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Privacy policy

What we collect, why, and what you can ask us to do about it.

This page explains what personal information labourlaws.co.uk handles, why, and what you can ask us to do about it. The short version: there are no accounts, no comment form, and no advertising or analytics trackers on this site. We hold your details only if you email us, or if your name appears in the public government records we republish.

Who is responsible

labourlaws.co.uk is an independent publication edited by Alin Ciocan, who is the data controller for the information described here. Write to [email protected] about anything on this page.

When you read the site

  • No tracking cookies. We do not use Google Analytics, advertising networks, social media pixels or any other tracker that follows you between sites.
  • Calculators run in your browser. The figures you type into our tools are worked out on your own device and are not sent to us or stored by us. The named employers search downloads the public list to your browser and searches it there.
  • Dark mode setting. If you switch between light and dark mode, your browser stores that choice (as ll-theme in local storage) so the site remembers it. It never leaves your device.
  • Security and delivery. The site is served through Cloudflare and hosted on servers in the United Kingdom. Like any website, these services briefly process your IP address, browser type and the pages you request in order to deliver pages and block attacks. Cloudflare may set a short-lived security cookie if it needs to check that a visitor is not a bot. These are strictly necessary for the site to work, so they do not need consent. Server logs are kept for a limited period by our hosting provider and are not used to profile visitors.

When you email us

We receive your email address, your name if you include it, and whatever you write. We use it to reply, to fix any mistake you report, and to keep a record of corrections. Our lawful basis is legitimate interests: answering the people who write to us. We do not add you to any mailing list, and we do not share your message with anyone else without asking you first.

We delete correspondence after two years unless it relates to a correction, complaint or legal matter that is still open. Please do not send us details of your own employment case: we cannot advise on it, and you will get better help from Acas or Citizens Advice.

If we contact you

We sometimes email journalists, advice organisations and website editors about our data and tools, using business addresses they publish themselves. Each message is written to one person, with no tracking pixels. If you would rather not hear from us, reply and say so and we will not contact you again.

People named in public records

Our named employers search and the analysis pages built on it republish the lists of employers the UK government has named for underpaying the minimum wage. Most entries are companies, but some are sole traders or partnerships, so the list can include individuals’ names and trading addresses. We copy these from government press releases and link each record to its source. We publish them because the government released them so that workers and the public can see them, and our lawful basis is legitimate interests in reporting matters of public interest.

If you think an entry about you is wrong, or the government has withdrawn or corrected it, email us with the entry and the source. We will check it against the official record and correct or remove it.

We link to GOV.UK, Acas, legislation and other sources, and some pages may contain affiliate links (see our affiliate disclaimer). Once you leave this site, the other site’s own privacy policy applies.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law you can ask us for a copy of the information we hold about you, and ask us to correct it, delete it, or stop using it. Email [email protected] and we will reply within one month. If you are unhappy with how we have handled your information, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office (0303 123 1113).

Changes to this page

If we start collecting anything new, for example sign-ups for email alerts about changes in the law, we will update this page before we do. The date at the top shows when it last changed.