Privacy Policy

Updated: 9^th December 2024

Verdiva Bio Limited (“We,” “Us,” or “Verdiva Bio”) is strongly committed to protecting the privacy of your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains Verdiva Bio’s data collection and use practices with respect to its website at www.verdivabio.com (the “Site”) and the rights you have under data protection law. Verdiva Bio is the controller of, and responsible for, your personal data collected via or in connection with the Site.

We collect personal data that you provide to us directly through the Site. This may include:

• your name;
• your address;
• your telephone number;
• your email address; and
• other contact information.

You are not required to provide any personal data to use the Site, but, if you choose not to do so, in many cases we will not be able to respond to questions you may have.

The Site will collect personal data about your visit, such as:

• the name of the Internet service provider and the Internet Protocol (IP) address through which you access the Internet;
• the date and time you access the Site;
• the pages that you access while at the Site; and
• the Internet address of the website from which you linked directly to the Site.

We use the personal data collected on the Site where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests. We use your personal data for the following purposes: 

• to operate the Site and carry out the activities you have requested or authorized; 
• to improve the Site and users’ experience of the Site; and  
• to make the Site easier to use by eliminating the need for your repeated entry of the same information.

Verdiva Bio will also process your personal data where required by law or to comply with our legal obligations.

Verdiva Bio will only use your personal data for the purposes for which we collected it, unless we reasonably consider that we need to use it for another purpose that purpose is compatible with the original purpose.

Generally, we do not rely on consent as a legal basis for processing your personal data. Where we do rely on your consent, we will highlight this to you and you have the right to withdraw consent at any time by contacting us.

We may anonymise or pseudonymise data about visitors to our Site or other collection activities and use such data for product and service development and improvement activities.

 We may share your personal data with third parties where one of the following scenarios arises:

• Where the third party is providing services to us to enable our provision of the Site to you;
• To comply with our legal obligations, regulations or contracts, or to respond to a court order, administrative or judicial process, such as a subpoena, government audit or search warrant. Categories of recipients would include counter-parties to contracts, judicial and governmental bodies;
• In response to lawful requests by public authorities (such as national security or law enforcement);
• To seek legal advice from external lawyers and advice from other professional advisers such as accountants, management consultants, etc;
• As necessary to establish, exercise or defend against potential, threatened or actual litigation (such as adverse parties in litigation);
• Where necessary to protect Verdiva Bio, your vital interests, such as safety and security, or those of another person; and
• In connection with the sale, assignment or other transfer of all or part of our business (such as a potential purchaser and its legal/professional advisers).

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including for the purposes of satisfying legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

Verdiva Bio may sometimes transfer to and store information outside the UK, including countries where the law provides less protection for personal data.

Wherever we transfer personal data outside of the UK, we will take legally required steps to ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect it. You may contact us for an explanation of the basis on which we have transferred your personal data and, where relevant, to request a copy of the legal safeguards which we have put in place.

We may obtain information about your general internet usage through the use of cookies or other internet tracking technologies. Please see our Cookie Policy for more information on how we may collect and use cookies on the Site.

You have the following rights under UK data protection legislation: 

• Access. Provide you with information about our processing of your personal data and give you access to your personal data 
• Correct. Update or correct inaccuracies in your personal data 
• Delete. Delete your personal data 
• Restrict. Restrict the processing of your personal data 
• Data portability. You have the right to request for the receipt or the transfer to another organization, in a machine-readable form, of your personal data 
• Object. Object to our legitimate interests as the basis of our processing of your personal data 
• Right to withdraw consent. Where Verdiva Bio relies on consent for any processing activities and you have given your explicit consent for such processing, you can withdraw it at any time without justification 
• You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office. Where you have any concerns, we request that you contact us at the email address below first so that we can hopefully resolve your concerns.  

We will assess any request by you to exercise one of these rights on a case-by-case basis. There may be circumstances in which we are not legally required to comply with your request because of relevant legal exemptions provided for in applicable data protection legislation.

If you would like to submit a complaint about our use of your personal data or response to your requests regarding your personal data, you may contact our data protection officer at dpo@verdivabio.com

The Site provides you with the opportunity to choose to receive updates about Verdiva Bio and any information we may want you to know about. You may be added to Verdiva Bio’s mailing lists and signed up for certain updates and notifications from Verdiva Bio when you submit your contact information through the Site.

You can be removed from this list and/or opt out of these notifications at any time. To do so, please unsubscribe using the instructions in the email or call or write us at the physical address or email address  listed below. Please allow at least five (5) business days for processing of your opt-out request.

Please note that where you unsubscribe or opt out from such updates and communications, we need to keep a record of your email address to ensure we do not send you updates and communications in the future.

The Site may contain links to other sites that are not affiliated with Verdiva Bio. Any such link is not, and is not intended to be, an endorsement of such other website or its content and you should review the terms of use and privacy policy of such other website. These websites operate independently of Verdiva Bio and Verdiva Bio is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. All such updates shall be effective immediately unless otherwise stated. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed about how we are helping to protect the personal data we collect.

This Privacy Policy is intended solely to clarify the Company’s practices with respect to personal data processed through your use of the Site and shall not in any way modify or limit the legal effect of the Terms of Use, which are available here

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us electronically or via postal mail at the following address, and we will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly respond to you, or if you need to contact us for any other reason, you may do so using the following information:

Verdiva Bio Limited
25 Austen Road,
Guildford,
England,
GU1 3NP
Email: info@verdivabio.com