Welcome to Devizes

Privacy Policy Notice

The policy: This privacy policy notice is for this website; www.devizes.org.uk and served by

Devizes Development Partnership Ltd
Registered Office
C/o J S Weekes & Co
10 Market Place
Devizes
Wiltshire SN10 1BL

Telephone number         07768 311584

Company Registration No. 03499648 

You may email us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

and governs the privacy of those who use it.

The purpose of this policy is to explain to you how we control, process, handle and protect your personal information while browsing or using this website, including your rights under current laws and regulations. If you do not agree to the following policy, you may wish to cease viewing / using this website.

Policy key definitions:

• "I", "our", "us", or "we" refer to the Devizes Development Partnership (DDP).
• "you", "the user" refer to the person(s) using this website.
• GDPR means General Data Protection Act.
• PECR means Privacy & Electronic Communications Regulation.
• ICO means Information Commissioner's Office.
• Cookies mean small files stored on a user’s computer or device.

Processing of your personal data

Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) we control and / or process any personal information about you electronically using the following lawful bases.

We are registered with the ICO under the Data Protection Register.

Organisation name: Devizes Development Partnership (Trading) Ltd

Reference: Z101195X

• Lawful basis: Contract
  The reason we use this basis: to contact you with updates on projects and related tourism and/or business matters, surveys  and consultations.
  We process your information in the following ways: Stored in our internal database.
  Data retention period: We shall continue to process your information until the contract between us ends or is terminated under any contract terms.
  Sharing your information: We do not share your information with third parties.

• Lawful basis: Legal obligation
  The reason we use this basis: to contact you in regard to any legal matters
  We process your information in the following ways: Stored in our internal database.
  Data retention period: We shall continue to process your information until the contract between us ends or is terminated under any contract terms.
  Sharing your information: We do not share your information with third parties.

• Lawful basis: Vital interests
  The reason we use this basis: we are an information provider
  We process your information in the following ways: Stored in our internal database.
  Data retention period: We shall continue to process your information until the contract between us ends or is terminated under any contract terms.
  Sharing your information: We do not share your information with third parties
• Lawful basis: Public task
  The reason we use this basis: To provide a better service
  We process your information in the following ways: Tracking cookies and IP addresses
  Data retention period: We shall continue to process your information until the contract between us ends or is terminated under any contract terms.
  Sharing your information: We do not share your information with third parties.
• Lawful basis: Legitimate interests
  The reason we use this basis: Marketing and consultation
  We process your information in the following ways: We use the information you provide to improve services
  Data retention period: We shall continue to process your information until the contract between us ends or is terminated under any contract terms.
  Sharing your information: We may share your information with third parties.
• Lawful basis: Legitimate interests
  The reason we use this basis: Surveys
  We process your information in the following ways: We use the information you provide to improve services.
  Data retention period: We shall continue to process your information until the contract between us ends or is terminated under any contract terms.
  Sharing your information: We may share your information with third parties.  We may share survey information on an anonymous basis. If you provide us with contact details these will not be shared with 3^rd parties but may be used to provide you with more information such as a newsletter.
• Lawful basis: Criminal offence data
  The reason we use this basis: As controllers of public space CCTV surveillance.
  We process your information in the following ways: Digitally recorded CCTV video images stored on a secure server.
  Data retention period: For as long as it legitimately needed, at least 31 days.
  Sharing your information: We share your information with the Police, Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), properly constituted local authorities, utility companies and any other organisation as permitted under the General Data Protection Regulations.  There is a separate GDPR policy covering CCTV.

If, as determined by us, the lawful basis upon which we process your personal information changes, we will notify you about the change and any new lawful basis to be used if required. We shall stop processing your personal information if the lawful basis used is no longer relevant.

Your individual rights

Under the GDPR your rights are as follows. You can read more about your rights in details here;

• the right to be informed;
• the right of access;
• the right to rectification;
• the right to erasure;
• the right to restrict processing;
• the right to data portability;
• the right to object; and
• the right not to be subject to automated decision-making including profiling.

You also have the right to complain to the ICO [www.ico.org.uk] if you feel there is a problem with the way we are handling your data.

We handle subject access requests in accordance with the GDPR.

Internet cookies

We use cookies on this website to provide you with a better user experience. We do this by placing a small text file on your device / computer hard drive to track how you use the website, to record or log whether you have seen particular messages that we display, to keep you logged into the website where applicable, to display relevant adverts or content, referred you to a third party website.

Some cookies are required to enjoy and use the full functionality of this website.

We use a cookie control system which allows you to accept the use of cookies, and control which cookies are saved to your device / computer. Some cookies will be saved for specific time periods, where others may last indefinitely. Your web browser should provide you with the controls to manage and delete cookies from your device, please see your web browser options.

Cookies that we use are;

• _gat
• _ga
• _gid

Typically, these would include Google analytics and Social Media Cookies, remarketing cookies and illegal login attempts.

Data security and protection

We ensure the security of any personal information we hold by using secure data storage technologies and precise procedures in how we store, access, and manage that information. Our methods meet the GDPR compliance requirement.

Transparent Privacy Explanations

We have provided some further explanations about user privacy and the way we use this website to help promote a transparent and honest user privacy methodology.

Sponsored links, affiliate tracking & commissions

Our website may contain affiliate links and links of interest on some pages. These are typically self-served through our own means. We only use trusted partners who each have high standards of user privacy and security. However, we do not control the actual adverts seen / displayed by our partners. Our partners may collect data and use cookies for ad personalisation and measurement. Where ad preferences are requested as 'non-personalised' cookies may still be used for frequency capping, aggregated ad reporting and to combat fraud and abuse.

Clickable sponsored or affiliate links may be displayed as a website URL like this; www.sample website.com or as a titled text link like this: Accommodation in Devizes.

Clicking on any adverts, sponsored or affiliate links may track your actions by using a cookie saved to your device. You can read more about cookies on this website above. Your actions are usually recorded as a referral from our website by this cookie.

If you have any concerns about this, we suggest you do not click on any affiliate links found throughout the website.

Email marketing messages & subscription

Under the GDPR we use the consent lawful basis for anyone subscribing to our newsletter or marketing mailing list. We only collect certain data about you, as detailed in the "Processing of your personal date" above. Any email marketing messages we send are done so through an EMS, email marketing service provider. An EMS is a third-party service provider of software / applications that allows marketers to send out email marketing campaigns to a list of users.

Email marketing messages that we send may contain tracking beacons / tracked clickable links or similar server technologies in order to track subscriber activity within email marketing messages. Where used, such marketing messages may record a range of data such as; times, dates, I.P addresses, opens, clicks, forwards, geographic and demographic data. Such data, within its limitations will show the activity each subscriber made for that email campaign.

Any email marketing messages we send are in accordance with the GDPR and the PECR. We provide you with an easy method to withdraw your consent (unsubscribe) or manage your preferences / the information we hold about you at any time. See any marketing messages for instructions on how to unsubscribe or manage your preferences.  We reserve the right to change EMS providers at any time.