Privacy Policy

Our Privacy Commitment

We believe that health tools should be both helpful and respectful of privacy. Our BMI calculator is designed with a "privacy-first" approach, ensuring your personal health information remains under your control.

BMI Calculator UK operates in full compliance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other applicable data protection laws in the United Kingdom.

Information We Collect

Our BMI calculator operates entirely on the client side (your device), meaning:

• We do not store your height, weight, or BMI calculations on our servers
• All calculations are performed locally in your browser
• Your health data is never transmitted to us
• We collect anonymous usage statistics through Google Analytics
• No personally identifiable information is stored or transmitted without your explicit consent

Cookies & Similar Technologies

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to enhance your experience and collect anonymous usage data. These may include:

• Essential cookies: Necessary for the website to function properly
• Analytics cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website
• Preference cookies: Remember your settings and preferences

Cookie Management

You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

• Block all cookies
• Delete existing cookies
• Be notified when cookies are being set

Please note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our website and the services we offer.

Google Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website. This helps us improve our services and create a better user experience. Information collected may include:

• Pages visited and time spent on each page
• How you reached our site (e.g., search engines, social media)
• Device and browser information
• Geographic location (country/city level only)
• Interaction with site elements

We have configured Google Analytics to anonymize IP addresses and have disabled data sharing where possible. The information collected is stored on Google's servers and is subject to Google's privacy policies.

Analytics Opt-Out

If you prefer not to have your data collected by Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Advertising

Our website displays advertisements to support the free services we provide. We partner with Google AdSense to show relevant ads based on anonymous browsing behavior.

AdSense Compliance

Our use of Google AdSense complies with all relevant policies, including:

• We do not place ads next to content that violates AdSense program policies
• We maintain appropriate ad density that does not interfere with user experience
• We do not engage in artificial clicks or impressions
• We do not place ads on pages with sensitive health information that could be used to make negative inferences about users

Interest-Based Advertising

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.

Ad Personalization Opt-Out

You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendor use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

Children's Privacy

Our services are intended for use by adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16 years of age. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received personal information from a visitor under the age of 16, we will delete the information from our records.

If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at info@bmicalculator.uk.

Third-Party Links

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, plugins, and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, please also remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.

HTTPS Encryption

We use HTTPS encryption to ensure that all communications between your browser and our website are secure. This helps protect against unauthorized access to data during transmission.

Your Rights Under GDPR

Under UK data protection laws, you have rights including:

• Right to access: You can request copies of your personal data.
• Right to rectification: You can request correction of inaccurate data or completion of incomplete data.
• Right to erasure: You can request deletion of your personal data in certain circumstances.
• Right to restrict processing: You can request we suspend processing of your personal data.
• Right to data portability: You can request transfer of your data to you or a third party.
• Right to object: You can object to processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@bmicalculator.uk. We will respond to all legitimate requests within one month.

No Fee Usually Required

You will not have to pay a fee to access your personal data or to exercise any of your other rights. However, we may charge a reasonable fee if your request is clearly unfounded, repetitive, or excessive.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Email: info@bmicalculator.uk

Postal address: [Your postal address]

Complaints

If you are not satisfied with our response to your privacy concern, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues. You can contact them at:

Website: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/

Phone: 0303 123 1113