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Privacy Notice
Version 2026-08-a · Bermuda Grocery Compare
The short version.We collect what the site needs to work and nothing else. We don't sell your information, we don't use advertising trackers, and receipt photos are read on our own equipment in Bermuda rather than sent to an outside company. You can see, correct or delete anything we hold, at any time.
Who we are
Bermuda Grocery Compare is a price comparison website for grocery shopping in Bermuda. We are run by Bermuda Grocery Compare, of Bermuda (registered address to follow).
You can contact us at [email protected]. Our Privacy Officer is The Privacy Officer, Bermuda Grocery Compare, reachable at the same address.
The site is in beta. Prices may be out of date or wrong, and you should always check at the till.
What we collect, and why
Only what the site needs. Each purpose below is separate — agreeing to one does not agree you to another.
If you just browse and search
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| The words you search for | To return results, and to find searches that return nothing so we can fix them |
| Which results you click | To tell whether the ranking is any good |
| A random session number stored in your browser | To join those together within a visit. It is not linked to your name, and we use no advertising cookies |
You do not need an account to browse, search, or scan a receipt.
If you create an account
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| Your email address | To sign you in and contact you about your account |
| Your name, if you give one | To address you. Optional |
| Your password | Stored only as a scrambled value we cannot reverse |
| Your saved shopping lists | So they are there next time |
If you scan a receipt
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| The photograph | To read the items and prices from it |
| The items, prices, store and date on it | To show you what you paid, and where the same items are cheaper |
| Basic image measurements (sharpness, brightness, size) | To warn you if a photo is unlikely to read, and to improve that warning |
We do not read anything else off your receipt. Card numbers, loyalty numbers, cashier names and phone numbers are excluded at the point the receipt is read, so they never reach our records. Please still black out any card or loyalty number before uploading.
Items we deliberately do not keep against you
Some purchases reveal things about your health or your family that a shopping list should not. By default we do not record that you bought them.
This covers pharmacy items (painkillers, indigestion, cold and allergy remedies), pregnancy and fertility products, baby formula and nappies, and alcohol.
We keep the price of those items, because prices are what this site is for. We keep no link between that price and you. If you would rather have a complete personal record, there is a tick box when you upload — it is off unless you turn it on.
How we use it
- To show you prices and comparisons.
- To save your lists so you can reuse them.
- To read your receipts and show what the same shopping would cost elsewhere.
- To make the site work better — fixing failed searches, improving receipt reading.
- To understand grocery prices in Bermuda generally — but only if you have ticked the box for it, and only ever as combined figures that do not identify anyone.
We do not sell your information and we do not use it for advertising.
Automated processing
We use software to read the text on your receipt and to guess which catalogue product each line refers to.
This runs on our own equipment in Bermuda. Your receipt images are not sent to any outside company to be processed.
Those guesses are checked by a person before they count towards anything shown to you. No decision with a legal or similarly significant effect on you is made automatically.
Who else sees it
| Who | What they see |
|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Carries traffic between your browser and our server, so sees the technical details of that connection such as your IP address. They do not receive your receipts or your lists |
| Google (Gmail) | Any email you send us, because that is where our mailbox is |
| Nobody else | We do not share, sell or rent your information, and we do not pass it to the supermarkets |
We would only disclose information if the law required it.
Where it is kept
Your account, lists and receipt data are held on equipment in Bermuda. Traffic passes through Cloudflare's international network in transit.
How long we keep it
| What | How long |
|---|---|
| Receipt photographs | 90 days after we have read them, then deleted |
| Prices and items read from receipts | Kept, because they are price data — but with no link to you for the categories above |
| Your account and saved lists | Until you delete your account |
| Search records | 12 months |
| Consent records | For as long as we rely on them, plus a reasonable period after — they are the record of what you agreed to |
Your rights
Under Bermuda's Personal Information Protection Act 2016 you can ask us to:
- Tell you what we hold about you, and give you a copy
- Correct anything wrong
- Delete your information
- Stop or restrict a particular use
- Change your mind about anything you agreed to, as easily as you agreed to it, at any time
- Explain how any automated processing works
Email [email protected] and we will respond within 14 days.
Withdrawing consent is not retrospective punishment: if you withdraw consent for research use, we remove your existing receipts from those combined figures too, not only future ones.
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your information you can complain to the Privacy Commissioner for Bermuda.
Cookies and similar
Only what the site needs to function:
- A sign-in cookie, if you have an account, so you stay signed in.
- A session numberin your browser's local storage, so searches and receipts from one visit hang together, and so an anonymous upload can be attached to your account if you later create one.
No advertising cookies, no third-party trackers, no analytics companies.
Children
The site is not aimed at children and we do not knowingly collect information about anyone under 14. If you believe we have, tell us and we will delete it.
Where our price data comes from
Prices shown for Lindo's, The MarketPlace and Miles Market are collected from each store's own public online catalogue. That is information about products, not about people, and none of it comes from you.
Online prices and shelf prices can differ, and our data may be up to a month old. Always check at the till.
Changes
If we change how we use your information we will update this notice and, where the change is significant, ask you again rather than assume your previous answer still applies.
Version 2026-08-a — the version recorded against any consent you give, so you can always see which wording you agreed to.