Privacy Policy
Who We Are
This website is owned and operated by ProteinHype, a trading name of Hype Matrix Limited.
We are registered in England & Wales under company registration number 10376463.
Our registered office is: 128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX.
Personal Data We Collect and Why
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the information shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymised string (hash) created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar Privacy Policy is available here: https://www.automattic.com/privacy/. Once approved, your profile picture is visible in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images.
Contact Forms
To respond to enquiries submitted via our contact form, we process your name, email address, phone number, and enquiry. This information will not be used for marketing unless you have provided consent.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies to improve your experience, save your login information, and track website performance. Non-essential cookies, including analytics and advertising cookies, will only be set after you provide consent via our cookie banner.
For more information, please see our Cookie Policy.
Affiliate Links
Some of the links on this website are affiliate links, meaning that we may earn a commission if you click the link or make a purchase using the link. This comes at no extra cost to you. We only recommend products or services that we believe are of value to our visitors.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These external sites may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interaction with the embedded content. We are not responsible for their privacy practices.
Analytics and Advertising
We use Google Analytics to monitor and analyse website usage. Google may use the data collected to personalise ads across its network. For details, visit https://www.policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en.
Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on prior visits to our website. Users may opt out of personalised advertising at Ads Settings or www.aboutads.info.
Spam Protection
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA, and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
How We Share Your Data
We do not sell or share personal data for marketing purposes. In certain cases, we may share your information with service providers to facilitate website functionality (e.g., email communications).
Data Retention
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to allow automatic recognition and approval of follow-up comments.
Registered users’ personal information is stored in their user profile and can be viewed, edited, or deleted (except the username) at any time. Administrators may also edit this information.
Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
- Request correction or deletion of your personal data
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Object to processing where we rely on legitimate interests
Requests can be made via our contact page or by emailing support@proteinhype.co.uk.
International Transfers
Some third-party services we use, such as Google, may transfer personal data outside the UK or EEA. We ensure that appropriate safeguards, such as standard contractual clauses, are in place.
Minors
Our website is not directed at children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors without parental consent.
Where We Send Your Data
Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services.
Contact Information
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us via our contact us page or email support@proteinhype.co.uk.
