Ploughshare Innovations is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what happens to the personal data that you provide to us, or that we collect from you whilst you visit our site, and how we use it.
We may update this Policy from time to time. Any changes will be published on this page. Please review this page periodically to ensure that you understand how we use your personal data.
If you have any questions regarding this Policy, you can contact us by email at info@ploughshareinnovation.com or by writing to Ploughshare Innovations Ltd, Porton Science Park, Bybrook Road, Porton Down, Wiltshire, SP4 0BF. Alternatively, you can telephone us on 01794 301052.
Ploughshare Innovations is the technology transfer organisation for the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). Our company registration number is 04401901 and our registered address is Porton Science Park, Bybrook Road, Porton Down, Wiltshire, SP4 0BF. Ploughshare Innovations is wholly owned by the UK Secretary of State for Defence.
We may collect information about you when you communicate with us, for example, when you contact us about products and services, download a document, or register to receive our newsletters.
In operating our website, we may collect and process the following data about you:
We are committed to protecting the privacy of children aged 16 or under. If you are aged 16 or under, please get your parent or guardian’s permission before providing us with personal information.
We use the information that we collect from you where we have a lawful basis to do so. This may include using your information for one or more of the following purposes:
If you have previously purchased goods or services from us, we may contact you about similar goods or services where permitted by law. You can opt out of receiving marketing communications at any time.
We may process personal data where this is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights, freedoms and interests. These legitimate interests may include managing business relationships, business development, administration, service improvement, and protecting the security of our systems.
In some circumstances permitted by law, we may rely on recognised legitimate interests. This may include processing that is necessary for safeguarding, security, fraud prevention, or responding to requests from public authorities.
We may use personal data for research, statistical analysis, service improvement and innovation activities where we have a lawful basis to do so. Where appropriate, we will use anonymised or aggregated data.
Where we use personal data for a purpose other than the one for which it was originally collected, we will only do so where the new purpose is compatible with the original purpose, where you have given consent, or where the use is otherwise permitted by applicable data protection law.
Subject to applicable exemptions and conditions, you have a number of rights in relation to the personal data we hold about you. You can:
We do not currently make decisions about individuals based solely on automated processing that have legal or similarly significant effects.
If this changes, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place, including the ability to request human intervention and challenge decisions, in accordance with applicable law.
We take all reasonable steps to ensure that information about you is treated and stored securely.
Sending information over the internet is not completely secure and may be subject to interception. Although we take appropriate steps to protect personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of information you choose to send us electronically.
Where personal data is transferred outside the United Kingdom, we will ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your data. These may include transfers to countries recognised by the UK as providing adequate protection, or the use of approved contractual safeguards.
We keep these arrangements under review to ensure ongoing compliance with applicable data protection laws.
We will not sell or rent your information to third parties, nor share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
We may share your information with third-party service providers, agents, subcontractors and other associated organisations where this is necessary for them to perform services on our behalf, for example to send mailings. In these circumstances, we will only disclose the personal information that is necessary for the relevant service.
We will not disclose your personal information to any other party except in accordance with this Privacy Policy or in the circumstances set out below:
You have a choice about whether you receive marketing communications from us. Where we ask for your marketing preferences, you can indicate your choices using the relevant options on the form on which we collect your information.
We will not contact you for marketing purposes by email, phone or text message unless you have given your prior consent. You can change your marketing preferences at any time by contacting us at info@ploughshareinnovation.com.
The accuracy of your information is also important to us. If you change your email address, or if any of the other information we hold is inaccurate or out of date, you can contact us using the same email details above.
Under the United Kingdom General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), you have the right to request access to personal data that we hold about you.
We will respond to requests in accordance with applicable law and may apply reasonable and proportionate searches when identifying personal data relevant to your request.
If you have any concerns about how we use your personal data, you have the right to raise this with us in the first instance using the contact details above.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). We encourage you to contact us first so that we have the opportunity to resolve your concern.
On occasion, we include links to third parties on this website. Where we provide a link, it does not mean that we endorse or approve that site’s policy towards visitor privacy. You should review their privacy policy before sending them any personal data.
We want to make our website as useful and reliable as possible. To make our website a better experience and provide some of our services, we use small files, called cookies, to store small amounts of information on your device, for example, a PC, tablet or smartphone. They cannot be used to identify you personally.
This information is used to improve services for you, for example by:
We keep this Policy under regular review.
This Policy was last updated on 25 June 2026.
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