Research Information Agreement

Aritex Biotech understands your need for privacy and the protection of your personal information. We want you to know how we will use your information and how it is kept.

In submitting your details to us, you agree that you have read and understood this Research Information Agreement as described here. By default, we will separate your Contact Data from your Personal Data after it has been collected and will delete your Contact Data on completion of the research.

 

How will we use your information?

Summary: We process and save your Data so that we can invite you to take part in voluntary market research, respond to your requests
and to improve our product design.

Aritex Biotech may process your Contact and Personal Data for the following purposes:

  1. Contact you by phone, email or text to undertake voluntary market research.
  2. Contact you by text message to offer or confirm future contact with you.
  3. Requesting your help in finding other people (Additional Contacts) to participate in our research. Information collected regarding Additional Contacts will be dealt with according to this Research Information Agreement.
  4. Advising you on how to use our service.
  5. To enable a researcher/interviewer to contact you to conduct an interview or focus group you have agreed to participate in.
  6. Understanding the functioning and efficiency of our website, social media and contact methods. For this purpose, we will use anonymised data.
  7. Conduct market research in period products.

What we will not do …

Aritex Biotech will not sell your Contact Data for any reason or use it for any other purpose other than stated in this Research Information Agreement

 

What information do we store?

Summary: We keep only the minimum information needed to contact you and conduct our research work.

Contact Data

When you submit information to Aritex Biotech we may collect the following Contact Data:

  1. Your IP address
  2. Your email address
  3. Your name or pseudonym, title or work title
  4. The county in which you live
  5. Your postcode
  6. Your mobile or landline number
  7. Your date of birth or age range
  8. Your preferred methods of communication
  9. The date, time and content of your contacts with Aritex Biotech
  10. Your location, time zone and language settings
  11. Your browser and email client software details
  12. The method you use to contact Aritex Biotech

Anonymised Personal Data

When you submit information to Aritex Biotech we may collect the following Personal Data:

  1. Details of your menstruation, lifestyle and personal habits only as far as our research requires
  2. How you obtain and experience period products, your preferences and how you cope with any difficulties that you experience.
  3. Your opinions regarding menstruation, current and future period products.
  4. Your approximate geographical location, gender, age range/year of birth and occupation
  5. Any password we may provide to you or that you have provided to us.

We will separate your Contact Data from the Personal Data in order to prevent it being connected to you in the future.

Aritex Biotech will store your Contact Data until your contact with us is completed.

We may ask you to keep safe a password that we provide to verify your identity or communicate with you.

 

Legal

Summary: We are registered with the Information Commissioners Office and will use your information legally. You may opt out at any time.

 Aritex Ltd is a private limited company, and referred to as Aritex Biotech, registered in England at Companies House, company number 04510270.

Corporate and legal enquiries should be made to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

You agree that any dispute is solely governed by English law. You agree to waive any right to persue any legal action against Aritex Ltd in regard to your participation in this research.

You may withdraw from participation at any point by email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or during telephone contact with any representative or researcher of Aritex Biotech. We will delete your Contact Data, though may retain your anonymised Personal Data indefinitely.

During any contact initiated by you or Aritex Biotech, we may request that you confirm any or all your Contact Data to verify that you are the person to whom the Contact or Personal Data relates.

Aritex Biotech and this Research Information Agreement is governed by English law.

If you have any concerns regarding your privacy, data or contact with Aritex Biotech please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and we will help you to the best of our ability.

No IP transfer.

Nothing contained in this Research Information Agreement shall be deemed to grant or convey any rights or licenses by Aritex Biotech under any intellectual property, including, but not limited to, patents, patent applications, trademarks, copyrights, design rights, know-how or other proprietary information.

Voluntary participation.

You acknowledge that the Contact and Personal Data you make available under this Agreement is not “sold” or “offered for sale” and shall remain the sole property Aritex Biotech. You agree that your participation is voluntary without financial reward or other benefit unless specifically agreed by both of us in writing.

 

Third-parties

Summary: If we work with others, your information will be kept safe.

Aritex Biotech works with other third-parties to enable us to effectively carry out our work. If any third-party processes your data on our behalf, we always make sure that they treat your data with the same level of care as we do.

 

Contact

Summary: We will contact you only for purposes of this research unless you request otherwise.

Aritex Biotech will only contact you in order to conduct this research or to respond to your enquiry. We may contact you by any method that you provide and will try use your preferred one if appropriate.

 

Minors

Aritex Biotech will not knowingly make contact with persons aged less than 18 years and you agree that you are aged at least 18 years. You agree that any persons that you may refer to Aritex Biotech will be aged at least 18 years.

 

Website

Aritex Biotech and its website www.aritex.co.uk operates under its own privacy policycookie policy, terms of use and equality diversity and inclusion policies. You agree that your use of the website is an agreement with these policies.

 

Revisions to this Agreement

Summary: We may change this agreement.

Aritex Biotech will may change this Agreement from time to time but only to improve the way we work or to ensure ongoing compliance with all legal requirements for data protection and security.

 

Any questions?

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . We will be delighted to hear from your and listen to your feedback.