Privacy policy

Who we are

BestBusinessLoans is published by Best Business Loans Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 16833937, registered office Cust Hall, Toppesfield, Halstead, Essex CO9 4EB. For the purposes of UK GDPR, Best Business Loans Ltd is the data controller of any personal data collected on this site.

What we collect

• Server logs. Your IP address, user agent, requested URL, and timestamp. Used to operate the site and detect abuse. Retained 30 days.
• Cookies. A cookie-consent preference, no analytics or advertising cookies until you accept. See "Cookies" below.
• Email correspondence. If you email us at one of the addresses on the contact page, we keep your message and our reply.
• Outbound link clicks. When you click a link to an external lender, your browser sends a referrer header to that site. We may also append a partner tracking parameter so the partner can recognise you came from us.

What we do not collect

• Loan application data. Applications submitted via /get-quotes/ are processed by our broker panel; applications made directly with lenders are governed by their own privacy policies.
• Credit-file data. We do not perform credit searches.
• Payment information. There is nothing to pay for on this site.

Lawful bases

Server logs and cookies essential for site operation: legitimate interest (running and securing the site). Email correspondence: legitimate interest (responding to you). Marketing or analytics cookies (when accepted): consent.

Cookies

We use a single technical cookie to remember your cookie-consent preference. No analytics, advertising or social-media cookies are loaded unless you accept them in the cookie banner. You can revisit the choice at any time by clearing site data and reloading.

Data sharing

We share data with the following categories of third parties:

• Hosting (Cloudflare Pages) for serving the site.
• Email (the address provider) for receiving and replying to messages.
• Our broker panel (operating under Best Business Loans Ltd) when you submit the /get-quotes/ form.
• Affiliate partners when you click a flagged affiliate link, limited to a referrer and partner-side tracking parameter.

We do not sell personal data. We do not share your data with advertisers or data brokers.

Your rights

Under UK GDPR you have the right to: access your data; correct inaccurate data; erase your data ("right to be forgotten"); restrict processing; object to processing on legitimate-interest grounds; data portability where applicable. To exercise any of these, email privacy@bestbusinessloans.ai.

You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

Changes to this policy

When we change this policy materially we update the date at the foot of this page and, where appropriate, notify on the homepage.