This Privacy Notice was last updated in January 2026.

This Privacy Notice explains how Smart Metering Device Assurance (SMDA) collects, uses, shares and protects your personal data. We take the privacy of our website users very seriously. We ask that you read this Privacy Notice (“the Notice”) carefully as it contains important information about how we will use your personal data in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018 or the UK General Data Protection Regulation (“UK GDPR”).

Following the implementation of SEC MP111 on 22nd January 2021, all SMDA services are now managed by the Smart Energy Code Company Ltd (SECCo). Talan UK and Ireland provide Secretariat services to SECCo, which oversees SMDA services.

As a result, both SECCo and Talan act as data controllers for services previously administered by SMDA. This policy applies to both SMDA and SECCo services and to their respective websites.

• For more information or privacy-related enquiries, please contact:
• SMDASO@talan.com or SECAS@Talan.com

This website is not intended for children, and we do not knowingly collect data relating to children. This website is also not intended to cover personal data processed for recruitment or employment purposes.

Our use of any information we collect about you when you visit this website and use our services will be governed by this Privacy Notice. This Privacy Notice should be read in conjunction with the Terms of Use of this website.

Who are we?

Talan UK and Ireland Limited (Talan)is the Data Controller for your data. This means we are responsible for how your data is collected, protected, stored and shared.

Full company details of SECCo are as follows:

• Name: Smart Energy Code Company Limited,
• Company number 08430267
• Registered office address: 77 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0AS

Full company details of Talan are as follows:

• Name: Talan UK and Ireland, Company number 04419878
• Registered office address: 77 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0AS

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please email us at tuk.dataprivacy@talan.com

Talan has primary responsibility for the day-to-day processing of your personal data as it collects the data from you and has direct contact with you. As such, they are responsible for the following activities:

• Acting as your main point of contact for any data protection related queries via smdaso@talan.com
  • Or by mail to the Data Protection Officer at the above address.
• Liaising with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), where required.
• Responding to data subject requests with input from SMDA where required.
• Providing you with information about our processing, including this Privacy Notice.
• Ensuring that personal data is processed in accordance with data protection laws.

How we collect your data

Sources of personal data

We collect personal data from you:

• Directly, when you give us data, such as when you register with us, contact us (e.g., via email), send us feedback, buy our products or services, and complete customer surveys via our website.
• Indirectly, when we receive data from third parties, buy marketing lists, track your website activity on our website. In this case, we will collect information indirectly using the technologies explained in the section on ‘Cookies and other tracking technologies’ below

Purposes

We collect your personal data for the following purposes:

Purpose	Data Types	Lawful Basis
SMDA Website Access   To allow members to access SMDA members area of website	Full name, email address	Article 6(1)(f) Legitimate Interest
SMDA Party Data   To send SMDA Members notices, newsletter, and other communications under or in relation to the SMDA including Statement of Assurances for devices by Manufacturers	Full name, company name, phone number, email address	Article 6(1)(f) Legitimate Interest
Manage SMDA Sub-Committee attendee list, ensure quoracy, send documents to and confirm the accuracy of minutes	Full name, organisation, email address, meeting attendance, phone number	Article 6(1)(f) Legitimate Interest
To send out emails to SMDA Sub-Committee	Full name, organisation, email address, phone number	Article 6(1)(f) Legitimate Interest
General enquiries   To respond to your request for information about our services.	Name, email address, details of enquiry	Article 6(1)(f) Legitimate Interest
To allow current SMDA members who are not SEC Parties to access SMDA Material	Full name, company name, work address, phone number, email address	Article 6(1)(f) Legitimate Interest
General enquiries via website form   To respond to your request for information about our services that have been received via the SMDA website.	Name, email address, details of enquiry	Article 6(1)(f) Legitimate Interest
Use functional cookies of the website: https://smda-scheme.co.uk/	Cookie information and IP address	Article 6(1)(f) Legitimate interest
Use statistics and marketing cookies of the website: https://smda-scheme.co.uk/	Cookie information and IP address	Article 6(1)(a) Consent
Member Registration   To add contacts for members of the SMDA	Full name, company name, work address, phone number, email address	Article 6(1)(f) Legitimate Interest

We may also conduct data processing:

• To enforce the terms of any contract between you and us, including our Website Terms of Use.
• As required by any law or regulation and/or requested by regulatory bodies or law enforcement organisations.

We also collect personal data through Cookies. Please see the Cookies section below for more information, as well as our Cookie Banner.

Marketing and Opting Out

We will only contact you by email about our work if you have asked us to do so. If you have changed your mind and would prefer us not to contact you, then you can opt out at any time.

You have the right to opt out of receiving marketing communications at any time by:

• contacting us at smdaso@talan.com.
• using the ‘unsubscribe’ link in emails.

Storing your data

We only keep your personal data as needed for purposes we have collected it for, or as we have to by law. We will keep your personal data for these periods:

Purpose	Types of data	Retention Period
SMDA Website Access   To allow members to access SMDA members area of website	Full name, email address	Duration of membership/contact’s employment with the Member (whichever is sooner)
SMDA Party Data   To send SMDA Members notices, newsletter, and other communications under or in relation to the SMDA including Statement of Assurances for devices by Manufacturers	Full name, company name, phone number, email address	Duration of membership/contact’s employment with the Member (whichever is sooner)
Manage SMDA Sub-Committee attendee list, ensure quoracy, send documents to and confirm the accuracy of minutes	Full name, organisation, email address, meeting attendance, phone number	Duration of the association
To send out emails to SMDA Sub-Committee	Full name, organisation, email address, phone number	Duration of the association
General enquiries   To respond to your request for information about our services.	Name, email address, details of enquiry	2 years
To allow current SMDA members who are not SEC Parties to access SMDA Material	Full name, company name, work address, phone number, email address	Duration of the association
General enquiries via website form   To respond to your request for information about our services that have been received via the SMDA website.	Name, email address, details of enquiry	2 years
Use functional cookies of the website: https://smda-scheme.co.uk/	Cookie information and IP address	6 months
Use statistics and marketing cookies of the website: https://smda-scheme.co.uk/	Cookie information and IP address	A few seconds, 2 years
Member Registration   To add contacts for members of the SMDA	Full name, company name, work address, phone number, email address	Duration of membership/contact’s employment with the Member (whichever is sooner)

International data transfers

Talan only stores personal data on systems located within the United Kingdom. However, we may need to transfer your personal information to third parties located in countries outside of the United Kingdom. Where we do so, we will ensure that such transfers are subject to appropriate security measures, risk assessments and contractual controls as necessary to safeguard your personal information.

Your Rights

Under certain circumstances, you may have certain rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data which are as follows:

• Request access to your personal data – This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
• Request correction of your personal data – This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected, though we may need to verify the accuracy of the new data you provide to us.
• Request erasure of your personal data – This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it.
• Object to processing of your personal data.
• Request restriction of processing your personal data – This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in specific circumstances.
• Request transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party – We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format.
• Right to withdraw consent, where consent has been given to the processing.

You can write to us to request access to your personal information and other rights at:

• Talan UK and Ireland , Data Protection Officer, 77 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V0AS

We will require proof of your identity before responding to any request from you.

In addition, if you have any enquiry about this Privacy Policy or data protection practices, please write to the Legal Department at the above address.

You also have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on any data protection issues.

To exercise your other rights, please see the ‘Contact Details’ section below.

Updating your details

If you think that any of your data has changed, please contact us using the details below. We may need to check that any new data you provide is accurate.

Complaints

You have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk ). However, before doing so please make sure you have first made your complaint to us or asked us for clarification if there is something you do not understand. The ICO will expect you to have done this before reviewing your complaint.

You also have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on any data protection issues.

Contact Details

If you have any questions about this Privacy Notice or to exercise your rights, you can contact us at:

• Talan UK and Ireland, Data Protection Officer, 77 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0AS
• smdaso@talan.com

Changes to the Privacy Notice

We may change this Privacy Notice from time to time. You should check this Privacy Notice to make sure you are aware of the most recent version.

 

SMDA Website Cookie Notice

This Cookie Notice was last updated 06 January 2026

Use of Cookies in Connection with the Website and Our Cookie Notice

Cookies are small files saved to your computer’s hard drive that track, save and store information about your interactions and usage of our website. Cookies allow us to store your preferences to correctly present content, options or functions throughout our website. They also enable us to see information like how many people use our website and what pages they tend to visit.

Cookies have different durations. Temporary cookies, such as those only valid for your browsing session, expire when you close your browser.  Permanent cookies, however, will remain on your computer for a longer period until you delete them.  We may also use the information gathered from cookies to compile reports to improve the functionality and user experience of our website.

Cookies can be set by different actors. This occurs in two cases:

• First-party cookies: These are cookies set by this website for our visitors.
• Third-party cookies: These are set by other websites whose features run on our website (such as social media plugins). We do not control the use of third-party cookies. Some third-party cookies may be set by Google. For more information regarding Google’s use of cookies, please see Google’s Cookie Policy.

Cookies have different purposes. We typically use the following:

• Strictly necessary cookies
• Functionality cookies
• Performance cookies
• Targeting cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies make our website work and provide basic data to our users. Our website cannot work well without these cookies. They, for example, let you log into secure parts of our website. These cookies include:

Cookie Name	Description	Type	Duration
WordPress_test_cookie	This is a WordPress cookie that checks whether cookies can be placed on your device	First party	Session only
WordPress_logged_in	This is a WordPress cookie that stores information about users’ logins to our website.	First party	Session
WordPress_sec
cmplz_banner-status	This is a Complianz cookie that stores information if you dismiss the cookie banner. This is used to manage consent to cookies.	First party	365 days
cmplz_consented_services	This is a Complianz cookie that records which cookies you consent to. This is used to manage consent to cookies.	First party	365 days
cmplz_functional	This is a Complianz cookie that records which cookies you consent to. This is used to manage consent to cookies.	First party	365 days
cmplz_marketing	This is a Complianz cookie that records which cookies you consent to. This is used to manage consent to cookies.	First party	365 days
cmplz_policy_id	This is a Complianz cookie that stores your cookie policy ID. This is used to manage consent to cookies.	First party	365 days
cmplz_preferences	This is a Complianz cookie that records which cookies you consent to. This is used to manage consent to cookies.	First party	365 days
cmplz_statistics	This is a Complianz cookie that records which cookies you consent to. This is used to manage consent to cookies.	First party	365 days

 

Functionality/Performance/Analytical Cookies: These cookies save data that changes the way the website behaves or looks. This can include your language choices or the region that you are in. You can choose if you want to consent to these cookies. These include:

Cookie Name	Description	Type	Duration
wp-settings-6	This is a WordPress cookie that stores your preferences to website settings	First party	Session
wp-settings-time-6	This is a WordPress cookie that stores your preferences to website settings	First party	365 days
wp_lang	This is a WordPress cookie that stores your language preferences to website settings	First party	Session
_wpdm_client	This is a WordPress cookie to provide functions across pages.	First party	Various

 

Performance/Statistical/Analytical Cookies: These cookies track how our website is used. This includes helping us count how many people visit our site and how long for. You can choose if you want to consent to these cookies. These include:

Cookie Name	Description	Type	Duration
_ga	This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the site’s analytics reports. By default it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customisable by website owners.	Third party	2 years

 

Targeting/Marketing/Advertising Cookies: These cookies track user activity, such as pages you visit, and your habits. They are also used to show you adverts. You can choose if you want to consent to these cookies. These include:

Cookie Name	Description	Type	Duration
Nil

 Your Rights in Relation to Cookies

We generally only place cookies with your consent when you first visit this website, apart from for Strictly Necessary cookies, which are mandatory for this website to operate. If you want to avoid this website placing Preferences, Statistics and Advertising Cookies on your browser, you can use our Cookie Banner to choose to deselect all cookies besides the Strictly Necessary Cookies on visiting this website. You may also set your browser settings to attempt to reject all cookies or manually delete cookies and may still use this website.

Additionally, if any of the information that you have provided to us changes, please let us know the correct details by sending an email to tuk.dataprivacy@talan.com where we have the facility to log in to the website and update any user details.

Updating your details

If any of the information that you have provided to us changes, please let us know the correct details by sending an email to SMDASO@talan.com  where we have the facility to log in to the website and update any user details.

Complaints

You have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). However, before doing so please make sure you have first made your complaint to us or asked us for clarification if there is something you do not understand. The ICO will expect you to have done this before reviewing your complaint.

You also have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on any data protection issues.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please email us at tuk.dataprivacy@talan.com

Changes

We may change this Cookie Notice from time to time. You should check this policy occasionally to ensure you are aware of the most recent version that will apply each time you access the website.

These terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England, and you and we agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.