Latest news...

21-May-2013
The page on water measurement tips has been updated with information on how to find and read your water meter. It can be found in the miscellaneous section.

16-May-2013
A new page on measuring gas consumption has been added. The page on measuring electricity consumption has been updated. Both can be found in the miscellaneous section.

02-May-2013
The holiday checklist has been updated in preparation for the holiday season. It can be found in the miscellaneous section.

25-April-2013
The dishwasher page has been updated with more energy saving tips, it can be found in the electrical and water sections.

18-April-2013
How to save water in toilet cisterns has been expanded in the water saving section.

11-April-2013
The radiator fault finding page has been updated with extra information.

04-April-2013
The central heating electricity use page has been updated with new information based on feedback from our readers.

26-March-2013
The background page in the miscellaneous section has been updated with more information.

13-March-2013
The heating section home page and more tips how to save heat have been updated.

06-March-2013
Electricity costs, electricity use and CO2 generation added for the first three years of our second house.

28-February-2013
Tips for saving heat in the greenhouse updated with more information.

Privacy Policy and Data Protection Information

The following explains our privacy policy and how we protect data and details our practices regarding information we collect from you or about your visit to our site. If you have further questions about our privacy policies or how we protect data after reading this policy, please contact us.

Helping to protect private information and preserve privacy is important to us. All visitor information collected by us is considered private and confidential information. The information we collect from you through our web sites is used to improve our sites, making them a more valuable resource for visitors like you.

Ways Information About You Is Collected

We collect and maintain certain personal information about you when you send us email or complete any of our online forms. The personal information you provide can identify you and your business individually, and may include items such as your name and email address, job title, company name and address, phone number, Web site address and contact details of the Web site administrator. This information is destroyed after three years of not being used.

We may also collect, or log, certain other information that cannot identify you personally when you visit our web site. This information includes your Internet Protocol ("IP") address and your domain name. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer by the ISP computer through which you access the Web and a domain name is the name of the ISP computer itself through which you access the Web.

We may log these IP addresses and domain names and aggregate them for system administration and to monitor the use of our site. We use the aggregated information to measure the number of visits to our site, the average time spent on our site, the number of pages viewed, and various other site statistics. This helps us evaluate how our web site is used and to continuously improve the content we provide. We do not link IP addresses or domain names with any personally identifiable information, which means that a visitor's session will be logged but the visitor will remain anonymous.

We do not purchase or otherwise obtain any supplemental personal information about you from any third parties.

We do not collect any information from you online other than the personal information described above.

Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of data stored on the user's computer linked to information about the user. These cookies may be either transient or persistent. A transient cookie is automatically deleted when you end your browsing session. A persistent cookie is stored on your computer’s hard drive for an extended period of time. Your browser’s help file contains instructions for removing these cookies.

When we do use cookies you will be given the chance to refuse them at the start of your browsing session and we will explain the likely effects of refusing them.

We do not use cookies to collect information about you for any reason other than as set out below.

We may use cookies to save your Web site preferences to improve your experience of the Web sites. Uses may include but are not limited to remembering login information or preserving preferences for animations.

We also may use cookies or tracking images (also known as "web bugs") for the purposes of gathering web site usage information, or employ a third party service for this purpose. These cookies or web bugs cannot identify you personally when you visit our Web site.

Information collected by using cookies will be destroyed once the data has been analysed or within one year whichever is the shorter.

Ways Information About You Is Used

We use the information you provide us to contact you in response to any requests, complaints, or comments you may have about us.

We may send you, via email information that we think you might find useful only if you have signed up to one of our mailing lists. In the future if you do not wish to receive these communications please contact us, stating that you would like to be removed from the mailing list.

We do not collect or compile personal information for distribution to third parties. We do not share any information about you with any third parties.

We may, however, disclose personal information to comply with valid legal processes such as a search warrant, subpoena, or court order, or to protect our rights and property. We will only disclose information when we believe in good faith that the law requires it.

We may also share certain limited information with outside agencies, such as postal or electronic mail delivery services, in the process of delivering messages to you. These agencies will not share this information in any form with any other party, and will destroy it after it has been used.

If you would like to update information previously submitted to us or request to have outdated information removed, please send your request to us.

Links to Other Sites

Visitors are responsible for reviewing the privacy policies of these sites, we have no responsibility for the policies and practices of these sites.

Protection Of Children's Online Privacy

We understand the importance of protecting children's privacy, especially in an online environment. This web site is not intentionally designed for or directed at children under 18 years of age. It is our policy to never knowingly collect or maintain specific information about individuals under age 18.

Web Hosting Supplier Privacy Policy

Our web hosting supplier is 1and1. Their privacy policy can be found here.

Changes To The Privacy Policy

Practical Home Energy Saving reserves the right to modify or amend this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason.

Protection Of Personal Data

All personal data is password protected.

United Kingdom Data Protection Registration

Our registration number is Z1016974