How Things To Take On Holiday collects, uses and protects personal information.
Last updated: 4 October 2026
Things To Take On Holiday is operated by David Bell, a UK sole trader.
For the purposes of UK data protection law, David Bell, trading as Things To Take On Holiday, is the data controller for personal information collected through this website.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, you can contact us at:
privacy@thingstotakeonholiday.com
We aim to collect as little personal information as reasonably necessary.
If you use our Contact form, we may collect:
your name
your email address
the subject of your message
the contents of your message
any other information you choose to provide
Please avoid sending sensitive personal information unless it is genuinely necessary.
Our website and hosting provider may process limited technical information needed to deliver, protect and operate the website, such as IP addresses, browser/device information and server or security logs.
We do not currently use this information to build personal profiles about visitors.
We use information submitted through the website to:
respond to questions, feedback, corrections and product suggestions
administer and maintain the website
investigate technical or security issues
comply with legal obligations where necessary
protect our legitimate interests in operating and improving the site
We do not sell personal information.
Where you contact us, we generally process your information on the basis of our legitimate interests in responding to enquiries, communicating with visitors and running the website effectively.
Where processing is required by law, we may rely on a legal obligation.
Where we use non-essential analytics technologies such as Google Analytics, we rely on your consent where required under applicable privacy and electronic communications law. You can withdraw or change that consent through the site’s cookie controls.
This website is built and hosted using Webflow.
When you submit the Contact form, Webflow may process and store the information submitted on our behalf and may send an email notification of the submission. Webflow confirms that form submissions can be stored within the website’s Webflow account.
Webflow acts as a service provider/processor in relation to this information.
Webflow is based in the United States and states that customer and end-user information may be stored or processed there.
Webflow says it uses recognised safeguards for international transfers, including the UK Extension to the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and contractual transfer mechanisms provided through its Data Processing Addendum.
Google Analytics may process information using infrastructure outside the UK. Google states that data from UK users is collected through UK, EU or Swiss-based domains and servers before being forwarded for further processing. Where personal information is transferred internationally, we rely on appropriate safeguards provided by the relevant service provider.
Where we use other service providers in future, we will take appropriate steps to ensure personal information is protected when transferred internationally.
Contact-form messages will normally be kept for no longer than 24 months after the last meaningful contact, unless there is a legitimate reason to retain them for longer, such as resolving an ongoing issue or complying with a legal obligation.
Information may be deleted sooner where it is no longer required.
We will periodically review retained information and remove it when there is no longer a good reason to keep it.
We use Google Analytics to help us understand how visitors use Things To Take On Holiday, including which pages are visited, how visitors arrive at the site and how people interact with the content.
Google Analytics may use cookies and similar technologies to collect information such as browser and device information, approximate location, pages viewed and interactions with the website.
We use this information to understand site performance, improve our content and identify which parts of the website are most useful to visitors.
Analytics cookies are not essential to the operation of the website. Where consent is required, these technologies should only be used in accordance with the visitor's cookie choices.
You may also be able to control or remove cookies through your browser settings.
Google processes analytics information under its own privacy and data-protection terms.
Some pages may contain affiliate links to third-party websites such as Amazon.
Clicking an affiliate link takes you away from Things To Take On Holiday and onto the third party’s website.
Those websites operate under their own privacy and cookie policies. They may collect information about your visit or use cookies and similar technologies in accordance with their own policies.
We do not control how third-party websites process information once you leave our website.
We may participate in the Amazon Associates programme.
Where an Amazon affiliate link is used, the link may contain an identifier that allows Amazon to recognise that a visitor arrived from this website and attribute qualifying purchases to us.
We do not receive your Amazon account details, payment information or a list of the products you personally purchase.
Amazon processes information on its own website under Amazon’s own privacy notice. Amazon explains that its services can use cookies, device identifiers and related technologies for purposes including advertising and measurement.
We only share personal information where necessary.
This may include:
Webflow, which provides website hosting and form-processing services
Google, which provides Google Analytics and website analytics services
email or technology providers used to receive or manage enquiries
professional advisers where genuinely necessary
regulators, courts or public authorities where disclosure is legally required
We do not sell or rent your personal information to advertisers.
Depending on the circumstances, UK data-protection law may give you rights including the right to:
ask for a copy of personal information we hold about you
ask us to correct inaccurate information
ask us to erase information in certain circumstances
ask us to restrict processing in certain circumstances
object to processing based on legitimate interests
request data portability where applicable
withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
The exact rights available depend on the circumstances and the lawful basis being used. The ICO requires privacy notices to explain applicable individual rights.
To exercise a right, contact:
privacy@thingstotakeonholiday.com
We may need to confirm your identity before responding.
If you have concerns about how we have handled your personal information, please contact us first so we have an opportunity to address the issue.
You also have the right to raise a complaint with the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.
The ICO provides information about data-protection complaints and accepts complaints from individuals who are concerned about how their information has been handled.
We may update this Privacy Policy when the website, our service providers or the way we use personal information changes.
The latest version will always be published on this page, with the date of the most recent update shown at the top.