Privacy policy

Handyman Compare - Privacy Policy handymancompare.co.uk is a directory for handymen and property maintenance businesses across the UK, designed to help homeowners compare local tradespeople and read what previous customers have said about them. This document explains how personal data connected with your visit is handled.

Section 1 - Contact Questions about privacy can be directed to [email protected] at any time.

Section 2 - Automatically received data No personal information is required to search for a handyman on this site, and there is no account or registration step. Nevertheless, whenever you load a page, your browser automatically sends our servers standard technical data - your IP address, browser type and the pages you visited - which we keep in server logs purely to run and secure the site.

Section 3 - Your rights The UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018 grant you rights of access, rectification, erasure and objection over your personal data. These rights can be exercised by emailing the address above. You may also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's independent regulator, at ico.org.uk if you believe we have not handled your data correctly.

Section 4 - Cookies and advertising Cookies may be used on this site to analyse how it's used and to serve adverts. Advertising partners, including Google, may use cookies to display interest-based advertising based on your activity on this and other sites. You can control these preferences, or opt out of personalised advertising, at myadcenter.google.com.

Section 5 - Where our listings come from Handymen and property maintenance businesses listed here, along with their reviews, are compiled from publicly available Google Maps data, which is refreshed from time to time. A business that wants a correction made, or its listing removed, can email us to request this and we will act on it promptly.

Section 6 - Links to other websites Our pages link to the websites of listed handymen and to Google Maps; we are not responsible for the privacy practices of these external sites once you have left ours, and we would encourage you to check their policies separately.

For further questions, email [email protected].