Privacy Policy
Last updated: July 2026
Who is responsible for your data
The data controller is [YOUR NAME] (Sole trader), operating TradeChecker. Contact: [YOUR EMAIL].
The data in a report
Reports are compiled from public records published under the Open Government Licence, chiefly Companies House, The Gazette and the UK insolvency and disqualified-director registers. This can include personal data about company directors and persons of significant control that is already on the public register (name, role, part-month of birth, and public appointment history). We surface that public information; we do not add hidden data about individuals, and we match a person across companies only when their public date-of-birth month and year confirm it, to avoid mis-identifying anyone.
Your account and payment data
- If you create an account (for the Unlimited plan) we store your email address and a securely hashed password. We never store your password in readable form.
- Payments are processed by Stripe. Your card details go directly to Stripe and are never seen or stored by us. Stripe returns only a confirmation and a customer reference. See Stripe's own privacy notice for how they process payment data.
- Reports you unlock are recorded against a random purchase token (in a cookie) or your account, so your paid reports stay available to you.
Cookies
We use a small number of strictly-necessary cookies only: a login session cookie (if you have an account) and a purchase token cookie (so a report you paid for stays unlocked). We do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies.
How long we keep it
Account and purchase records are kept while your account is active and for as long as needed to meet our legal and tax obligations. You can ask us to close your account and delete your personal data at any time.
Your rights
Under UK GDPR you can ask for a copy of your personal data, ask us to correct or delete it, or object to our processing. Email [YOUR EMAIL] and we will respond within one month. If a director wishes to correct information that appears in a report, note that the underlying record is held by Companies House; corrections at source flow through to future reports. You can also complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).