Privacy and Cookies

Last updated on 14th March 2025

If you are a user with general public and anonymous access, the APHA Scientific website does not store or capture personal information, but merely logs the user’s IP address that is automatically recognised by the web server.

If you make use of our product enquiry service, then specific information, such as your name, email address, phone number and company name will be collected and stored for the purpose of allowing us to respond to your enquiry. You have the right to request that such information can be deleted from the website at any time.

Cookies

When we provide services, we want to make them easy, useful and reliable. Where services are delivered on the internet, this sometimes involves placing small amounts of information on your device, for example, computer or mobile phone. These include small files known as cookies. They cannot be used to identify you personally.

These pieces of information are used to improve services for you through, for example measuring how many people are using services, so they can be made easier to use and there’s enough capacity to ensure they are fast

You can manage these small files yourself and learn more about them on GOV.UK.

Our use of cookies

When you access our website, you will be presented with options to determine you acceptance and consent to use of cookies for a variety of reasons. You have the ability to accept all cookies, deny all cookies, or accept specific groups of cookies by purpose.

Essential Cookies

A small number of cookies will be created on your browser as soon as you land on our website. These are essential to the functionality of the website as it relates to your visit, and as such are exempt from requiring your consent.

Analytics Cookies

We make use of Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to anonymously track your visit to our website. This helps us to understand our site visitors interactions with the website, and to work towards a better user experience.

For further details on the cookies set by Google Analytics 4, please refer to the Google Analytics 4 website

User Experience

We may occasionally make use of cookies to improve the user experience of visitors to our website. These cookies typically will store information specific to your visit and interaction with the website.

Marketing

We may occasionally make use of third party marketing services to help promote our website and services. In such instances, we may make use of cookies to track the success of any such marketing campaigns.

Changes to this privacy policy

If this privacy policy changes in any way, we will place an updated version on this page. Regularly reviewing this page ensures that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, we will share it with other parties.