OctopusEnergyReferral.co.uk Privacy Policy

First Published 01/05/2019 – Updated – 18/09/24

Who we are

Our website address is: https://octopusenergyreferral.co.uk.

At Octopus Energy Referral, we take your privacy seriously. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our website, including the use of cookies and third-party tools. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand how we handle your information.

This site is not operated or owned by Octopus Energy.

Continued use of this website assumes you agree to the terms laid out on this webpage.

Cookies

We use cookies on our website to enhance user experience and track website traffic. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit our website.

We do not collect personal information directly from users as there are no comments, sign-ups, or forms on this site. However, we use third-party services such as Google Analytics (GA) and Google Tag Manager (GTM) to collect certain non-personally identifiable information through cookies.

Types of Cookies We Use:

Essential Cookies: These are necessary for the operation of our website. Without these, some parts of our website will not function properly.
Performance and Analytics Cookies: We use these to track how visitors interact with our website. This helps us improve our content and functionality. For example, we use Google Analytics to understand how users navigate through the site.
Third Party Cookies: Cookies controlled by a third party entity.

The cookies we use are completely standard and are the same as those present on the vast majority of internet websites. If you want to learn more about the types of resources we use please follow the links below:

Managing Cookies:

You can choose to disable or remove cookies via your browser settings. However, this may impact your experience on our website. For more information on how to manage cookies, visit All About Cookies [External Link].

Instructions on how to disable cookies in your specific browser can be found below:

Affiliate Links

Our website contains affiliate links, particularly for energy services provided by Octopus Energy and other UK energy providers. When you click on these affiliate links and make a purchase or sign up for a service, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.

We do not collect any personal information through these links, but third-party platforms may track your interactions. Please review the respective privacy policies of the third-party websites for more information on how they handle your data. You may read the Octopus Energy Privacy Policy here: https://octopus.energy/policies/privacy-policy/ [External Link].

We do not pass on any information on to our affiliates because we do not collect any personal identifiable information in the first place, you are only tracked through the use of our referral link.

Data Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. While we do not collect personal data on our site, we take steps to protect the non-personal data that is collected through cookies and third-party tools.

Any non identifiable data that we do collect is handled and finally deleted through the rules and regulations set out by GDPR [External Link] and it is implemented by Google (in the case of GA and GTM) or WordPress in the case of their cookies.

Links

This website contains both internal and external hyperlinks that will take you to other pages on the internet. External hyperlinks should always open in a new tab and should be labelled in the following fashion: [External Link].

Content

The content on this website has been created both in house and through the use of freelance content writers. It is inspired and informed by other content on the web and where relevant that content has been linked back to and referenced.

Images

Images on this website are sourced from Pexels.com [External Link]. Where applicable, screenshots of newspaper websites have been utilized. In such instances, appropriate attribution is provided through links to the original sources.

The Octopus Energy, Trustpilot and Which? logos, trademarks, and associated branding are the intellectual property of their respective owners. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Octopus Energy, Trustpilot or Which?. Any use of these logos on our website is solely for illustrative and informational purposes to refer to the services provided by those companies. We do not claim ownership of these logos, and all rights remain with the respective trademark holders.

Video

Videos on this website are hosted on external platforms. Videos embedded from YouTube are provided by third parties, including Octopus Energy. We do not hold or control the rights to these videos and embed them under YouTube’s embedding functionality, which may be removed or altered at any time by the controlling third parties.

Videos produced by Octopus Energy Referrals are hosted via Wistia. The cookie policies for both YouTube and Wistia are available through the links provided above.

Music within video has been sourced from Pixabay.com [External Link] and text to speech service has been provided by Ttsmaker.com [External Link].

Embedded Scripts

YouTube and Wistia Embeds are covered on this webpage under the subheading “Videos”.

This website may contains embedded scripts primarily for the purpose of displaying third-party reviews or content sourced from external platforms, including, but not limited to, social media sites. These scripts may monitor and collect data related to certain aspects of your interactions and activities on this site.

Usage of AI Tools

AI tools may have been used (always with human review) in the generation of certain portions of the content (text, video, images, music or audio) on this website.

Changes To This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected on this page, and the effective date will be updated accordingly. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.

Contact

To contact the owner of this website, please direct correspondence to the following email address: hello [at] octopusenergyreferral [dot] co [dot] uk. The format of the email address has been intentionally obfuscated to reduce the risk of it being scraped by automated bots.