Last updated: January 2026

1. Introduction

Female Finance ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website femalefinance.co.uk.

Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.

2. Information We Collect

Information You Provide

We may collect information that you voluntarily provide when using our calculators, AI tools, or creating an account, including:

Account information (email address, password)
Financial information entered into calculators (processed locally in your browser, not stored on our servers)
Questions and text submitted to our AI tools
Contact information if you reach out to us
Checklist progress (stored locally on your device or in your account)

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit our website, we may automatically collect certain information, including:

Device and browser type
IP address
Pages visited and time spent on pages
Referring website

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

Provide and maintain our services
Process your AI tool requests
Save your progress and preferences (if you have an account)
Improve and personalise your experience
Analyse usage patterns to improve our website
Respond to your enquiries
Comply with legal obligations

4. AI Tools and Data Processing

Our AI tools (Jargon Buster, Letter Drafter, and Document Explainer) use Anthropic's Claude AI to process your requests. When you use these tools:

Your inputs are sent to Anthropic's API for processing
We do not store your AI conversations permanently
We recommend not sharing sensitive personal information (such as account numbers or National Insurance numbers) in AI requests

Please see Anthropic's privacy policy for information about how they process data.

5. Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier.

You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.

For more information, please see our Cookie Policy.

6. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal information. Calculator data is processed locally in your browser and is not transmitted to our servers. Account passwords are encrypted and stored securely.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

7. Third-Party Services

Our website may contain links to third-party websites and services. We use the following third-party services:

Anthropic Claude AI - for processing AI tool requests
Analytics services - to understand how people use our site

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third parties. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.

8. Your Rights (UK GDPR)

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation, you have certain data protection rights, including:

Right to access - You can request copies of your personal data.
Right to rectification - You can request that we correct inaccurate information.
Right to erasure - You can request that we delete your personal data.
Right to restrict processing - You can request that we limit how we use your data.
Right to data portability - You can request a copy of your data in a machine-readable format.
Right to object - You can object to our processing of your personal data.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at the email address below.

9. Children's Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us at:

Email: hello@femalefinance.co.uk