Privacy, plainly explained

We keep visitor data
to a minimum.

You can search Houses in Scarborough without creating an account, joining a mailing list or accepting advertising cookies. This page explains the limited technical information involved when the website works.

The short version

We do not build profiles
about our visitors.

Houses in Scarborough is a public property-information website. We do not use the public site to follow people around the internet, sell visitor information or send unsolicited marketing. Like almost every website, our server and service providers may process basic connection information to deliver pages securely.

01

Who we are

Houses in Scarborough is operated by GLS Properties Limited. For data-protection purposes, GLS Properties Limited is responsible for the limited personal information described on this page.

Registered company
GLS Properties Limited
Company number
08390913
Registered office
83–85 Dean Road, Scarborough, YO12 7QS
02

What information is involved

We do not ask ordinary visitors for their name, email address or telephone number on the current public website. The following limited information may still be processed:

Search information

A postcode, street or town entered into the sold-price search is sent to our server so it can return matching public property records. We do not use searches to create a visitor profile or for marketing.

Technical information

Our web host may record an IP address, browser type, requested page, date and time, and error or security information in standard server logs.

Public property records

The property information displayed by the site comes primarily from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. It is public source data about registered transactions, not information collected from website visitors.

03

Why limited data is used

Search information is used to provide the result you requested. Technical logs may be used to keep the website available, diagnose errors, prevent misuse and protect the service.

Where this processing involves personal data, we rely on our legitimate interests in operating a useful and secure public website. We balance those interests against visitor privacy by avoiding behavioural analytics, advertising technology and unnecessary collection.

Technical records are retained only for as long as reasonably required for security, fault diagnosis and hosting operations, then deleted or overwritten according to the relevant service provider’s retention cycle.

04

Service providers and sharing

We do not sell visitor information. Limited technical information may be handled by organisations that help deliver the website, principally our website hosting provider.

The site currently loads typefaces from Google Fonts. When your browser requests those files, Google may receive connection information such as your IP address and browser details. Google handles that information under its own privacy terms.

Information may also be disclosed where required by law, or where reasonably necessary to protect the security and legal rights of the website, its operator or others.

05

Cookies

The current public website does not deliberately set analytics, advertising or preference cookies. It therefore does not ask visitors to accept non-essential cookies.

The private administration area is not part of the ordinary visitor experience and uses a session mechanism to keep authorised users signed in securely.

If we add analytics, embedded media or another feature that uses non-essential cookies in future, we will update this notice and introduce consent controls where required.

06

Your data-protection rights

Depending on the circumstances, UK data-protection law may give you rights to ask for access to your personal data, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, or to object to its use. Because the public site collects very little identifying information, we may not be able to connect a website visit or search with a particular person.

To ask a privacy question or exercise a right, email info@housesinscarborough.co.uk. We may need enough information to confirm your identity and understand the request.

You can also complain to the ICO

If you remain concerned, you have the right to contact the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.

Visit the ICO complaints page
07

Changes to this notice

We will update this page if the public website begins collecting different information or starts using new services. The date at the top will show when the wording was last changed.