Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 2026

This website is operated by Dr Lata Gautam. We respect your privacy and process personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), the Data Protection Act 2018, and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PECR).

Contacting us

If you contact us using the contact form or by email, we collect your name, email address and the information you provide. We use this information to respond to your enquiry. Our lawful basis is legitimate interests.

We do not use your contact details for marketing or add you to a mailing list without your consent. Please avoid including unnecessary sensitive personal information in messages.

Analytics and cookies

With your consent, we use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand how visitors use this website. GA4 may collect information such as pages visited, approximate location, browser and device information.

Non-essential analytics cookies are used only where you have given consent. You can withdraw your consent through the website's cookie settings.

Some pages contain embedded content from YouTube, LinkedIn or Facebook. These services may collect information or use cookies when you interact with their content. Their own privacy policies apply.

Retention and your rights

We keep enquiry information only for as long as reasonably necessary to deal with your enquiry, unless we are legally required to retain it for longer.

Under UK data protection law, you may have rights to access, correct or delete your personal data, restrict or object to its processing, and withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

For privacy enquiries or to exercise your rights, contact:

spikingresearch@gmail.com

You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) if you believe your data has been handled unlawfully.