Cookie policy
Last updated: October 2026
How we use cookies
CompareHQ uses a small number of necessary cookies to run the site. These hold nothing that identifies you, are never used to track you across other websites, and are set without a consent step, as UK rules (PECR) allow.
With your permission, we also use two kinds of optional cookie: analytics cookies, which show us how the site is used so we can improve it, and marketing cookies, which measure our advertising. You can accept or reject each kind separately. Nothing optional runs until you have chosen.
The cookies we use
CompareHQ (Necessary)
Shows us how visitors move through the site during one visit. A random reference with nothing personal in it. Cleared when you close your browser.
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Supabase (Necessary)
Keeps you signed in if you have a CompareHQ account. Only set when you sign in.
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CompareHQ (Analytics)
Recognises your browser when you come back, so we can count how many people return before they ask providers for quotes. A random reference with nothing personal in it, kept for 12 months. Only set if you accept analytics cookies.
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Microsoft Clarity (Analytics)
Shows which pages are visited and may record session activity such as clicks, scrolling and mouse movement. Does not collect what you type into forms.
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Google Analytics (Analytics)
Measures overall traffic and how visitors find the site.
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Meta Pixel (Marketing)
Measures our Facebook and Instagram adverts and lets us show them to people who have visited. Never loads on signed-in pages.
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Meta Pixel never receives your name, email address or anything you type into a form. If you are signed in to Facebook or Instagram, Meta may link your visit to your account under its own privacy policy, and you can control this in your Facebook or Instagram settings.
Your cookie choices
You can accept or reject analytics and marketing cookies from the banner shown on your first visit, and change your choice at any time.
Browser storage
If you use CompareHQ without an account, we keep your saved providers, compare selection and last few searches in your browser's local storage rather than in a cookie. This stays on your device and is not sent to our servers. Our privacy policy has more detail.
Contact us
For questions about this policy, email hello@comparehq.co.uk.