Privacy Policy
Last updated: 25 August 2026
Welcome to LifeHacked.co.uk ("LifeHacked", "we", "us", or "our"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect information when you visit or interact with LifeHacked.co.uk.
1. Who We Are
LifeHacked.co.uk is a lifestyle and content website providing articles, guides, product information, reviews, comparisons and other editorial content.
Website: LifeHacked.co.uk
Privacy Contact: privacy@lifehacked.co.uk
2. Information We Collect
LifeHacked does not currently operate a newsletter, mailing list or contact form. If you contact us directly by email, we may receive the information you choose to provide, such as your name, email address and message.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit LifeHacked.co.uk, certain technical information may be collected automatically, including:
- IP address
- Browser and device information
- Operating system
- Approximate location
- Pages visited
- Referring website or source
- Date and time of visits
- Website interactions
3. How We Use Your Information
We may use information to:
- Operate and maintain LifeHacked.co.uk
- Improve our website and content
- Respond to direct enquiries
- Understand website usage
- Measure website performance
- Maintain website security
- Prevent fraud or abuse
- Manage advertising and affiliate relationships
- Comply with applicable legal obligations
4. Lawful Bases for Processing
Depending on the circumstances, we may process personal information based on consent, legitimate interests or legal obligations.
Consent
Where required, we may ask for consent before using certain non-essential cookies or technologies.
Legitimate Interests
We may process information where necessary for legitimate interests such as website security, analytics and improving our content.
Legal Obligations
We may process information where necessary to comply with applicable laws or lawful requests.
5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
LifeHacked.co.uk may use cookies and similar technologies to help the website function, understand visitor behaviour and support advertising and affiliate activities.
Essential Cookies
These may be necessary for website functionality and security.
Analytics Cookies
Analytics technologies may help us understand website traffic and content performance.
Advertising Cookies
Advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies to measure advertising performance and provide relevant advertising where permitted.
Affiliate Tracking
Affiliate networks or merchants may use cookies or tracking technologies to attribute visits or qualifying transactions to LifeHacked.
6. Analytics
We may use third-party analytics services to understand how visitors use LifeHacked.co.uk. This may include information such as device type, browser information, pages viewed, traffic source and website interactions.
7. Advertising
LifeHacked may display advertisements provided by third-party advertising partners. These partners may use cookies, pixels or similar technologies to display advertisements, measure performance and understand interactions.
Third-party advertising providers operate under their own privacy policies.
8. Affiliate Marketing
LifeHacked may participate in affiliate marketing programmes. Some articles or pages may contain affiliate links.
If you click an affiliate link and subsequently make a qualifying purchase or complete another qualifying action, LifeHacked may receive a commission from the merchant or affiliate network.
The price you pay is generally not increased because of an affiliate relationship.
9. Third-Party Websites and Services
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, products and services. These websites have their own privacy policies and terms. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or security of third-party websites.
We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any third-party website before providing personal information.
10. How We Share Information
We do not sell your personal information simply because you visit LifeHacked.co.uk.
Where necessary, information may be shared with:
- Hosting providers
- Analytics providers
- Advertising providers
- Affiliate networks
- Security and technical providers
- Professional advisers
- Legal or regulatory authorities where required
11. International Data Transfers
Some service providers may process information outside the United Kingdom. Where applicable, we take appropriate steps to ensure that international transfers comply with relevant data protection requirements.
12. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information from unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.
However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
13. How Long We Keep Information
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer period is required or permitted by law.
When information is no longer required, we take reasonable steps to delete or securely dispose of it.
14. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on applicable law, you may have rights including:
- Access to your personal information
- Correction of inaccurate information
- Deletion of information in certain circumstances
- Restriction of processing in certain circumstances
- Objection to certain processing
- Data portability where applicable
- Withdrawal of consent where processing is based on consent
15. How to Make a Privacy Request
For privacy-related requests, contact us at privacy@lifehacked.co.uk.
We may request information necessary to verify your identity before processing certain requests.
16. Children's Privacy
LifeHacked.co.uk is not specifically directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children where doing so would be unlawful.
17. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, services, technology or legal requirements.
When changes are made, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.
18. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your privacy rights, contact us:
LifeHacked.co.uk
Email: privacy@lifehacked.co.uk
Website: LifeHacked.co.uk
19. Complaints
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your personal information, please contact us first so we can investigate your concern.
You may also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's independent supervisory authority for data protection.
