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This Privacy Policy explains how ucatscorecalculator.co.uk (“we”, “us”, “our”) handles information when you visit our site. We’ve tried to write it in plain language rather than dense legal boilerplate, so you actually know what happens with your data.
Who We Are
ucatscorecalculator.co.uk is an independent educational tools website, written and maintained by Lily Anderson, focused on helping UK students understand UCAT scoring.
Information We Collect
Calculator inputs
Our calculators, including the UCAT Score Calculator, run entirely in your browser using client-side JavaScript. The raw marks or figures you enter are processed locally on your device and are never transmitted to our servers, logged, or stored by us in any form. Once you close or refresh the page, that data is gone.
Automatically collected technical information
Like most websites, we may automatically collect standard technical information when you visit, such as your browser type, device type, approximate location (derived from IP address), referring page, and pages visited. This is typically gathered through analytics tools such as Google Analytics, and is used in aggregate to understand how the site is used, not to identify you individually.
Account information
We do not require account creation, sign-up, or login to use any tool or read any content on this site.
Cookies and Advertising
We use cookies to operate the site and, where applicable, to serve advertisements through Google AdSense. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings at https://adssettings.google.com, or opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.
Third-Party Links
Our pages link to official UCAT and university websites where relevant, since we believe you should always be able to verify information at the source. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those external sites, and we encourage you to review their own privacy policies separately.
Data Retention and Security
Since we do not collect or store the figures you enter into our calculators, there is no personal exam data retained on our servers relating to your calculator use. Any technical or analytics data collected through third-party tools is retained according to that provider’s own retention policy, not ours.
Children’s Privacy
While many of our visitors are sixth-form students, this site does not knowingly collect personal information directly from children, and our calculators do not require any personal information to be entered at all.
Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights under data protection law (such as the UK GDPR) to access, correct, or request deletion of personal data held about you through analytics or advertising cookies. Since we do not directly collect or store personally identifying information ourselves, most such requests should be directed to the relevant third-party provider (for example, Google).
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date at the top.
Contact
Questions about this policy can be sent to [your email address].