Hoggan Biotech Consulting respects privacy and we are committed to protecting personal information. This Privacy Policy sets out our personal information collection and sharing practices. We take our duty to process personal information very seriously. Refer to the sections below for more details on how and why we use this information.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) says that the information we provide to people about how we process their personal data must be:
Our privacy notice below explains how, when and why we collect personal information about who visits our website – including how we use it and how we keep it secure.
An expert clinical development consulting company supporting biotech organisations to advance their drugs and concepts into clinical trials and beyond.
UK Registered address: Beever & Struthers, One Express, 1 George Leigh St, Manchester, M4 5DL.
UK Telephone: +44 (0)7745 524246.
We may collect personal information through a variety of different methods including:
We may also gather information from publicly available information such as:
Details of visits to the website and information collected through cookies and other tracking technologies including, but not limited to, IP addresses and domain names, browser versions and operating system, traffic data, location data, web logs and other communication data, and the resources accessed. This information is collected under the process of Website Hosting, we process this data under legitimate interests. When someone is browsing our website we have some essential cookies in use, this makes the website work and ensures the security of the website. It is possible to disable these cookies, but it may affect how the website works. We use Google Analytics to keep track of our website traffic, and we may use cookies for this purpose. Please refer to Google Analytics privacy policy for further information.
When individuals correspond with us via email, the information in the email will be used to respond to the request or question and we might store data such as contact details or views and opinions in our IT systems to manage our relationship. Our legal basis for data protection purposes is a legitimate interest.
We may use your information to:
We will not sell or rent your information to third parties.
We will not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
If you make comments or posts on social media, then the rules of that platform apply, so please be aware that your comments or reactions could be made public.
If you add a comment to any of our blogs or reviews, these will be shared with other users and the wider general public. So please don’t be offensive, insulting or defamatory. In addition, you’re responsible for ensuring that any comments you do make comply with relevant policies on acceptable use.
We don’t control Facebook, 'X' formerly known as Twitter, LinkedIn, or other social media networks, so please make sure you review the privacy notices as well as the terms and conditions of any social media platforms you use. You must understand what they do with your information – and it means you can adjust your privacy settings if you don’t want things shared or in the public domain.
If an individual has joined our Network as an Expert, Hoggan Biotech Consulting will share the profile information (e.g. name, current job title and company, former job titles and companies worked at, and LinkedIn profile URL) with our Clients.
Other than as detailed above, we do not share information with any other organisations or individuals unless we are obliged to by law, for purposes of national security, taxation and criminal investigations and in the following instances:
We hold information only as long as necessary for the processing purpose(s) for which they were collected and any other permitted linked purpose. During the retention period, we ensure the security and integrity of the information. We restrict access to personal information to those persons who need to use it for the relevant purpose(s). Our retention periods are based on business needs and information that is no longer needed is either anonymised (and the anonymised information may be retained) or securely destroyed.
Hoggan Biotech Consulting takes the protection of personal data seriously. Individuals have the right to ask us not to process personal information for marketing purposes. Anyone can exercise their right at any time by contacting us at tom@hogganconsulting.com.
Individuals have several rights about how the personal information provided can be used. These are:
If an individual wishes to exercise any of these rights please write to tom@hogganconsulting.com. If an individual wishes to raise a complaint about how we have handled personal information they can contact us and we will investigate the matter. If the individual is not satisfied with our response or believes we are not processing personal information in accordance with the law, the individual may report this to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
Like many other websites, ours uses cookies – small pieces of information that enable us to recognise you when you visit. They collect statistical data about browsing actions and patterns and do not identify you as an individual. Cookies help us to improve our website and deliver a better service.
We use both “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies on our websites. We will use the session cookies to keep track of how you move around our website and to monitor user behaviour for statistical and marketing purposes. We will use persistent cookies so that we recognise you when you visit our website.
Session cookies will be deleted from your computer when you close your browser. Persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach a specified expiry date.
We use Google Analytics to analyse how our website is used. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use using cookies, which are stored on users’ computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. View Google’s privacy notice.
Finally, we use AdWords to remarket to our audiences online. Third-party vendors including Google show our ads on sites across the Internet based on previous visits. They may use cookies. You can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor’s use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
You can switch off cookies by changing your browser preferences. Be aware that this might affect functionality when using our website.
Our website may contain links to other websites run by different organisations. This privacy notice applies only to our website‚ so we encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit.
This Notice was last updated in August 2024.
We review our policies regularly and may update this Privacy Notice by posting a new version on our website.
You should check this page occasionally to make sure you are happy with any changes.
