NRP Innovation Centre

Privacy Policy

Colney Innovations Limited (CIL) is committed to protecting the privacy of individuals and companies using our website.

This policy describes how any personal data we collect or is supplied will be processed.

The data referred to includes

  • information supplied by filling in forms on our website
  • subscribing to any services we may provide
  • correspondence with us
  • details of your visits to our site including traffic data and location data
  • information about your computer, including IP address, operating system and browser type for our system administration. This is only statistical information about browsing actions and does not identify any individual.

We may obtain information about users’ general internet usage by using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of users’ computers. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive. They enable us to estimate the number of visitors to the site, speed up searches and recognise individual users when they use the site again by storing information about preferences.

Users may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on the browser, which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. Unless the browser setting is adjusted, our system will issue cookies when the website is logged on to.

The data that we collect may be transferred to and stored at a destination outside the European Economic Area (EEA). It may also be processed by staff operating outside the EEA who work for CIL or for one of CIL’s suppliers. These staff maybe engaged in, among other things, the fulfilment of users’ orders, the processing of uses’ payment details and the provision of support services. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

All information is stored on our secure servers. Transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our site; any transmission is at users’ own risk. Once we have received information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

We use information

  • to ensure that content from our site is presented in the most effective manner
  • to supply information, products or services requested or which may be of interest, where consent has been received
  • to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between users and CIL
  • to allow users to participate in interactive features when they choose so to do
  • to notify users about changes to our service
  • to report to our stakeholders

If Colney Innovations Limited or substantially all of its assets are acquired by a third party, personal data held by it about its customers will be one of the transferred assets.

CIL is under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Colney Innovations Limited, our customers, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organisations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction.

Our site may contain links to and from the websites of our networks, stakeholders and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

The Data Protection Act 1998 gives you the right to access information held about you. Your right of access can be exercised in accordance with the Act. Any access request may be subject to a fee of £15 to meet our costs in providing you with details of the information we hold about you.

We may revise these terms of use at any time by amending this page. Please check this page from time to time to take note of any changes we may make. Some of the provisions contained in these terms of use may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on the site.

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email. We may also revise the acceptable use policy at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are legally binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in this acceptable use policy may also be superseded by provisions or notices published elsewhere on our site.

If you have any concerns, comments or questions about the terms of use, acceptable use or privacy policies please contact us at innovation@nrpic.com.