LEGAL // PRIVACY
Privacy Policy
How StandEasy Finance collects, uses, and protects your personal data.
Last updated: 24 October 2026
Who We Are
StandEasy Finance is a trading name of L. Johnson, a UK sole trader ("we", "us"). We are the data controller for the personal data collected through this website, which means we decide how it's used and are responsible for looking after it.
Questions about this policy or your data: contact@standeasyfinance.co.uk
The Short Version
- You can read Good Dits and News without an account, and we don't collect anything about you to do so.
- If you create an account, we hold your name, email address and the details you give us to verify your service.
- We don't sell your data, and we don't use it for marketing.
- You can delete your account yourself at any time from Settings.
Data We Collect
Your account
You sign in with Google. Google gives us your name, email address, profile picture link and a unique account ID. We never see your Google password.
We store these in your account, along with anything you add in Settings (a preferred name and your service branch) and the date you joined.
Verification
To unlock verified-only content, you choose your role (for example serving, veteran or reservist) and submit a request. We review each request by hand and record whether it's pending, approved or rejected, and when it was approved. No automated decision is made about you.
Armoury tools
If you use the Pre-Deployment Finance Checklist, we save which items you've ticked to your account so your progress is there next time. The calculators (LISA, mortgage and pension) run entirely in your browser: the figures you type in are not sent to us or stored.
Forms you send us
If you report an issue or request a deal, we store what you write, the date, and, if you're signed in, your account ID and email address, so we can follow up. If you email us, we keep the email and our reply.
Technical data
Like any website, our hosting provider (Google Firebase) automatically logs technical details such as your IP address, browser type and the pages requested, to deliver the site and keep it secure.
Why We Use It, and Our Legal Basis
UK GDPR requires us to have a legal basis for each use of your data. Ours are:
| What we do | Legal basis |
|---|---|
| Create and run your account, sign you in, verify your service and save your checklist progress | Contract: it's needed to provide the service you signed up for |
| Deal with issue reports, deal requests and emails | Legitimate interests: fixing problems and improving the site |
| Hosting logs and security | Legitimate interests: keeping the site running and protected |
Who We Share It With
We don't sell or rent your data. We use a small number of service providers to run the site, who process data on our behalf and only as we instruct:
Google (Firebase)
Hosting, sign-in and our database. Your account and the forms you send are stored here.
Formspree
Forwards a copy of verification requests (your name, email and chosen role), issue reports and deal requests to our inbox, so we know to act on them.
These providers are based in, or may store data in, the United States. Where your data leaves the UK, it is protected by the safeguards set out in each provider's data processing terms, as UK law requires.
We may also disclose data if the law requires it, for example in response to a valid request from the police or a court.
Cookies and Local Storage
We only use what the site needs to work: Firebase keeps you signed in, and your browser remembers your cookie choices and, if you change it, the text size you picked for articles. These can't be switched off, because the site doesn't work properly without them.
We don't currently use analytics, advertising or affiliate tracking cookies. If we add any in future, they will only be set if you agree to them, and you'll be able to change your mind at any time via the Cookie Settings link in the footer. We'll update this policy before that happens.
How Long We Keep It
- Your account: until you delete it. Deleting your account removes your profile, verification status and checklist progress.
- Issue reports, deal requests and emails: until they're dealt with, and no longer than 12 months.
- Hosting logs: kept by Google for a limited period under its own retention policies.
Your Rights
Under UK GDPR you have the right to:
- Get a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- Have inaccurate data corrected
- Have your data deleted
- Restrict how we use your data in certain circumstances
- Receive the data you gave us in a portable format
- Object to us using your data where we rely on legitimate interests
- Withdraw your consent at any time, where we rely on consent
You can delete your account yourself in Settings. For anything else, email contact@standeasyfinance.co.uk. We'll respond within one month.
If you're unhappy with how we've handled your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk. We'd appreciate the chance to put it right first, so please contact us before you do.
Keeping It Secure
Your data is stored with Google Firebase, protected by Google's security and by access rules that mean only you, and we as the site operator, can see your account. Sign-in is handled by Google, so we never hold a password for you.
Changes to This Policy
If we change how we use your data, we'll update this page and the date at the top. If a change affects you significantly, we'll tell you by email or on the site before it takes effect.