Privacy notice

Who we are

Permeon Analytical Ltd (company number 05841772, registered in England and Wales) operates a testing laboratory at Unit 12, Avonbank Technology Park, Feeder Road, Bristol BS2 0UW. We are the data controller for the personal data described in this notice.

What we collect and why

Enquiries and quotations

When you contact the laboratory we hold the name, company, email address and telephone number you give us, together with the technical description of the work. We use it to prepare a quotation and to run the study. The lawful basis is the performance of a contract, or steps taken at your request before entering one.

Study records

Sample submission forms, chain-of-custody records and correspondence about a study are retained for six years after the report is issued. This period reflects the evidential value of test records and the limitation period for contractual claims.

Sensory panel members

Panel members' screening results, session scores and payment records are held for the duration of panel membership and for two years afterwards. Scores are recorded against an assessor code, not a name, in any report leaving the laboratory.

Website

This site sets no analytics or advertising cookies and embeds no third-party tracking scripts. Photographs are served from an external image host, which will receive your IP address as part of the ordinary process of delivering an image to your browser.

Who we share it with

We do not sell personal data and we do not share it for marketing. Data is disclosed only to our accountants and auditors under confidentiality terms, to a subcontracted laboratory where you have agreed in writing that part of a study may be subcontracted, and where the law requires it.

Your rights

You may request access to the personal data we hold about you, ask for inaccurate data to be corrected, ask for erasure where we have no continuing legal or contractual reason to retain it, object to processing, or request portability. Write to [email protected]. We respond within one month.

If you are not satisfied with our response you may complain to the Information Commissioner's Office, the supervisory authority for data protection in the United Kingdom.

Changes

This notice was last reviewed in June 2026. Material changes will be posted on this page.