Privacy Policy
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What this policy covers
Trafalgar Scientific Ltd ("us", "we", or "our") operates the www.trafalgarscientific.co.uk website (the "Service").
This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. Our Privacy Policy for Trafalgar Scientific Ltd is managed through Free Privacy Policy.
We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, accessible from www.trafalgarscientific.co.uk
Information Collection And Use
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.
Types of Data Collected:
Personal Data
While using our Service, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- First name and last name
- Job Title and Workplace
- Phone number
- Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
- Cookies and Usage Data
- Bank details (in case of sole proprietorship)
- We use CCTV on premises, if you visit our Leicester office, your photos or videos can be captured.
- Identification Information: Work ID or Govt ID
Usage Data
We may also collect information how the Service is accessed and used ("Usage Data"). This Usage Data may include information such as your computer's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
Tracking & Cookies Data
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information.
Cookies are files with small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. Tracking technologies also used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze our Service.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
Examples of Cookies we use:
Session Cookies. We use Session Cookies to operate our Service.
Preference Cookies. We use Preference Cookies to remember your preferences and various settings.
Security Cookies. We use Security Cookies for security purposes.
Use of Data
Trafalgar Scientific Ltd uses the collected data for various purposes:
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Purpose for processing personal data |
Lawful basis |
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To provide and maintain the Service |
Contractual Obligation |
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To notify you about changes to our Service |
Contractual Obligation |
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To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so |
Contractual Obligation |
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To provide customer care and support |
Contractual Obligation |
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To conduct customer survey |
Legitimate Interest |
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To provide analysis or valuable information so that we can improve the Service |
Contractual Obligation and Legitimate Interest |
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To send marketing communications |
Consent or Legitimate Interest (Soft opt-in) |
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To monitor the usage of the Service |
Legitimate Interest |
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To detect, prevent and address technical issues |
Legitimate Interest |
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To maintain the records of your visit to our office |
Legitimate Interest |
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To ensure security of the office (CCTV) |
Legitimate Interest |
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Confirmation of Identity for sale of restricted chemicals |
Legal Obligation: The Control of Explosives Precursors Regulation 2023 |
Where legitimate interest is identified as a lawful basis, we will undertake a Legitimate Interest Assessment (LIA).
Transfer Of Data
Trafalgar Scientific may disclose your personal data to some third-party suppliers who are involved in data hosting and other services necessary to carry out the purposes mentioned above. All third parties are subject to due diligence procedures and are contractually bound to protect the personal data we provide to them in line with UK GDPR.
If you are located outside United Kingdom and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to United Kingdom and process it there.
Trafalgar Scientific may share personal information to third parties outside of the United Kingdom (UK). Any personal information transferred will only be processed on our instruction and we ensure that information security at the highest standard would be used to protect any personal information as required by the Data Protection laws.
Where personal data is transferred outside of the UK to a country without an adequacy decision, we will ensure a transfer risk assessment is conducted and appropriate safeguards are in place prior to the transfer. These could include:
•European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) + UK Addendum
•International Data Transfer Agreement
•Binding Corporate Rules
•An exception as defined in Article 49 of the EU GDPR.
Disclosure Of Data
Legal Requirements
Trafalgar Scientific Ltd may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
To comply with a legal obligation
To protect and defend the rights or property of Trafalgar Scientific Ltd
To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
To protect against legal liability
Security Of Data
We take the responsibility for protecting your privacy very seriously and we will ensure your data is secured in accordance with our obligations under the Data Protection laws. We have in place technical and organisational measures to ensure personal information is secured and to prevent your personal data from being accessed in an unauthorised way, altered, or disclosed. We have in place security measures which limits access to your personal data to those employees, contractors and other third parties who only have a business need to know. The processing of your personal data will only take place subject to our instruction.
How long we keep your data
We will only keep your data for so long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, in order for us to fulfil our statutory obligations and where we have a legitimate interest to do so. If you would like to find out how long your information is being retained, please contact us via email on DPO@trafalgarscientific.co.uk.
Service Providers
We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), to provide the Service on our behalf, to perform Service-related services or to assist us in analysing how our Service is used.
These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Analytics
We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyse the use of our Service.
Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en
Links To Other Sites
Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children").
We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Children has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
Your individual rights
In this Section, we have summarised the rights that you have under the UK General Data Protection Regulation. Some of the rights are complex, and not all the details have been included in our summaries. Accordingly, you should read the relevant laws and guidance from the regulatory authorities for a full explanation of these rights.
Your principal rights under the UK General Data Protection Regulation are:
Failure to provide personal data
Where we need to collect personal data by law or in order to perform a contract we have with you, and you fail to provide that data when requested, we may not be able to perform the contract we have or are trying to enter into with you. In this case, we may have to cancel the contract you have with us, but we will notify you if this is the case at the time.
Automated decision making
Your personal data is not used in any automated decision making (a decision made solely by automated means without any human involvement) or profiling (automated processing of personal data to evaluate certain conditions about an individual).
Right to complaint
If you have any concerns or would like to make a complaint about our processing of your Personal Data, please raise this with us in the first instance.
To make a complaint, please contact us via email on DPO@trafalgarscientific.co.uk
Alternatively, you can contact us:
By Post: 190 Waterside Road, Hamilton, Leicester, LE5 1QZ
Alternatively, you can make a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office:
By Post: Information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF
By Website: Click Here
By Phone: 0303 123 1113 (Local rate) or 01625 545 745 (National rate)
Changes To This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Date of issue: 25 March 2025
