Privacy
How this tool handles your information
Last updated 10 November 2026
The short version
- Your answers stay on your device. We never see them.
- We do not ask for your name, email address or school.
- There are no accounts, no adverts and no cookies.
- We count visits so we know how many people use the tool. The count does not include your answers or who you are.
- If you email or save your roadmap, you decide where it goes.
The details, for parents, carers and teachers
Who runs this tool
The Sustainable Local Energy Skills Roadmap is a free guide made by Professor Vahid Vahidinasab at the Centre for Sustainable Innovation, University of Salford. You can read how the University handles personal data on its data protection, privacy and cookies page.
Your answers
Your answers to the four questions, and your area if you choose one under Near you, are saved in your browser's own storage on your device, so they are still there when you come back. They are never sent to us or anyone else. To delete them, press Start again, or clear this website's data in your browser settings. If you use a shared computer, press Start again when you finish.
If you choose Share a link or Email it, the link holds your four answers so the same roadmap can open again. Anyone you send it to can see those answers. The link holds nothing else, and the answers in it are not sent to us: they stay in the part of the address that browsers keep to themselves.
The visit counter
When the tool is opened on its website, your browser sends a short, anonymous message to a counter that runs on Cloudflare's network. The message only says what happened, such as "a visit", "a roadmap was made" or "a PDF was downloaded". If you arrive through a link that names where it was shared, such as "newsletter" or "share", the counter is also told that one word, so we can see which ways of sharing work. Cloudflare uses the connection to work out the country and, in the UK, the region the visit came from. The counter keeps only running totals: by country, by region and by where links were shared. It does not keep IP addresses, your answers or anything that could identify you, and it does not use cookies.
Like any website, the services that deliver the page (GitHub, which hosts it, and Cloudflare, which runs the counter) may briefly process technical details such as your IP address to send the page and keep their services secure. See GitHub's privacy statement and Cloudflare's privacy policy.
Fonts and the PDF maker
The fonts and the code that makes your PDF are stored on this website, so opening the tool does not send requests to font services or other outside services. Your PDF is made inside your browser and saved straight to your device.
Emailing or copying your roadmap
If you choose Email it, the tool opens Gmail, Outlook or your email app with a message ready to send. That email service's own privacy terms apply, and this tool cannot see the email. Copy text only copies your roadmap to your device's clipboard.
Links to other websites
The tool links to official websites such as GOV.UK and the official careers services. They have their own privacy notices.
Children
The tool is made for pupils aged 11 to 16 and their families. It does not ask for personal details, and it has no accounts, chat or messaging.
Changes and questions
If the way the tool handles information changes, this page will be updated first. If you have a question about privacy, contact Professor Vahid Vahidinasab through his University of Salford staff profile, or use Send feedback on the roadmap page.