Hawkstone Park Privacy Policy

Interesting Hotels Limited acts as an agent for the following venues: Llangoed Limited, Sudbury House Limited, The Swan@Hay Limited, Interesting Poets House Limited, Hawkstone Park Limited, Rhianfa Limited, Hellidon Lakes Limited. 

Interesting Hotels Limited (“we”, “our”, “us”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy online. This policy (together with our terms of use and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.

What Information Do We Collect About You?
We collect information about you when you make a booking with us at one of our venues or if you register for our database. We also collect information when you voluntarily access our Wi-Fi at one of our venues, complete guest surveys or participate in competitions. You may also provide us information by filling in a form on our website or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise. The information you give us may include your name, address, e-mail address, phone number, financial and credit card information. Website usage information is collected using cookies.

How Will Your Information Be Used When Making A Reservation?
Our venues use table booking systems provided by either Open Table or BookAtable. Our hotel reservation system is provided by Guestline. When making a reservation with us, your details will automatically be provided to our booking systems, which may use your information to contact you about your upcoming booking, and request feedback. At the time of booking guests are given the option of whether they would like to be added to our email database to receive future marketing correspondence. If a guest has not opted in to receive email marketing, they will not be added to our database and will not receive correspondence from Interesting Hotels Limited that does not directly relate to their booking. 

How Will Your Information Be Used When You Access Our Wi-Fi?
Our venues use guest Wi-Fi portals provided by either Nevaya or Liberty-I. In connecting to Wi-Fi in one of our venues, guests provide information to Wi-Fi Portals through either a login form or by signing in using a social media channel. Interesting Hotels Limited has access to analytics software provided by the Wifi Portals to understand the demographic of visitors to our venues. At the time of accessing our Wi-Fi guests are given the option of whether they would like to be added to our email database to receive future marketing correspondence. If a guest has not opted in to receive email marketing they will not be added to our database and will not receive correspondence from Interesting Hotels Limited that does not directly relate to their booking.

Information We May Collect When You Use Our Website?
Our venues’ website maintenance and hosting services are provided by either Direct Hotel Marketing Limited or Journey. We use strictly necessary and functional cookies to enable you to move around the site and to provide basic features. Tracking and performance cookies are used to provide a better overall user experience. Below are the types of cookies present on our websites:Top of Form 

1. Strictly necessary cookies
Some cookies are strictly necessary in enabling you to move around this website and use its most basic features.

2. Tracking and other optional cookies
We use performance and tracking cookies internally to enable us to provide you with a better user experience. Information supplied by these cookies helps us understand how our visitors behave on this website, track unique visitors or time spent on the site, and on different web pages so that we can improve how we present content to you.

Our websites use analytical software, provided by Google Analytics. Google Analytics also uses cookies to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website. Google Analytics does not collect, save or store personal data. The software allows Interesting Hotels Limited better to understand visitor usage of our websites, capture generic data about our users andto improve our sites.

Information provided by filling in a form on our website or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise, will only be used for the purpose regarding the correspondence. Guests who provide information in such a way will not be signed up to our database, unless they have specifically requested to do so.

Email Marketing
Our venues circulate email newsletters and offers programs provided by either Direct Hotel Marketing Limited or Journey. Guests can consent to receive email marketing either by subscribing through our websites, or by opting in to receive email marketing when making a reservation, or when logging in to our Wi-Fi. If you have signed up to our email newsletter, you may opt out at a later date. If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes there is an unsubscribe option at the bottom of any email marketing that we send.

Email marketing campaigns sent by our venues may contain tracking capability to analyse and evaluate subscriber activity. Subscriber activity evaluated may include the opening of emails, the clicking of links within emails and the frequency of such activities.

Access To Information
You have the right to access information held about you and that can be exercised in accordance with the GDPR Act. Access information requests should be sent directly to inforequest@interestinghotels.co.uk 

Changes To Our Privacy Policy
Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future, will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy. 

 

DigiTickets Privacy Policy

Policy Owner

This policy is owned and distributed by IT and Compliance manager of Digital Ticketing Systems Limited

Who we are

In this Privacy Policy, references to "we", "us", and "our"" are to Digital Ticketing Systems Limited (Company number 07044584). References to "our Website" or "the Website" are to *.digitickets.co.uk.

Digital Ticketing Systems Limited is the data controller responsible for the personal information collected through this Website.

Information We Collect

We may collect and process the following categories of personal information:

Information You Provide Directly

When you contact us, make a purchase, register for services, or complete forms on our Website, we may collect information such as:

• Name
• Postal address
• Email address
• Telephone number
• Purchase and booking information
• Any other information voluntarily provided by you

Payment Information

Payments made through our Website are processed by authorised payment service providers. We do not store your full credit or debit card details on our systems.

Our payment providers may process payment information and carry out fraud prevention and verification checks. Where international transfers are required, appropriate safeguards will be applied in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Digital Ticketing Systems is PCI DSS v4.0.1 compliant and are annually assessed/certified.

Website Usage Information

When you visit our Website, we may automatically collect:

• IP address
• Browser type and version
• Device information
• Screen resolution
• Operating system
• Referral source
• Pages visited and actions taken on the Website
• Date and time of access

Marketing Preferences

If you choose to receive marketing communications, we will record your preferences and any interactions with our emails, including whether emails are opened or links are clicked.

Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to operate our Website, remember your preferences, analyse usage, and improve user experience. Further information is provided in our Cookie Policy below.

How We Use Your Information

We process personal information for the following purposes:

• To provide products and services you request
• To process transactions and fulfil orders
• To provide customer support and after-sales services
• To manage bookings and accounts
• To improve our Website, products, and services
• To ensure Website security and prevent fraud
• To comply with legal and regulatory obligations
• To send marketing communications where we have your consent or another lawful basis to do so

Lawful Basis for Processing

Under UK GDPR, we rely on one or more of the following lawful bases:

• Performance of a contract: to provide goods or services you have requested.
• Legal obligation: where processing is necessary to comply with legal requirements.
• Legitimate interests: to manage and improve our business, Website security, and customer experience.
• Consent: where required, including for certain cookies and marketing communications.

Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

Sharing Your Information

We may share your personal information with:

• Payment processors
• Hosting and IT service providers
• Delivery and fulfilment partners
• Marketing and communications providers
• Analytics and Website performance providers
• Professional advisers and auditors
• Regulatory authorities, law enforcement agencies, or courts where required by law

All third-party service providers are required to process personal information only on our instructions and in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

We do not sell personal information to third parties.

International Transfers

Where personal information is transferred outside the United Kingdom, we will ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as:

• Transfers to countries deemed to provide an adequate level of protection; or
• Approved contractual safeguards, such as the UK International Data Transfer Agreement (IDTA) or equivalent mechanisms.

Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including satisfying legal, accounting, regulatory, and reporting requirements.

Retention periods vary depending on the type of information and the purpose for which it is processed.

Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help websites function properly, remember preferences, improve performance, and provide analytics information.

How We Use Cookies

We use the following categories of cookies:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the operation of the Website and cannot be disabled through our cookie management tools.

Cookie	Purpose	Duration
PHPSESSID	Maintains user session and shopping basket functionality	Session / 24 minutes
dtAnalyticsConsent	Records cookie consent preferences	1 year

Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the Website so that we can improve performance and usability.

These cookies are only placed with your consent.

Google Analytics

Examples include:

• _ga
• _ga<container-id>
• _gid
• _gat_<tracker-name>

Used to collect aggregated statistical information about Website usage.

Google Privacy Information:

https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

Microsoft Clarity

Examples include:

• _clck
• _clsk
• CLID
• ANONCHK
• MR
• MUID
• SM

Used to analyse user interactions and improve Website usability.

Microsoft Clarity Information:

• https://clarity.microsoft.com/blog/cookies-in-clarity/
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/clarity/

Performance Monitoring Cookies

Performance monitoring tools help us identify technical issues and improve Website reliability.

Examples may include cookies used by services such as New Relic.

Managing Cookies

When you first visit our Website, you will be presented with a cookie banner allowing you to:

• Accept all cookies
• Reject non-essential cookies
• Choose your cookie preferences

You may change your preferences at any time through our cookie settings tool.

You can also manage cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect Website functionality.

Your Data Protection Rights

Under UK GDPR, you may have the right to:

• Access your personal information
• Correct inaccurate information
• Request deletion of your information
• Restrict processing
• Object to processing
• Request portability of your data
• Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• Lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO)

For more information about your rights, visit:

https://ico.org.uk/

Automated Decision-Making

We do not generally make decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects using solely automated processing.

Where automated tools are used for fraud prevention, security monitoring, or service administration, appropriate safeguards will be applied in accordance with applicable data protection legislation.

Childrens Data

Our Website is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children unless necessary to provide services requested by a parent, guardian, school, attraction, venue, or authorised organisation.

Where we process children's personal information, we take additional care to ensure appropriate protections are in place.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact:

Digital Ticketing Systems (t/a DigiTickets)

Sentio House, Pynes Hill, Exeter, Devon, EX2 5AZ

www.digitickets.co.uk/compliance-request

If you have concerns about how we use your personal information, you may submit a privacy complaint to us using the contact details above.

We will acknowledge your complaint and investigate it in accordance with applicable data protection legislation. We aim to respond without undue delay and within the timescales required by law.

If you remain dissatisfied with our response, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).

Other Websites

This Privacy Policy applies only to this Website. Links to third-party websites are provided for convenience only. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those websites, and we encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing any personal information.

Last Updated: 5 August 2026