Privacy policy

Who we are

moneycompare.ae is an independent UAE money comparison website. We compare credit cards, current and savings accounts, fixed deposits and money transfer products from UAE banks and providers. We are not a bank, insurance company, lender or licensed financial adviser. We do not hold, move or advise on money.

Contact for privacy matters: hello@moneycompare.ae

What data we collect

We collect data only when you actively submit it through a form on the site. The forms on moneycompare.ae are:

• Comparison enquiry form (hero form on most pages): name, email address, phone number (optional), and the product type you are comparing.
• Contact form (contact.html): name, email address, and message.
• Newsletter subscription (if present): email address only.

We do not run any analytics trackers, advertising pixels, or third-party tracking scripts. We do not collect browsing behaviour, device fingerprints or IP addresses directly.

How form data is processed

Form submissions go straight to our own web server, which emails them to our inbox. No third-party form service is involved. So that an enquiry is not lost if an email fails, the server also keeps a copy of each submission in a private file on our hosting account, outside the public website. We do not store form submissions in a database. Submitted data is used only to respond to your enquiry.

We include a honeypot field on all forms to filter automated spam submissions. This field is invisible to users and is never submitted with legitimate form completions.

Cookies and local storage

moneycompare.ae uses Google Analytics 4 to count visits and see which pages are read. It sets first-party analytics cookies (named _ga and _ga_ followed by an ID). Advertising storage, ad personalisation and ad user data are switched off on every page, and we set no advertising cookies. We also use browser session storage (cleared when you close the browser tab) for two functional purposes:

• mc_lang: stores your language preference (English or Arabic) within a session.
• mc_wa_shown: records that the WhatsApp chat popup has already appeared this session, so it does not reappear on each page.

These values are never transmitted to any server and contain no personal data.

Third-party services

The following third-party services are used on this site:

• Google Analytics 4: measures visits and page views. Google processes the data under its own privacy policy.
• WhatsApp: the chat button links to wa.me. Clicking it opens WhatsApp; WhatsApp's privacy policy governs that interaction.

Apart from Google Analytics 4, we use no analytics or advertising trackers: no Meta Pixel and no LinkedIn Insight Tag. The fonts (Manrope and Noto Kufi Arabic) are served from our own server, not from Google.

External links

This site links to bank and provider product pages, and to sister sites in the UAE Compare network (mortgagecompare.ae, insurecompare.ae, loancompare.ae). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites. Check each site's own privacy policy before submitting data to them.

Data retention

Form submissions are retained in our email inbox for as long as is reasonably necessary to respond to the enquiry and for record-keeping. You may request deletion of your submitted data at any time by emailing hello@moneycompare.ae. We will action deletion requests within 30 days.

Your rights

You have the right to:

• Ask what data we hold about you.
• Request correction of inaccurate data.
• Request deletion of your data.
• Withdraw consent for us to contact you.

To exercise any of these rights, email hello@moneycompare.ae.

Changes to this policy

We may update this privacy policy when the site's technology or data practices change. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page records when the current version was written. Material changes will be noted here.