This Privacy Policy explains how HC PROPERTY (YORKSHIRE) LTD handles information in connection with the Android application HCEstate Letting, which is distributed under the package name uk.co.hcestate.hold.property.lane.
HCEstate Letting is a local rental comparison studio. It helps users compare two to four housing or letting alternatives using details, notes and photos they enter themselves, and produces side-by-side insights and trade-off explanations based on the priorities they set. The core workflow is designed to work on the device itself.
This policy describes what the application stores, where that information lives, when anything leaves the device, and how the company can be contacted.
Scope of This Policy
This policy applies to the HCEstate Letting Android application and to the company that publishes it, HC PROPERTY (YORKSHIRE) LTD. It covers the way the app handles information on your device and the limited situations in which information may leave it.
The application is built on a local-first basis. It does not require an account, and the comparisons you build are held on your own Android device rather than on company systems.
Information Stored on Your Device
The application stores the content you create and enter locally, within its own storage area on the Android device. This local content is not automatically transmitted to the developer as part of the core workflow, and the company does not receive it through ordinary use of the app.
Depending on how you use the application, the content held on your device may include:
- Comparison boards you set up
- Details and notes you enter for each property option
- Photos you choose to add
- The priorities or weightings you set
- Rankings and trade-off insights produced on the device
- Summaries you export from the app
Optional Photos and Local Processing
Photos are optional. Where you add a photo or an image reference, you select it yourself, and it is stored as local app content on the device. It is not automatically sent to the developer. The application does not scan your gallery or capture images on its own. You can use the app without adding any photos at all, working with text entries alone.
The calculations behind the comparisons, rankings and trade-off explanations shown in the app are performed on the device, using the details and priorities you have entered.
Exporting and External Actions
The app allows you to export or share a summary of your comparison. Exports and shares are carried out through Android system actions and happen only when you choose to start them; nothing is sent automatically.
Some actions in the app open external Android services. These may include opening a website in your device's browser, such as the company website, and using the Android share sheet to send a summary to another application. Those external services operate under their own privacy practices.
Once you export or share something, it remains on your device or wherever you chose to send it. It is not copied to the company.
What the App Does Not Include
The application does not require login or account registration, does not provide payment processing or subscription functionality, and does not include monetisation features. There is no cloud synchronisation and no company-side storage of the comparisons you build.
Important Use Notice
The app is a local decision aid. The rankings, insights and trade-off explanations it produces are derived from the information you enter and the priority weightings you choose, and they are intended for general informational and practical comparison purposes only.
The app does not provide legal, financial, insurance, regulatory or other professional advice, and it does not make tenancy or compliance decisions on your behalf. This material is not a substitute for formal professional, legal, regulatory or certification processes, and it is not legal, financial, insurance or regulatory advice. Missing details remain missing rather than being assumed for you.
Retention and Deletion
Local comparison data remains on your device until you delete it, clear the app's local data, or uninstall the application. Exported files remain wherever you chose to save or send them, under your own control.
The app lets you delete individual comparisons, and it also provides a way to clear all local data at once. If you prefer, local app data can be removed through Android device settings, or by uninstalling the application.
Security
Local app content is kept within the application's own storage on the device and is not held on company servers. Protecting the device itself, for example with the screen lock you configure, remains with you. You are also responsible for any files you export or share and for the places you choose to keep them.
Your Rights in the UK and EEA
If you are in the United Kingdom or the European Economic Area, you may have rights under applicable data protection legislation, including rights of access, correction, deletion and restriction. Whether a particular right applies depends on the circumstances and on whether personal data is being processed. Because the app is local-first and does not automatically transmit your local content to the developer, the practical way to exercise many of these controls is on your own device, through the app's deletion and clear-data options or by uninstalling the application.
You are welcome to contact the company using the details below if you have a question about this. The company cannot delete content that exists only on your device, since it never receives it.
Children's Privacy (13+)
The app is intended for users aged 13 and above and is not directed to children under 13. The company does not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If such information is identified, reasonable steps will be taken to delete it or otherwise address the situation.
Changes to This Policy
This policy may be updated from time to time, for example if the app's features change or if legal requirements change. When that happens, the revision date shown with this policy is updated, and the current version reflects the practices in force at that time.
Company and Contact
The application is operated by HC PROPERTY (YORKSHIRE) LTD. If you contact the company by email, the company receives the email address you write from and whatever your message contains.
Company: HC PROPERTY (YORKSHIRE) LTD
Registered office: 71 Smawthorne Grove, Castleford, WF10 5AT, England
Email: [email protected]
Website: hcestate.co.uk