Privacy Policy

Last updated: December 18, 2025

At Benefits Checker (benefitschecker.online), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you as to how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

1. Who We Are

Benefits Checker is an independent information website designed to help users calculate UK benefit payment dates. We are not affiliated with the UK Government or the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

2. The Data We Collect

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together follows:

  • Technical Data: Includes internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform.
  • Usage Data: Includes information about how you use our website, such as which pages you visit and how long you spend on them.
  • Cookies Data: We use cookies to improve your browsing experience and serve personalized advertisements.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use your data to:

  • Provide and maintain our Service.
  • Monitor the usage of our Service (Analytics).
  • Detect, prevent and address technical issues.
  • Serve Advertising: We use third-party vendors, such as Google AdSense, which use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites.

4. Third-Party Services

Google Analytics

We may use Google Analytics to monitor and analyze the use of our Service. Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic.

Google AdSense

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements. Google uses cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to your website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to your users based on their visit to your sites and/or other sites on the Internet.

Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.

5. Your Legal Rights (UK GDPR)

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data, including:

  • The right to request access to your personal data.
  • The right to request correction of your personal data.
  • The right to request erasure of your personal data.
  • The right to object to processing of your personal data.
  • The right to withdraw consent.

6. Contact Details

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at: hello@benefitschecker.online.