Privacy Policy

Data Controller

The Data Controller is the legal entity responsible for the data and the responsible for your personal information for the purposes of the applicable European Union and United Kingdom data protection laws is:

Frugal Livin UK 

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK 

cs@frugallivinuk.com

Personal Data Collected

We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:

Identity Data: Includes first name, last name, username, or similar identifier (e.g., if you comment on a post).

Contact Data: Includes email address (collected primarily for our newsletter or inquiries).

Technical Data: Includes internet protocol (IP) address, your login data, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website.

Usage Data: Includes information about how you use our website, products, and services (e.g., which articles you read most frequently).

Marketing and Communications Data: Includes your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.

Purpose of Data Collection

We collect and process your personal data for the following specific purposes:

To Provide Content and Services: To deliver the website content to you and allow you to participate in interactive features (such as the comments section) when you choose to do so.

To Manage Our Relationship: To notify you about changes to our terms or privacy policy and to ask you to leave a review or take a survey.

For Marketing and Newsletters: To send you our newsletter and information about frugal living tips, products, or services we feel may interest you (only where you have explicitly opted-in/consented to receive this).

For Site Administration: To administer and protect our business and this website (including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, system maintenance, support, reporting, and hosting of data).

To Improve Our Business: To use data analytics to improve our website, products/services, marketing, customer relationships, and experiences.

Cookie Policy & Affiliate Tracking

Transparency Note: It is possible that posts in this site contain affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something, we may earn a commission. To keep Frugal Livin UK free, we may earn a small commission if you purchase products through our links, at no extra cost to you. We only recommend products we truly value. Thanks.

Our website, www.frugallivinuk.com, uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site.

What is a Cookie?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.

Types of Cookies We Use

We use the following types of cookies:

Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website.

Analytical/Performance Cookies: These allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it.

Affiliate & Marketing Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed.

Affiliate Links and Tracking

Frugal Livin UK engages in affiliate marketing, which is done by embedding tracking links into the website. If you click on a link for an affiliate partnership, a cookie will be placed on your browser to track any sales for the purposes of commissions.

Amazon Associates Disclosure: Frugal Livin UK is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.co.uk (and other Amazon locales).

How it works: When you click a link to a product we recommend, the affiliate network places a cookie on your device. This cookie typically lasts for 24 hours to 30 days. It does not collect your personal data (like your name or email), but it tells the retailer that you came from Frugal Livin UK so we can earn a small commission on the sale.

Managing Cookies

You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.