Privacy Policy

Our contact details

Name: The Edge Tech Leaders' Retreat (run by Tech South West and Conscious Leaders)
Address: Clockwise, Broadwalk House, Southernhay West, Exeter, EX1 1TS
Phone Number: 01392 267394
E-mail: hello@techsouthwest.co.uk

This page explains how we use any information you give to us, and the ways in which we protect your privacy. We are committed to protecting your privacy in accordance with General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Under the Data Protection Act 2018, we have a legal duty to protect any information we collect from you. We take appropriate security measures to safeguard your data and apply security standards & controls to prevent any unauthorised access to it.

This privacy statement applies only to websites belonging to and operated by The Edge Tech Leaders' Retreat. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of third party websites that may be linked to our web pages.

What type of information we have

We currently collect and process the following information:

How we get the information and why we have it

Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:

We also receive personal information indirectly, from the following sources in the following scenarios:

Where we use data provided to us by Partners and Sponsors and supporting organisations (e.g. data for email marketing), we verify the provider's data processing method, permissions and agreements in place, in advance of accessing and using such data. We will comply with, and provide our own Data Processing Agreements for organisations to review and agree to whenever they are required to ensure General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) are adhered to.

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:

(a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting us via email: hello@techsouthwest.co.uk or calling 01392 267394.

(b) We have a contractual obligation.

(c) We have a legal obligation.

(f) We have a legitimate interest.

What we do with the information we have

We use the information that you have given us in order to:

We may share this information with:

How we store your information

Information is securely stored on company devices or at our head office at 6 Northernhay Place, Exeter, EX4 3QJ and on secure cloud service providers (Google, Xero, Mailchimp)

We keep information (names, email addresses, phone numbers, location data) of attendees, clients and partners in agreed activity during the agreed work period and for a further 12 months beyond the end of contracts and working relationships. We will then dispose of your information by digitally erasing records and using confidential waste disposal facilities for any printed data. To request removal from our database, email us via hello@techsouthwest.co.uk.

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your information in certain circumstances.

Your right to object to processing - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.

Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us at hello@techsouthwest.co.uk, 01392 267394 or 6 Northernhay Place, Exeter, EX4 3QJ if you wish to make a request.

How to complain

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO's address:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF

Helpline number: 0303 123 1113

This privacy notice was updated on 27 March 2025.