From May 2018, every business, small and large, will have to comply with the new data protection regulations.
To help plan for the changes, Melksham Chamber (formerly known as Melksham Chamber of Commerce and Industry) will be hosting a talk on Tuesday 28th November at The Kings Arms Hotel, at 7pm, with guest speaker Kieran Thomas, of Priority IT Ltd.
The Chamber says they have called the meeting due to the serious implications that this change in legislation may have for businesses.
Rebecca Burchell, financial planner for Chilvester Financial explains, “This will require a review on the way they gather, use and store personal information on their clients and non-compliance could carry heavy repercussions.
“This European legislation is being introduced to ensure that your personal data is held only for legitimate reasons, and is kept secure, safe and up to date. It intends to prevent individuals being marketed to without permission and requires businesses to keep a clear audit trail of where personal information has come from and when permission to contact the individual was obtained.
“The regulations will affect any business which holds information on its existing and potential customers, the way a business can market their products and services and the length of time a business can hold legitimately gathered information.”
After the Chamber talk at The Kings Arms, there will be an opportunity to ask questions and discuss the real implications this change will have on your businesses.
Entry is £5 per person on the door, please confirm attendance on the Melksham Chamber Forum Facebook page or by emailing Becky@Chilvester .co.uk. www.melksham chamber.co.uk
![Melksham Times Past
A column about days gone by in Melksham by local historian Lisa Ellis
The Independent Chapel and Women’s Rights in the 1840s
A document I recently transcribed lists the baptisms performed at the Independent Chapel. This record is especially helpful in that, along with baptisms, a lot of them include birth dates - one of the ways I discover which day someone was born.
The following is taken from a Wiltshire Times article published on 9th November 1878 which reports a speech given during the 100-year services and to celebrate their renovations (what we now know to be the Rachel Fowler Centre).
One speaker, Rev. T. Mann, minister in Trowbridge, talked about the Chapel’s origins when he related how Rev. Honywill came to Melksham and how he’d gone on to remain as the minister for the Independent Chapel for almost 60 years. [Honywill and his family lived on King Street in what we now call “Legion House”.]
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A column about days gone by in Melksham by local historian Lisa Ellis
The Independent Chapel and Women’s Rights in the 1840s
A document I recently transcribed lists the baptisms performed at the Independent Chapel. This record is especially helpful in that, along with baptisms, a lot of them include birth dates - one of the ways I discover which day someone was born.
The following is taken from a Wiltshire Times article published on 9th November 1878 which reports a speech given during the 100-year services and to celebrate their renovations (what we now know to be the Rachel Fowler Centre).
One speaker, Rev. T. Mann, minister in Trowbridge, talked about the Chapel’s origins when he related how Rev. Honywill came to Melksham and how he’d gone on to remain as the minister for the Independent Chapel for almost 60 years. [Honywill and his family lived on King Street in what we now call “Legion House”.]
Read more on our website, the link is in our bio.")
