Privacy Policy | DMC Gardening & Maintenance

Plain English summary: We do not collect personal data through this website. When you contact us directly (by phone, email, or social media), we use your details only to respond to your enquiry. We do not sell or share your data with third parties for marketing.

1. Who We Are

DMC Gardening & Maintenance is a sole-trader gardening and maintenance business based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. We are the data controller for any personal information you provide to us.

Business name: DMC Gardening & Maintenance
Address: 3 Sandyhill Ave, Dunmurry, Belfast BT17 9LT
Email: dmcgardening@hotmail.com
Phone: +44 7708 379804

If you have any questions about this policy or how we handle your data, please contact us using the details above.

2. What Personal Data We Collect

This website does not contain any forms or automated data-collection features. We only receive personal data when you choose to contact us directly.

When you contact us

If you call, email, message us on WhatsApp, or reach out via Facebook or Instagram, you may share:

Your name
Your phone number or email address
Your address or location (to provide a quote)
Details about the gardening work you require

Website access logs

Our website is hosted on GitHub Pages. When you visit, GitHub's servers may automatically record standard technical data such as your IP address, browser type, and pages visited. This is handled by GitHub under their own Privacy Statement.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use the personal information you provide solely to:

Respond to your enquiry or request for a quote
Arrange and carry out the gardening services you have booked
Send you an invoice or follow up on work completed

We do not use your data for marketing purposes without your explicit consent, and we do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with any third party for their own marketing purposes.

Legal basis (UK GDPR)

We process your data on the basis of legitimate interests (responding to your enquiry) and, where a service agreement exists, performance of a contract.

4. Third-Party Services on This Website

This website loads resources from the following third-party services. By visiting the site, your browser may connect to these services, which have their own privacy policies.

Google Fonts

We use Google Fonts to display typography. When the page loads, your browser sends a request to Google's servers (fonts.googleapis.com / fonts.gstatic.com), which may log your IP address. See Google's Privacy Policy.

Tailwind CSS CDN

We use the Tailwind CSS CDN (cdn.tailwindcss.com) for styling. Your browser connects to their servers when loading the page. See Tailwind's Privacy Policy.

Social media links (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp)

This website contains links to our Facebook page, Instagram profile, and a WhatsApp contact link. These are plain hyperlinks — we do not embed any Facebook, Instagram, or WhatsApp widgets or tracking pixels. If you follow a link and interact with those platforms, their respective privacy policies apply:

5. Cookies

This website does not set any cookies itself. However, third-party services loaded by the page (such as Google Fonts) may set their own cookies. You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings.

6. How Long We Keep Your Data

We keep your contact details and job records for as long as is necessary to provide our services and to meet any legal obligations (for example, keeping financial records for HMRC). When your data is no longer needed, we delete or securely dispose of it.

7. Your Rights Under UK GDPR

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, you have the following rights:

Right of access — request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
Right to rectification — ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data
Right to erasure — ask us to delete your data where there is no legitimate reason to keep it
Right to restrict processing — ask us to limit how we use your data
Right to object — object to our processing of your data
Right to data portability — receive your data in a structured, commonly used format

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at dmcgardening@hotmail.com. We will respond within 30 days.

If you are unsatisfied with how we handle your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO): ico.org.uk · 0303 123 1113.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated date at the top. We encourage you to review this page periodically.