We’ve created this Privacy Policy so you can understand all the ways that the Wildlife Garden Directory, run by Wildlife Garden Project CIC obtain, use and store your data. We want you to know that we are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors, members and subscribers. And because we don’t know many people who are into legal jargon, we’ve tried to keep this policy as plain talking as possible. If you have any questions at all, just ask!

How we use your personal data

Business registrations

If you are a gardening business who has registered your business with us, we will use the information you provide to create your listing on our website. This information includes your name, business name, contact details and details about your business and the services you provide. This information will be available to view on your business listing for the purpose of connecting you with customers in your area. Your name and email address will also be added to our mailing list. This mailing list will only be used to send you emails relating to the operation of your listing within our website. Your data will be kept by us as long as you remain registered on our directory. You are free to remove your listing at any time by deleting your account in Account or by emailing us with a request to delete your listing.

Enquiries

If you’ve made an enquiry with us, we will collect essential data such as your name and email address. We will only store information that you willingly give us and will only use it to carry out any actions relating to the enquiry you make with us.

If you make a one off enquiry, we will keep your data for 3 years before it is deleted.

Email Newsletters

We use MailChimp for our Wildlife Garden Project email newsletters. MailChimp offer a range of features that protect you and your data, including requiring a double opt in (so we can be sure that no one else is using your email address to sign up). You will only receive the newsletter if you give us consent by signing up to receive it, and then click the link in the confirmation email we send. You can unsubscribe at any time by following the link in any of our newsletter emails.

You can see MailChimp’s privacy policy here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to track visitors to our website and store general information including pages visited and the time spent on our website, as well as your geographical location and information about your computer and browser type. This data may be processed for the purposes of analysing the use of and improving this website and our services.

If you fancy a look, you can view Google’s privacy policy here: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Cookies

Our website uses cookies. A cookie is a small file sent from a web server to your browser when you visit a website. It is then stored by your browser and sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This has many functions including allowing you to resume your browsing where you left off or remembering your preferences. They are also used for Analytics (as described above). Typically, no identifying information is stored.

You will see a cookie pop up when you first visit our site, which gives you the option to accept our use of cookies. You can delete or block these cookies, but doing so may mean that some features of our website may not work as intended.

What else might my data be used for?

Nothing else! We promise to only ask for and keep the data we need to fulfil any services you request from us. Your data will not be shared with anyone else except where required by law.

Where do we keep your data?

Our website is hosted by Green Hosting and any emails you send directly or through our website contact page are sent by Green Hosting to our Gmail (Google) account. Any data you provide to us in emails will be kept within our Gmail account, which is password protected and uses 2 step verification to ensure no logins can occur from unknown devices. Some of this data may also be kept locally on a password protected computer and in Apple iCloud storage, which is password protected with Two Factor Authentication (which ensures that no one can login from an unknown device).

You can take a look at Green Hosting’s privacy policy here: http://www.green-hosting.co.uk/legal/privacy-policy

And here’s Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

And finally, Apple’s privacy policy: https://www.apple.com/uk/legal/privacy/en-ww/

If you sign up to our newsletter, your information will be securely kept within MailChimp. You can see their privacy policy here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/privacy/

Third party websites

Our websites contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of these websites, so please do check the privacy policy on any other website you visit.

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.

Your rights

You have the right to request to see, change, update or delete any data we hold about you. Just get in touch and ask!

Changes to this policy

We may change this policy from time to time. This is nothing to worry about, but do check back occasionally to make sure you are happy with any changes. If we make any major changes, we will notify our customers, potential customers and email newsletter subscribers by email.

Our details

This website is owned and operated by Wildlife Garden Project CIC. We are based on Rossington Road, Nottingham, UK.

You can contact us by using the contact form on our website, or by telephone or the email address published on our website. If you have any questions about anything in this privacy policy, get in touch!