Privacy Policy Overview
This Privacy Policy outlines how your personal information is collected, used, and protected when you interact with the PIRAN GEOSCIENCE LTD geoscience and engineering consultancy website at https://piran-geoscience.site. It applies to prospective and existing clients, collaborators, and any visitors who browse our content, download resources, submit enquiries, or otherwise engage with our online services.
By using this website or providing personal information through our contact channels, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
Controller: PIRAN GEOSCIENCE LTD, 4 The Old Nursery, Malpas, Truro, England, TR1 1GS.
Information We Collect
We collect personal data that you voluntarily provide when you interact with our website or contact us directly. This may include information submitted via enquiry forms, project briefing forms, booking or scheduling tools, resource download requests, or direct email and telephone communication.
Personal data you provide
- Identification details such as your name, job title, and organisation.
- Contact details including email address, telephone number, and correspondence address.
- Project and service-related information, such as site location, project objectives, timelines, budgets, and technical requirements for geological surveying, geotechnical assessments, environmental impact studies, subsurface modelling, and related consultancy services.
- Any additional information you choose to provide in free-text fields, attachments, or supporting documentation relevant to your enquiry.
Information collected automatically
When you access and use our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically through cookies and similar technologies as described in the Cookies and Tracking Technologies section. This may include anonymised usage data such as pages visited, approximate location (based on IP address), browser type, and device information.
Use of Your Information
Your information is used strictly for purposes connected with providing our specialist consultancy services and operating this website. In particular, we use the personal data you provide to:
- Respond to enquiries about geoscience and engineering services, including geological surveying, geotechnical assessments, environmental impact studies, subsurface modelling, site investigations, and scientific advisory work.
- Assess project requirements, prepare proposals, scopes of work, timeframes, and fee estimates.
- Manage client relationships, including ongoing communication, project coordination, reporting, and technical clarifications.
- Provide access to resources, case studies, or technical insights that you request via our website.
- Operate, maintain, and improve the functionality, security, and performance of our website and digital channels.
- Comply with applicable legal, regulatory, and professional obligations relevant to our consultancy activities.
We do not use your personal information for unrelated marketing activities, nor do we undertake automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects for you.
Data Sharing & Disclosure
We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties under any circumstances. Information may be shared only where necessary and proportionate for service delivery, regulatory compliance, or the protection of our legitimate interests, as outlined below.
Trusted partners and service providers
Where required for the provision of our consultancy services, we may share relevant information with carefully selected partners, such as:
- Specialist subcontractors or technical collaborators engaged to support fieldwork, laboratory testing, data processing, modelling, or reporting.
- Professional advisers such as legal, insurance, or accounting professionals where reasonably necessary.
- IT, hosting, and security providers that support the secure operation of our website and communication systems.
Regulatory and legal requirements
We may disclose personal information to regulatory bodies, public authorities, or other third parties where required to do so by law, regulation, court order, or professional obligations, or where such disclosure is necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
In all cases, we limit the information shared to what is strictly necessary and require appropriate confidentiality and data protection safeguards where feasible.
Data Security
We implement technical and organisational measures designed to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or loss. These measures are aligned with the nature of the data we process and the risks associated with our geoscience and engineering consultancy operations.
- Controlled access to systems and files on a need-to-know basis.
- Use of secure communication channels where appropriate.
- Safeguards for handling project documentation, survey outputs, and technical data that may include personal information.
- Processes for identifying, assessing, and responding to potential security incidents.
While we take reasonable steps to secure your data, no online or electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. You are encouraged to avoid including unnecessary personal or sensitive information when using open text fields on the website.
Your Rights
As a user of our website or a client of PIRAN GEOSCIENCE LTD, you are entitled to exercise various rights in relation to your personal data, subject to applicable data protection laws.
- Access: You can request confirmation of whether we process your personal data and obtain a copy of that information.
- Correction: You can ask us to correct or update inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
- Deletion: You can request deletion of your personal data where it is no longer required for the purposes for which it was collected, or where you withdraw consent and there is no other legal basis for processing.
- Restriction: You can ask us to restrict the processing of your data in certain circumstances.
- Objection: You can object to certain types of processing based on our legitimate interests, where applicable.
- Withdrawal of consent: Where we rely on your consent, you may withdraw it at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before your withdrawal.
To exercise any of these rights, please refer to the Contact Information section below.
Data Retention
Personal information is retained only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including:
- Delivering and documenting our consultancy services for geological, geotechnical, environmental, and related projects.
- Meeting legal, regulatory, tax, and professional obligations.
- Supporting legitimate business interests such as contract management, project history, dispute resolution, and audit requirements.
When personal data is no longer required for these purposes, we will take reasonable steps to delete, anonymise, or securely archive it in line with our internal retention practices.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, our privacy practices, or if you wish to exercise your data protection rights, you can contact us using the details below:
PIRAN GEOSCIENCE LTD
Address: 4 The Old Nursery, Malpas, Truro, England, TR1 1GS
Telephone: +442073536170
Email: [email protected]
You may also use the enquiry form available on our Contact Us page to submit privacy-related requests.
Policy Updates
We review and update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect changes in our services, legal requirements, or data protection practices. Any revisions will be published on this page with an updated modification date.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy from time to time to stay informed about how we handle your personal information when you interact with PIRAN GEOSCIENCE LTD.
Current version effective as of: 16 March 2026