Who we are. UK Detector is run by Kieran Lenton (UK Gold Prospector), based in Dorset, UK (postal address available on request by email). Contact: ukgoldprospector@gmail.com. Kieran is the data controller for anything you send through this site.
If you send us a beach tip or sign up for updates, we store the email address you give us and your tip. We use your email only to tell you about new areas and the app. Our legal basis is your consent, which you can withdraw at any time. We don't sell or share your details.
If you create an account in the map app we store your email address and a user ID with Google Firebase Authentication, so your plan works on any device. If you buy Pro, payment is handled by Stripe - we never see your card details. Stripe keeps your email, payment and subscription records so it can bill you and send receipts; our lawful basis for this is the contract with you. Your "can I detect here?" checks are sent as map coordinates to the official data services we query (Historic England, Natural England and National Trust open data, hosted on Esri ArcGIS Online; Cadw and Natural Resources Wales via DataMapWales; Historic Environment Scotland) and aren't stored by us. Your daily free-check count is kept only in your own browser. If you use the finds log while signed in, your finds, permissions and sessions (including any locations you save) are stored in Google Cloud Firestore under your account, readable only by you, until you delete them or your account.
To improve the site we record page visits and app actions, in records that don't identify you by name - the page address, the website that sent you here (domain only), your browser type, a rough traffic source, and which plan you choose when you start checkout - in a Google Sheet via Google Apps Script. We don't use cookies for this - the only thing stored in your browser is a note remembering your choice if you opt out - and we don't record IP addresses, names, emails or account details (Google receives your IP address when each record is sent, as with any web request). Our lawful basis is legitimate interests (understanding how the site is used). To opt out, add ?notrack=1 to any page address once (for example ukdetector.co.uk/?notrack=1); add ?notrack=0 to opt back in.
Update emails: until you unsubscribe or ask us to delete them, and no longer than 24 months. Beach tips may be kept (without your email) once checked, to keep the map accurate. Analytics records: up to 26 months.
Form submissions are stored by our host, Netlify, Inc.; accounts and finds logs by Google (Firebase); analytics by Google (Apps Script and Sheets); payments by Stripe. These providers may process data in the United States under their standard data protection terms. Account and payment records are kept while your account or subscription is active and afterwards as long as the law requires for tax records. Map tiles are loaded from CARTO, the map code from cdnjs (Cloudflare) and fonts from Google Fonts; these services receive your IP address when they serve those files. This site doesn't use advertising or tracking cookies. Product links marked "Ad" go to Amazon, which sets its own cookies once you arrive there; as an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
You can ask to see, correct or delete your details at any time by emailing the address above. If you're unhappy with how we've handled your data you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk).