PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: 27/03/2026
1. Introduction
Welcome to [Company Name]. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This policy informs you how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tells you about your privacy rights.
2. The Data We Collect
We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you, including:
- Identity Data: Name, username, or similar identifier.
- Contact Data: Email address and telephone numbers.
- Technical Data: IP address, browser type, and location (collected via cookies).
- Usage Data: Information about how you use our website and services.
3. How We Use Your Personal Data
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we use it for:
- Performance of a Contract: To provide the services or consultancy you have requested.
- Legitimate Interests: To improve our website and provide you with relevant industry updates (e.g., marine regulatory changes or biostimulant trial results).
- Complying with Legal Obligations: Where we need to comply with UK law.
4. Data Sharing and Transfers
We do not sell your data. We may share your data with:
- Service Providers: IT and administration services (e.g., website hosting).
- Professional Advisers: Lawyers, bankers, and insurers.
- Regulators: Such as the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) if required.
Note: If we transfer data outside the UK/EEA, we ensure similar protection is afforded to it.
5. Data Security
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, or accessed in an unauthorised way. We limit access to your data to employees and partners who have a business "need to know."
6. Data Retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
7. Your Legal Rights
Under UK data protection laws, you have rights including:
- Right of Access: Request a copy of your data.
- Right to Rectification: Ask us to correct inaccurate data.
- Right to Erasure: Ask us to delete your data in certain circumstances.
- Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on consent to process data.
8. Contact Details
If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:
- Full name of legal entity: [Insert Company Name]
- Email address: [Insert Email Address]
- Postal address: [Insert Business Address - e.g., Totnes, TQ9]
