Privacy
Last updated 30 October 2026
This page explains what Legwork collects, why, and what you can ask us to do with it. Legwork is run by Legwork, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, and we're responsible for your information under UK data protection law.
What we collect
| Who | What | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Everyone with an account | Name, email, password (stored by Google Firebase, which we can't read), phone number | To run your account and contact you about jobs |
| Walkers | Home postcode | To show the nearest zones first |
| Walkers | The zones you take and what you've been paid | To pay you and keep records |
| Walkers | Your route during a round: GPS points, times, miles and walking time | To show the business that its leaflets were delivered, and to approve your zone |
| Businesses | Business name, contact details, the areas you book, dates and notes | To quote, deliver and invoice the job |
The app records your route only between Start and Finish, inside the zone's working hours. Steps, calories and body weight stay on your phone and are never sent to us. We don't collect bank details through the website; we take them by phone when we first pay you and keep them in our accounts, not in Legwork.
Who sees your route
The business that booked the job sees the route walked in its zones, the walker's name as given on their account, miles and walking time. We see everything needed to run the job. Nobody else does.
Services we use
- Google Firebase stores accounts, jobs, zones and routes.
- When an area is drawn, its outline is sent to the OpenStreetMap Overpass service to measure the streets inside it. No names or contact details go with it.
- Postcodes are looked up with postcodes.io to place them on the map.
- Map pictures come from OpenFreeMap.
How long we keep it
We keep job records, including routes, for six years so we can answer questions about a job and meet tax rules. If you close your account, we delete your profile and keep only what the law or an open job needs.
Your rights
You can ask for a copy of your information, ask us to correct it, ask us to delete it, or object to how we use it. If you're unhappy with how we've handled your information, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.