DRAFT for owner review, 6 October 2026. Not reviewed for publication or legal accuracy. Items marked [OWNER TO CONFIRM] must be completed by the owner.

Privacy

This page describes what this version of FuelWatchNI actually does with information. It was written from the code and server configuration of the build it ships with.

Who is responsible

Data controller: [OWNER TO CONFIRM]
Contact for privacy questions: [OWNER TO CONFIRM]

No accounts, cookies, adverts or analytics

FuelWatchNI has no sign-in and sets no cookies. It uses no advertising or analytics services, and the page loads no fonts, scripts or images from other companies.

What your browser keeps

• Appearance: if you choose Light or Dark, that choice is saved in your browser’s local storage so the site looks the same next time. Choosing System removes it. Nothing is saved for the default.
• Welcome screen: a note that you have seen the welcome screen is kept in your browser’s session storage, so it is shown once per tab. Your browser deletes it when you close the tab. (Only while the welcome screen is set to show once per session.)

Nothing else is saved in your browser: not your searches, not your location.

Your location

When you tap “Use my location”, your browser asks your permission. If you allow it, FuelWatchNI reads your position once for that search. It does not track you or keep checking where you are.

• Your position, rounded to about 10 metres, is sent to our server with that one search so it can work out road distances to nearby stations. Our server works out the distances itself; your position is not sent to any other company.
• The app does not store it: not in your browser, not in the page address, not in your history.
• The program that answers searches has its request logging switched off, so the position is not written to its logs.
• Our routing service is set to record warnings only, not individual requests. [OWNER TO CONFIRM] (confirm on the server before publication)

Your searches

The place, postcode or station name you type is sent to our server to find stations. It is handled the same way as your location: it is used to answer that search and is not written to the search program’s logs.

Server logs

Like most websites, our web server (nginx) keeps technical access logs. For each request they record your IP address, the date and time, the request method, the page path, the response status and the response size. They do not record the part of the address that carries your search or your location.

If a request fails inside the web server, its error log can record the full request, which can include search text or a rounded location. [OWNER TO CONFIRM] (how long access and error logs are kept, and who can read them)

The server also uses your IP address briefly in memory to limit how many requests one connection can make.

Price feedback

When you answer “Price right?” with Yes or No, we store: the station, the fuel, the price we showed, your Yes or No, the time we received it and which data update you were looking at. The feedback record has no IP address, no browser details and no free text. As with any request, the web server’s access log records that a feedback request was made, with your IP address and the time.

We may tell the Fuel Finder service that a station’s price appears wrong. That report is about the station, not about you.

Directions

The map button opens the station in Apple Maps or Google Maps (whichever suits your device). We pass them the station’s location only, not yours. From then on that company’s privacy policy applies.

Your rights

[OWNER TO CONFIRM] (UK GDPR rights, how to contact us, and the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office)