Privacy policy

Last updated: 2026-07-14

The short version

There are no accounts. We never ask for your name, your email, or your immigration status. Your answers and progress are stored on your device and are never uploaded. We collect anonymous statistics about which questions people find hard, so we can improve them — and on the web, only if you say yes.

Who we are

British Citizenship Test: Practice ("we") provides a study aid for the Life in the UK Test at britishcitizentest.com and via our mobile apps. For UK GDPR purposes we are the data controller for the limited data described below.

What we do NOT collect

Your name, email address, phone number or postal address
Any account — there is no sign-up, and no way to create one
Your immigration status, nationality, or any other special-category data
Your precise location
Advertising identifiers — there are no adverts and no ad networks in this product
Any data that identifies you personally, at all

Because we hold no personal data about you, we cannot sell it, leak it, or hand it to anyone — including any government body. There is nothing to hand over.

What stays on your device

Your answers, scores, mock-test history, starred questions, settings and purchase status are stored locally on your device (in browser storage on the web; in app storage on mobile). We do not have a copy. If you clear your browser data or delete the app, that information is gone, and we cannot restore it.

What we do collect

We collect anonymous, aggregated usage statistics, and nothing else:

Per-question results — that question c3-tudors-014 was answered correctly or incorrectly. This is the single most useful thing we collect: if a question is failed by almost everyone, it usually means our answer is wrong, and we go and check it.
Basic usage events — the app was opened, a mock test was started or finished, the unlock screen was shown, a purchase was made.

These events carry a random identifier that is generated on your device. It is not derived from any device or network property, it is not linked to any personal information, and it is destroyed when you use "Reset my progress". Its only purpose is to stop us counting one person as a hundred.

Lawful basis: on the web, your consent (which you can withdraw at any time by declining the banner or clearing site data). On mobile, our legitimate interest in fixing incorrect questions and improving the app — and you can turn it off in Settings.

Cookies

We use no advertising cookies and no third-party tracking cookies. We use browser local storage to remember your progress, your settings, and your cookie choice. That storage is functional: without it the app cannot remember that you answered a question.

Purchases

If you buy the one-off unlock, the payment is handled entirely by Apple or Google. We never see your card details, your billing address, or your name. We receive only a confirmation that a purchase for this product was made, which we store on your device.

Children

This product is intended for adults preparing for the Life in the UK Test. We do not knowingly collect any data from children, and since we collect no personal data from anyone, we hold none.

Your rights

Under UK GDPR you have rights to access, correct, delete and port your personal data. Because we hold no personal data about you, there is nothing for us to give you or delete on our servers. The data that exists is on your device, and you can delete all of it at any time using Settings → Reset my progress, or by clearing your browser data.

You may complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk.

Changes

If we ever change this policy in a way that affects what we collect, we will say so prominently in the app rather than quietly editing this page.