Who we are
OGI Bio is a microbiology, biotechnology and laboratory equipment design and manufacture company located at Unit 3, Glencorse Building, Pentland Science Park, Bush Loan, EH26 0PZ
Our website address is: https://ogibio.co.uk.
Privacy
We collect the personal data of visitors to our website in the context of our services. These personal details can be requested when subscribing to any newsletters, leaving a review, participating in a contest or placing an order. OGI Bio Ltd is responsible for the storage and processing of this personal data.
Protecting the privacy of our customers and visitors to this website is very important to OGI Bio. Personal data is carefully stored, processed and secured by us. OGI Bio complies with obligations arising from the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and other privacy legislation.
What personal data do we collect?
The personal data that we store and process are:
- First and last name
- (E-mail) address
- Telephone number
- Information about your visit to our site (including location data, site usage and communication data)
- Products/services ordered
- Operating system IP addresses, browser type and time stamps
- Other personal details submitted on our website that you provide to us.
What we use this data for
We use this data for the following purposes:
- Improving our services
- Aligning the content on offer on our website to and other websites
- Aligning our correspondence, based on your interests and on your click and browsing behaviour
- The processing of any participation in competitions, promotions and other matters
- Answering questions, such as those asked on the website
- Providing information regarding new products and services
- To be able to meet our obligations arising from contracts we have concluded with you, as well as for invoicing and delivery.
Provision of Personal data to third parties
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
Cookies are used on our website. A cookie is a way of recognising a website user by means of a small file that is placed on the device used. A cookie also ensures that you remain logged in for the duration of your use of the site.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
We use cookies for the following purposes:
- For the proper functioning of the site
- To analyse the website’s usage, for example visitor traffic to our site and how the site is being used
- To recognise you when you return to our site, so that we can personalise the content of our site as much as possible
- To keep track of your visit to our site, which pages you visited and the links you clicked on
If you want to limit the use of cookies on our site or another site, or if you want to delete them you can do so by adjusting them in your browser settings. More details on doing this are available in the ‘help’ feature of your browser or by searching ‘delete cookies’
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Security
Due to the nature of our services and the trust that people put in us, taking into account the state of the art and the implementation costs, we take appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure that the processing of personal data takes place in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation.
Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)
We would be happy to help if you have any complaints about the processing of your personal data. Under the Data Protection Act, you also have the right to file a complaint with the ICO against the processing of personal data. You should contact the ICO for this.
Modifications
We reserve the right to modify and amend our privacy statement.
Contact
If you have any questions please contact us at info@ogibio.co.uk
We pay attention to the content of this website and it is carefully managed but we cannot guarantee the 100% accuracy of the information displayed.
This privacy statement was last modified on the 15th of August 2022.