Privacy Policy

Who we are

The Tox Lab is a podcast website. For privacy questions, data requests, or concerns, contact us at [email protected].

For the purposes of UK data protection law, The Tox Lab is the controller for personal information collected through this website.

Information we collect

• Contact form details: your name, email address, enquiry type, and message.
• Technical website data: information needed to deliver and secure the site, such as request logs, browser information, device information, approximate location from IP address, and security events.
• Cookie consent choices: whether you accepted or rejected optional analytics.
• Optional analytics: if you accept analytics cookies, we may collect aggregated information about site visits and pages viewed.
• Podcast player analytics: limited interaction events such as play, pause, progress milestones, and episode ID. These are used to understand how episodes are used on the site.

How we use personal information

• To respond to messages, episode ideas, media requests, collaboration enquiries, and sponsorship enquiries.
• To operate, maintain, troubleshoot, and secure the website.
• To understand how the website and podcast pages are used, where optional analytics has been accepted.
• To comply with legal obligations or respond to lawful requests where necessary.

Lawful bases

We rely on different lawful bases depending on the purpose:

• Legitimate interests: responding to enquiries, running the website, securing the site, preventing misuse, and understanding basic performance.
• Consent: optional analytics cookies and similar technologies. You can reject analytics or withdraw consent by clearing your browser storage/cookies and choosing again when the banner appears.
• Legal obligation: where we must keep or disclose information to comply with the law.

Your right to object: you can object to processing based on legitimate interests. Contact us if you want to object.

Cookies and analytics

The website uses essential cookies and local browser storage to make WordPress, security features, and cookie choices work. These are necessary for the site to function.

Optional analytics is off unless you accept it. If analytics is enabled, services such as Google Analytics may set cookies or receive usage information to provide aggregated reporting.

Who we share information with

We only share personal information where needed for the purposes above. This may include:

• website hosting, backup, security, and maintenance providers;
• email providers used to receive and reply to enquiries;
• analytics providers, only where analytics is enabled;
• professional advisers or authorities where required by law.

Links to podcast platforms, social platforms, or third-party websites are controlled by those services. Their own privacy notices apply when you leave this website.

International transfers

Some suppliers may process information outside the UK. Where this happens, we expect appropriate safeguards to be used, such as UK adequacy regulations, the UK International Data Transfer Agreement, or an approved UK addendum to standard contractual clauses.

How long we keep information

• Contact enquiries are usually kept for up to 24 months, unless a longer period is needed for an active collaboration, legal reason, or record-keeping need.
• Technical and security logs are kept only as long as needed for security, troubleshooting, and hosting operations.
• Analytics information is kept according to the analytics provider settings and is reviewed periodically.
• Podcast player analytics may be kept while it remains useful for understanding episode performance.

Your rights

Depending on the circumstances, you may have the right to:

• ask for a copy of your personal information;
• ask us to correct inaccurate information;
• ask us to delete information;
• ask us to restrict how information is used;
• object to processing based on legitimate interests;
• withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
• ask for information you provided to be transferred where data portability applies.

To exercise these rights, contact [email protected].

Complaints

Please contact us first if you have a privacy concern. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office, the UK data protection regulator.

ICO website: ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/

Changes to this notice

We may update this privacy notice when the website, services, suppliers, or legal requirements change. The latest version will be published on this page.