Privacy & Cookie Policy — Weekes Retail

Last updated: June 2025

This Privacy and Cookie Policy explains how Weekes Retail ("we", "us", "our") collects, uses, and protects information when you visit our website at weekesretail.co.uk ("the Website"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and complying with UK data protection law, including the UK GDPR and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR).

1. Who We Are

Weekes Retail
8 Railway Approach, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 1BP, United Kingdom
Email: info@weekesretail.co.uk
Company No: [ADD COMPANY NUMBER]
VAT No: [ADD VAT NUMBER]

We are the data controller for personal data collected through this Website.

2. What Information We Collect

This is a static informational website. We do not operate user accounts, collect payment information, or run contact forms on this site. However, the following data may be collected automatically:

Usage data: Your IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, and time of visit — collected automatically by Cloudflare (our hosting provider) for security and performance purposes.
Cookie data: Small text files placed on your device by third-party services embedded in this site (see Section 4 below).

If you contact us directly by email, we will collect your name and email address to respond to your enquiry.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process personal data under the following legal bases:

Legitimate interests (UK GDPR Article 6(1)(f)): server logs and security monitoring by Cloudflare to protect the Website.
Consent (UK GDPR Article 6(1)(a)): non-essential cookies from Google Fonts and Google Maps, only loaded if you accept cookies via our cookie banner.
Contract / pre-contractual steps: responding to email enquiries you initiate.

4. Cookies

Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We use the following categories:

Essential cookies (always active)

weekes_cookie_consent — stores your cookie preference (accept/reject). Expires after 1 year. Set by this website.

Non-essential cookies (only if you accept)

Google Fonts — we load fonts (Poppins, Manrope) from fonts.googleapis.com. Google may log your IP address when the font files are requested. See Google's Privacy Policy.
Google Maps — our About Us page embeds a Google Map. When displayed, Google may set cookies to remember your preferences and measure usage. See Google's Privacy Policy.

You can manage or delete cookies at any time through your browser settings. Rejecting non-essential cookies will not affect your use of this Website.

5. Third-Party Services

Our Website uses the following third-party services. By using our Website, you may be subject to their privacy policies:

Cloudflare Pages — website hosting and CDN. Cloudflare Privacy Policy
Google Fonts — typography. Google Privacy Policy
Google Maps — location map on About page. Google Privacy Policy
jsDelivr CDN — used to load the AOS animation library. jsDelivr Privacy Policy

6. Data Retention

We do not store personal data ourselves on this static website. Server logs held by Cloudflare are retained in accordance with their data retention policies. Email enquiries are retained for up to 12 months and then deleted.

7. Your Rights Under UK GDPR

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Right of access — request a copy of your data
Right to rectification — request correction of inaccurate data
Right to erasure — request deletion of your data
Right to restrict processing — request we limit how we use your data
Right to object — object to processing based on legitimate interests
Right to withdraw consent — withdraw consent for cookies at any time via your browser or our cookie banner

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at info@weekesretail.co.uk. We will respond within 30 days.

8. Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data protection regulator:

Website: ico.org.uk
Helpline: 0303 123 1113

9. Links to Other Websites

This Website links to our online shop at shop.weekesretail.co.uk and to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. These are separate services with their own privacy policies. We are not responsible for their content or data practices.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will reflect any changes. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

11. Contact Us

For any privacy-related queries, contact us at:

Weekes Retail
8 Railway Approach, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 1BP
info@weekesretail.co.uk