency (e.g. GBP, USD, EUR)
- Chart line selections and purity choices
- History tab purity preferences
You can clear these at any time by clearing your browser data for spot-bot.co.uk.
Server logs
Like any website, our hosting provider (Cloudflare) keeps short-term technical logs of incoming requests — IP address, user agent, timestamp, requested page. These are used for security and reliability monitoring and are not combined with any other personal information. Logs are typically retained for a few days at most.
What we don't do
- We don't run analytics scripts
- We don't run advertising scripts
- We don't set tracking cookies
- We don't share any data with marketers or third parties
- We don't have user accounts or sign-up forms
- We don't send any data to the price-data provider — server-side only
Third parties
Price data
Live spot prices are fetched from metalpriceapi.com. Your browser does not contact them directly — our edge server proxies the request, so they receive only our server's identity, not your IP address or any browser fingerprint.
Affiliate links
Some links on the site (clearly labelled "Sponsored") direct to third-party bullion dealers. If you click one, the destination site may set its own cookies and we may receive a small commission on any resulting purchase. See our Affiliate Disclosure for details. We do not control how affiliate partners handle data on their own sites.
Hosting
The site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages. Cloudflare's own privacy policy applies to data they process on our behalf as a sub-processor.
Your rights under UK GDPR
Even though we hold almost no data about you, you have a legal right to:
- Access — request a copy of any data we hold about you
- Rectification — ask us to correct anything that's wrong
- Erasure — ask us to delete data
- Object — to any processing based on legitimate interests
- Complain — to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk if you believe we've handled your data incorrectly
Email [email protected] to exercise any of these rights. We aim to respond within one calendar month.
Future changes
If we later add analytics or display advertising, we will update this policy and add a cookie consent banner before any non-essential storage or processing begins. We won't quietly start tracking you.
Updates to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by an updated "last updated" date at the top of this page.