Privacy Policy

Who we are

The pages on the website (“the Website”) are published by Aferian plc a company registered in England and Wales with company registration number 5083390, whose registered address is at Botanic House, 100 Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 1PH, United Kingdom (“Aferian”, “we”, “us”).

Aferian respects your right to privacy and will process personal information you provide only in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018, and other applicable privacy laws.

The information collected and how it is used

Aferian will not collect any information about individuals, except where it is specifically and knowingly provided by them.

When you visit Aferian’s Website, our web server collects some basic information such as your browser type, IP address, internet service provider’s domain name, which pages you accessed on the site, and when. Details of cookies that we use on the Website can be found on the Cookie policy.

Aferian uses this information to provide you with and maintain the quality of the Website, and to analyse the use of the Website in order to help guide improvements. Personally identifiable information is not automatically collected.

If you register for the alert service, you will need to provide your name and email address. This information will be held by us for administration of the alert service. The information will not be used for any other purpose; it will be stored securely and will not be shared with third parties. By registering for the alerts, you consent to this use of your name and email address.

Third-party use of information

Except as described above, we will not disclose, sell or rent your personal information to any third party unless you have consented to this. If you do consent but later change your mind, you may contact us to ask for any such activity to stop.

However, if a third party acquires all (or substantially all) of Aferian’s business and/or assets, Aferian (as applicable) may disclose your personal information to that third party in connection with the acquisition. We may also disclose your personal information where required to do so by applicable law, by a governmental body or by a law enforcement agency.

Finally, we may also collect anonymised details about visitors to the Website for the purposes of aggregate statistics or reporting purposes. However, no single individual will be identifiable from the anonymised details collected for these purposes.

International transfers

We may transfer personal information that is collected from you to third-party data processors located in countries that are outside of the European Economic Area in connection with the above purposes. Any such transfer will be made in accordance with applicable law. Please be aware that countries which are outside the European Economic Area may not offer the same level of data protection as the United Kingdom, although the collection, storage and use of your personal data will continue to be governed by this privacy policy.

Security

Whilst we take appropriate technical and organisational measures to safeguard the personal information that you provide, no transmission over the Internet can ever be guaranteed secure. Consequently, please note that the security of any personal information that you transfer over the Internet to Us cannot be guaranteed.

Your rights

You have the following rights:

the right to be provided with copies of personal information that we hold about you at any time, subject that we may charge you a reasonable fee set in accordance with applicable law;

the right to ask us to update and correct or remove or cease to process any personal information held about you free of charge; and

the right to opt out of any marketing communications that we (or any third party to whom we have disclosed your personal information with your consent) may send you.

If you wish to exercise any of the above rights, please write to us at the address specified above.

Third-party sites

The Website may contain links to other websites operated by third parties. Please note that this privacy policy applies only to the personal information that we collect through the Website and we shall not be responsible for personal information that third parties may collect, store and use through their website. You should always read the privacy policy of each website you visit carefully.