Privacy Policy

EVRunningCost.co.uk does not require users to create accounts or submit personal information to use the calculators, guides, or tools on this website.

However, some limited information may be collected automatically through analytics services and standard website technologies.

This information may include:

• Internet Protocol address
• Browser type and version
• Device type
• Pages visited on this website
• Time and date of visits
• Approximate geographic location

This information is used only to understand how visitors use the website and to improve the site experience.

This website may use cookies to improve functionality and measure website usage.

Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser. They help websites recognise returning visitors and understand how users interact with the site.

You can disable cookies in your browser settings if you prefer not to allow them.

EVRunningCost.co.uk uses Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-1RTPJGZWZ5) to help understand how visitors use the website. The Google Analytics tag loads on every page of this site.

Google Analytics may collect information such as pages visited, time spent on the site, and general geographic location. This information helps improve the content, tools, and calculators provided on the site.

Google Analytics may use cookies and other technologies to collect this information.

You can learn more about how Google uses data here:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about your visit by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on, or by blocking analytics scripts in your browser or an extension.

The calculators on this site let you save a vehicle and your own electricity prices so you do not have to re-enter them. These are stored in your browser's local storage under the keys evrc_vehicle and evrc_prices. The charging apps page also stores your favourites and recently opened apps the same way.

This information never leaves your device. It is not transmitted to this website, to us, or to any third party. There is no account, no login and no server-side record of it.

You can remove it at any time by clearing site data for this website in your browser settings, or by using the clear option in the My EV panel.

This website may link to external websites, applications, or services including EV charging networks and mobile applications.

These third party services operate independently and have their own privacy policies. EVRunningCost.co.uk is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of external websites.

This website displays advertising served by Google AdSense. The AdSense script loads on every page of this site.

Google and its partners use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this and other sites on the internet.

You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. You can also opt out of a third party vendor's use of cookies for personalised advertising at aboutads.info.

This website currently has no affiliate relationships and earns no commission from any link on it. How this site is funded, and the rules it follows if that changes, are set out on the advertising and affiliate disclosure page.

Visitors located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are shown a consent message before any advertising or measurement cookies that require consent are set. This site uses a consent management platform certified by Google for that purpose, and your choice is passed to Google and its advertising partners.

The message lets you consent, refuse, or open the detailed options and decide purpose by purpose and vendor by vendor. Refusing is a genuine choice: if you do not consent, you will still be able to use every calculator, guide and tool on this site exactly as before. Nothing on this site is placed behind a consent wall. You may still see advertising, but it will not be personalised using cookies that require your consent.

Changing or withdrawing your choice

You can change your mind at any time, and withdrawing consent is as straightforward as giving it. Reopen the consent message using the privacy or consent link shown by the consent tool on the page, and update your selection. You can also clear this site's cookies in your browser, which removes the stored choice and causes the message to appear again on your next visit.

If you are outside those regions

Visitors elsewhere, including in the UK where most of this site's readers are, are not shown the consent message, because the legislation that requires it applies to the regions named above. The controls in the advertising section above still apply to you: you can opt out of personalised advertising through Google Ads Settings at any time, from anywhere, and you can block or delete cookies in your browser.

Who is responsible for what

This site does not operate the advertising system and does not receive the personal data that Google and its partners process for advertising. Google acts as an independent controller of that data, and how it is handled is described in Google's policy on how it uses information from sites that use its services. Questions about this site's own handling of data can be sent through the contact page.

EVRunningCost.co.uk takes reasonable steps to ensure the website operates securely. However, no method of internet transmission or electronic storage is completely secure.

Users should always exercise caution when using the internet.

This privacy policy may be updated occasionally to reflect changes in services, analytics tools, or legal requirements.

The latest version will always be available on this page.

If you have questions about this privacy policy or how the website operates, please use the contact page.