The Orange Scientist
Unit 7
Latham Road Business Park
Latham Road
Huntingdon
Cambridgeshire
PE296YE
Customer Care:
Email: hello@theorangescientist.co.uk
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How The Orange Scientist handles personal information arising from website use, and how cookies, pixels, local storage and similar technologies are controlled.
Information is used for clear operational, legal, security, service-improvement and consented marketing purposes. Data is limited to what is reasonably necessary.
Necessary technologies support the Website. Other uses depend on consent or a narrow legal exception with the required information and objection controls.
Where consent is required, non-essential technologies should not operate before a clear choice is made.
Consent can be withdrawn and available cookie preferences can be changed through Website controls.
Device, browser, activity, session and consent information may be processed for stated purposes.
Applicable rights include access, correction, erasure, restriction, portability and objection.
The precise cookies and providers can change as services are updated. The preference tool, where available, provides the current device-level list, purposes and durations.
Supports security, fraud prevention, sessions, authentication, basket, checkout, load balancing, consent records and functions specifically requested by the user.
Narrow statistical or appearance-function purposes may use a legal exception only where its conditions are met, including clear information and a simple free way to object where required.
Broader analytics, diagnostics and service-improvement tools that do not meet a narrow exception operate only after valid consent where required.
Advertising, retargeting, cross-site or cross-device tracking, social-media pixels and related measurement require consent and cannot use the necessary-cookie exception.
Where consent is required, continuing to browse is not treated as consent. Refusing or withdrawing consent must be available without blocking ordinary access to functions that do not depend on the refused technology.
Accept, reject or manage available non-essential categories.
Use the Website preference control to review the current selection.
Change consent at any time. The change does not affect earlier lawful use.
This policy explains privacy and cookie practices for www.theorangescientist.co.uk. It applies to all visitors, including businesses, institutions, professionals, Consumers and individual users.
Astflick Group Ltd trading as The Orange Scientist is the data controller for personal information processed for its own purposes. The company is registered in England and Wales under number 05950580. The registered office is Unit 7, Latham Road Business Park, Latham Road, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 6YE, United Kingdom.
The Orange Scientist brand is owned by Astflick Holdings Ltd and used under licence by Astflick Group Ltd.
This policy is intended to reflect the UK General Data Protection Regulation, Data Protection Act 2018, Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 as amended, and relevant provisions introduced by the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025.
Data-protection requirements and rules for storing or accessing information on a device work together. A cookie exception does not remove any separate duty to process identifiable information lawfully, fairly, transparently and securely.
A cookie is a small text file placed on a computer, phone, tablet or other device. The Website may also use local storage, pixels, tags, scripts, software development tools, device identifiers and comparable storage or access technologies.
In this policy, the word cookies includes those similar technologies where the same legal rules apply. Cookies may be first-party, set by the Website, or third-party, set through an external service used on the Website.
Depending on the technology and user choice, information may include:
Some information identifies a person directly. Other information may identify or single out a user when combined with identifiers or account information.
Personal information associated with Website technologies may be used to:
Depending on the activity, the lawful basis may be performance of a contract, steps requested before a contract, legal obligation, legitimate interests or consent. Where consent is legally required for a cookie or tracking technology, another UK GDPR lawful basis does not replace that consent requirement.
These support functions such as page delivery, security, fraud prevention, fault detection, user authentication, basket, checkout, load balancing and recording privacy choices.
These remember choices such as display, language, region or interface behaviour. Consent or a limited appearance exception may apply depending on purpose and implementation.
These help understand how the Website is used, which pages perform well and where errors occur. A narrow statistical exception may apply only when all legal conditions are satisfied. Broader analytics require consent where no exception applies.
These may measure advertising, build audiences, limit repetition or track activity across services or devices. Consent is required. Examples may include services from advertising, analytics or social-media providers where enabled.
Consent may not be required where storage or access falls within a valid legal exception. Current exceptions can include:
Exceptions are narrow. Statistical and appearance exceptions require clear information and a simple, free means to object. Advertising, behavioural profiling, social tracking and cross-site or cross-device tracking require consent.
Where consent is required, it must be freely given, specific, informed and indicated by clear positive action. Non-essential technologies must not be activated before valid consent. Continued browsing alone is not consent.
The Website may use third-party services for ecommerce hosting, payments, security, communications, analytics, advertising, embedded content or social-media functions. Depending on current configuration, these services may place or read cookies after the relevant legal condition is met.
Third parties may act as processors, independent controllers or joint controllers for particular activity. Their own privacy and cookie notices explain how they use information. The current preference tool, where available, should be consulted for the most recent provider, purpose and duration details.
We do not authorise third parties to use personal information for unrelated purposes merely because they provide a Website service.
Available Website controls allow users to accept, reject or manage non-essential categories. Consent may be withdrawn or changed at any time through the preference mechanism where displayed.
Browser settings can also block, delete or limit cookies. Blocking necessary cookies may prevent login, basket, checkout, security or preference functions from working correctly.
Withdrawing consent does not make earlier processing unlawful. Some third-party data already collected may remain subject to a lawful retention period or independent provider controls.
Information may be shared where reasonably necessary with:
We require service providers acting as processors to use information only on documented instructions and to apply suitable security and confidentiality measures.
Some technology providers may process information outside the United Kingdom. Where UK data-protection law restricts a transfer, we use an available lawful safeguard such as an adequacy regulation, the UK International Data Transfer Agreement, the UK Addendum to approved contractual clauses, or another permitted mechanism.
Further information about relevant safeguards may be requested using the contact details below, subject to confidentiality and security limitations.
Cookies may last for a browser session or remain for a defined period. Duration depends on purpose, provider and user choice. The current cookie tool, where available, provides more specific device-level duration information.
Associated personal information is retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the stated purpose, legal obligations, security, fraud prevention, accounting, dispute handling or establishment of legal claims.
We use reasonable technical and organisational measures intended to protect information against unauthorised access, loss, alteration or disclosure. No internet service can guarantee absolute security.
Depending on the circumstances, individuals may have rights to:
Rights are not absolute and legal exemptions may apply. We may request reasonable identity verification before responding. More detail is provided in the Full Privacy Policy.
Marketing communications are sent only where permitted by applicable law. Consent is used where required, and legitimate interests may be considered for limited business communications where lawful and appropriate.
Every recipient may opt out using the unsubscribe method provided or by contacting us. Withdrawing marketing consent does not stop necessary messages about an enquiry, account, order, delivery, safety notice or legal matter.
The Website is not designed to collect patient records, medical histories, diagnostic information or other sensitive clinical details through ordinary contact, order or return forms.
If sensitive information is received unexpectedly, we will limit access and may securely delete or return it where appropriate, subject to legal obligations.
The Website is not directed at children. Restricted medical, sterile and professional-use products are supplied only to suitably authorised Business Customers and professional users.
If information about a child is processed unexpectedly, we will apply appropriate protections and respond in accordance with applicable data-protection requirements.
We may update this policy to reflect legal, regulatory, technology, supplier or business changes. The latest revision date is shown at the top of the page.
Material changes may also be brought to attention through the Website or another appropriate communication. Cookie preferences may be requested again where a change requires a new choice.
Privacy questions and rights requests may be sent to hello@theorangescientist.co.uk or posted to Astflick Group Ltd t/a The Orange Scientist, Unit 7, Latham Road Business Park, Latham Road, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 6YE, United Kingdom.
Please contact us first so that we can investigate. Individuals also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner.
Explain the privacy right, cookie concern or Website technology involved. Do not include unnecessary patient, clinical or identity information in the first message.
