Privacy policy

This policy explains what happens to information when you use camerasrus.co.uk. Last updated 20 October 2026.

Cookies

• We use no tracking or analytics cookies. Advertising cookies (from Awin) are only possible if you accept banner ads — see below.
• The only cookie we set is a strictly necessary session cookie for the site owner's admin area (/admin/), used to keep the administrator signed in and to protect forms. Ordinary visitors never receive it.

When you first visit, a bar asks whether you’re happy with ads cookies. We keep your answer in your browser’s local storage (or, if that’s blocked, in a small cookie from this site called ads_consent) for 6 months, so we don’t have to ask on every page. It holds only “accept” or “reject” and the date, and it isn’t sent to anyone.

Banner ads

Some pages have up to two banner ads: one under the menu, and one part-way through a guide or camera page. There are none on this page, the contact, terms, affiliate and photo-credit pages. The ads come from 5od (5od.co.uk), a small ad service run by the owner of this site. They’re contextual: 5od chooses a banner to suit the page you’re reading, not you. 5od itself sets no cookies and builds no profile of you; your browser sends it the site, the ad position and size, and the address of the page.

The banners are for shops and brands in the Awin affiliate network. Awin’s banner images and links can set Awin’s own cookies: when a banner is shown, and when you click one, so that a purchase can be credited to us. That’s why nothing loads until you choose:

• Accept ads cookies: banners load, and Awin is told you agreed.
• Reject: no banners load at all, and your browser doesn’t contact 5od or Awin for ads.
• JavaScript off: no ads load and you won’t be asked.

Like any website, 5od’s server sees your IP address when your browser asks it for a banner. 5od doesn’t store raw IP addresses: it keeps a scrambled (salted and hashed) version for up to 2 days, only to limit abuse.

Changing your mind

Use Cookie settings (also at the bottom of every page) to see your current choice and change it at any time. If you switch from accept to reject, banners stop loading straight away. Any Awin cookies already set stay in your browser until they expire, or until you delete them in your browser’s settings (clearing this site’s data also resets your choice, and we’ll ask again).

Forms

The public site has no forms that store personal information. The camera filters, compare tool and camera selector only send your choices in the page address so the right results can be shown; they aren't saved.

Server logs

Like most websites, our hosting provider keeps standard web server logs (such as IP address, page requested, browser type and time) for security and to keep the site running. These are not used to build profiles of visitors.

Outbound links

Links to other websites — manufacturers, sources and shops such as Amazon — go through a short redirect on our site (/go/…). When you follow one we record only the link name, the date and time and the page you came from (no IP address or other personal data), so we can see which links are useful. Once you arrive on another site, its own privacy policy and cookies apply. Amazon may use cookies to attribute a purchase to us as part of the Amazon Associates programme.

Videos

If we embed a video, it is shown as a still image with a play button. Nothing is loaded from YouTube until you press play; after that, YouTube's (privacy-enhanced mode) player and its privacy policy apply.

Photos

All images are hosted on our own server, so viewing our pages doesn't send data to photo sites (banner ads, if you accept them, come from 5od and Awin).

Email

If you email us, we use your message and address only to reply and keep a record of the conversation.

Your rights

Under UK GDPR you can ask what personal data we hold about you, and ask us to correct or delete it. Contact hello@camerasrus.co.uk. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).