1. Who I am
The Weed Guy is a weed-spraying service based in Leicestershire, United Kingdom. I am the data controller for the personal data collected through this website (www.theweedguy.co.uk) and through my work with you.
If you have any questions about how I handle your data, get in touch using the quote form on this website and I’ll come back to you.
2. What I collect
When you submit the quote form, I may collect:
- Your name and phone number
- Your postcode
- Any photo you send of the area to be treated
- Anything else you type into the form
Automatically when you visit this site:
- Your IP address, browser, device type and rough location
- Pages you look at, what you click, how long you spend, where you came from
- Cookies (more on those in section 5)
If you become a customer, I also keep job records and invoices.
3. What I do with it
UK GDPR requires me to tell you my "lawful basis" for using your data:
- To reply to you and do the work you have asked for. Basis: contract, or steps before entering a contract.
- To send quotes, invoices and job updates. Basis: contract.
- To improve this site and measure my marketing. Basis: legitimate interest. You can tell me to stop at any time.
- To meet my tax and legal obligations. Basis: legal obligation.
I do not sell your data.
4. Who I share it with
I use trusted third parties to run the business. They handle some of your data on my behalf, under written agreements. The main ones:
- Netlify hosts this site and handles the quote form
- Google for Analytics and (where applicable) Google Ads
I only share what they need to do the job. I may also share data if the law requires it, or to defend a legal claim.
5. Cookies and tracking
Cookies are small files your browser stores. I use them to understand how visitors use the site and how my marketing is performing. Some cookies are essential; analytics and marketing cookies are only set where the law allows.
You can block cookies in your browser settings. Blocking analytics cookies will not break this site.
6. Where your data goes
Some of the providers above (such as Google) are based outside the UK, so your data may leave the UK. When that happens, the transfer uses safeguards the UK government accepts: the UK's data transfer agreement, the EU's standard contractual clauses, or an "adequacy" decision.
7. How long I keep it
- Enquiries that did not become jobs: while still useful, then deleted. Sooner if you ask.
- Customer records and invoices: 6 years after the job ends, as required by UK tax law.
- Website analytics: up to 14 months (the maximum Google Analytics allows).
8. Your rights
Under UK GDPR, you can ask me to:
- Show you what I hold about you
- Fix anything that is wrong
- Delete it, where I am not legally required to keep it
- Stop or limit how I use it
- Hand it over in a portable file
- Withdraw consent, where consent was the basis
Get in touch through the quote form on this website and I’ll come back to you within a month.
If you would rather complain, you can contact the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk. I’d rather you let me put it right first.
9. Keeping your data safe
I protect your data with HTTPS encryption, password-protected accounts and trusted suppliers. No system online is 100% safe, but I take security seriously.
10. Changes to this policy
I may update this policy from time to time. The date below shows the latest version.
Last updated: 14 July 2026