Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 7, 2026

Energy Cost Check ("we", "us", or "our") is a website focused on household energy costs, practical energy-saving advice, and related product recommendations.

Energy Cost Check is an independent editorial website for U.S. households. It is not an energy supplier, utility company, regulated tariff comparison service, or switching broker.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect information when you visit energycostcheck.com.

1. Who We Are

Energy Cost Check is the controller of personal data collected through this website.

2. Information We Collect

The current site is built to work with minimal data collection. In the code reviewed for this policy update, the site does not ask visitors to create an account, submit a utility login, or hand over billing credentials in order to use the main tools.

We may still receive limited technical information automatically when you load a page, including:

• IP address
• Browser type
• Device information
• Pages visited and time spent on pages
• Referral source, such as search, social media, or another website that sent you to us

This information is typically created as part of normal website delivery, security, and hosting logs.

3. What The Site Stores In Your Browser

At the time of this policy update, the site's own code stores a small amount of browser-side preference data:

• A cookie-consent preference stored in your browser so the banner does not keep reappearing after you make a choice
• Temporary calculator input values placed in the page URL when you choose to copy or revisit a shareable result link

The shareable calculator URLs reproduce an estimate from the inputs in the link. They are not user accounts and they are not presented as verified utility records.

4. How We Use Information

We use limited technical information to run the website, keep it secure, understand whether pages and tools are working, and improve the usefulness of the content.

5. Cookies

This website uses a browser-stored preference so it can remember whether you accepted or rejected non-essential cookies.

Rejecting non-essential cookies does not stop you from using the site.

At the time of this policy update, the site is designed so non-essential cookies should not be enabled before consent.

6. Analytics

At the time of this policy update, the page code reviewed for this site does not include a live third-party analytics tag. If analytics are added later, they should only be activated after any consent required by applicable law has been obtained.

7. Affiliate Links and Commercial Content

This website contains affiliate links, including Amazon affiliate links. If you click an affiliate link and make a purchase, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Affiliate partners may use cookies or similar technologies to track referrals from this website.

We aim to make the commercial nature of affiliate links clear on the page where they appear.

8. Social Media and Referrals

If you visit this website from Pinterest, Google, Facebook, or another platform, that platform may collect information under its own privacy policy before you arrive here. Once you are on this website, this Privacy Policy applies to information collected by Energy Cost Check.

9. Legal Basis for Processing

We process data under our legitimate interests in operating and improving the website.

Where non-essential cookies are used, we rely on your consent where required.

10. Data Sharing

We do not sell personal data.

We may share limited technical data with trusted service providers, such as hosting, analytics, or affiliate partners, strictly for operational purposes.

We may also share referral and transaction-related data with affiliate networks and retailers where this is needed to report commissions and validate referred sales.

11. International Transfers

Some service providers or affiliate partners may process limited data outside your country. Where this happens, we expect appropriate safeguards to be used where required.

12. Data Retention

We retain data only as long as necessary for legitimate business or legal purposes.

13. Your Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights including:

• Request access to your data
• Request correction of inaccurate data
• Request deletion of personal data
• Object to certain processing activities
• Request restriction of processing in some situations

To exercise your rights, please contact us using the details below.

14. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact:

Email: energycostcheck@gmail.com

Address: Unit 82A, James Carter Road, Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds, IP28 7DE, UK