Privacy Policy
What personal data we collect and why we collect it
When you enquire about our service over the telephone or online we collect the following information about you: names, address, contact number and email address.
When you provide enquire through the online contact form all information is encrypted using a SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) protocol. This helps to protect your personal data from being read by anyone else.
In order to provide you with a garden maintenance service we require the above information about you to be accurate.
We may contact you with offers, discounts and news about our service which we think may be of interest to you. Any email containing your personal data sent to or from us will be encrypted using an SSL certificate, unless your email does not support it.
Contact forms
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
Google Analytics is used on this site to collect data about you, which can include: which site you came from, how long you stay for, what pages you visited, IP address geolocation and more.
The tracking information allows me to better understand the kind of people who come to my site and what content they’re reading. This allows me to make better decisions about design and writing.
Occasionally, I will compile aggregate statistics about the number of visitors this site receives and browsers being used. No personally identifying data is included in this type of reporting.
All of my activity falls within the bounds of the Google Analytics Terms of Service and is never given to third parties
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
How we protect your data
Personal data is securely held in our private database(s) on our computer system and paper filing system and is not be accessible by a third party.
Any printed documents with personal information is shredded when no longer in use.