Privacy

Last updated September 2026.

The short version

No accounts, no cookies, no advertising, no third-party trackers. If you give us an email address we use it for one thing and we tell you what that thing is before you type it.

What we collect

When you look up a lawn

The postcode, ZIP or place name you type is sent to a geocoding service (postcodes.io for the UK, Open-Meteo elsewhere) to turn it into coordinates, and those coordinates are sent to Open-Meteo for a forecast. Coordinates are rounded before being cached. We do not store a record connecting you to a location.

If you use the "Use my location" button, your browser asks your permission first and your coordinates are used for that one lookup. We never request location without you pressing that button.

Analytics

We count page views and a small set of actions — a result being viewed, a profile being changed, a link being shared — so we can tell what is worth building. This is cookieless. No identifier is set, nothing is stored in your browser for us, and events cannot be tied back to a person or a session. We record the country your request arrived from, which the network tells us anyway, because UK and US visitors behave differently.

Because none of this uses cookies or similar storage for tracking, no consent banner is required, and you will not get one.

What your browser stores

Your mowing profile, mower type and unit preference are kept in your browser's local storage so the site remembers them. That data stays on your device and is never sent to us. Clearing your browser data removes it.

If you join the app list

We store the email address you give us, which page you gave it on, and the date. We use it to send you one message when the app is ready. We do not sell it, share it, or use it for anything else. Every email carries a working unsubscribe link, and you can also email us to be removed.

Your rights

Under UK GDPR you can ask what we hold about you, ask for it to be corrected, ask for it to be deleted, or object to us holding it. For the waiting list, that means one email address, and we will remove it on request without asking why. Contact privacy@mowdar.com.

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your data you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office atico.org.uk.

Where data goes

The site runs on Cloudflare's network. Forecast data comes from Open-Meteo, and UK postcode lookups from postcodes.io. Bank holiday dates come from GOV.UK. Those services receive the coordinates or place name needed to answer the request, and nothing else about you.