Privacy Policy

Life Sciences Launchpad (we, us) is an early careers platform aimed at supporting early talent from all backgrounds explore, launch, and navigate careers in the UK life sciences ecosystem.

This privacy policy (the Privacy Policy) tells you how we, as the controller of your personal information, collect and process it.

This Privacy Policy will be updated from time to time and so please check our website periodically for any update.

For any questions regarding this Privacy Policy please contact info@lifescienceslaunchpad.com.

Personal information we process about you

The following is a non-exhaustive list of the categories of personal information that we collect from you:

Identity and contact details such as your full name and email address;
Biographical details such as university of study, degree and year group;
Employment status such as place of work and current position held;
Usage data including how you use our website and social media;
Technical data such as Internet protocol (IP) addresses and login data.

We collect, use and share aggregated data such as statistical data or demographic data. Aggregated data could be derived from your personal information but is not considered personal data under UK law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For example, we may aggregate your usage data to share the amount of sign-ups for a particular event or the amount of users accessing a particular web page.

Purpose for which we use your personal information and the legal basis for that use

We collect and process information about you as necessary in the course of running Life Sciences Launchpad, including through your use of our website or social media sites.

We use your personal information:

To manage and administer our relationship with you or your organisation, including enquiries and requests from you and to provide you with assistance where required;
When you or your organisation provide products or services to us;
When you or your organisation participate in our early career events;
When you or your organisation complete any of our forms (for example, completion of feedback surveys or forms associated with event registration);
When you agree to receiving email and/or any other form of marketing notifications of upcoming early career events;
To monitor, provide and improve our services, website and social media sites;
To take professional advice.

The basis on which we process this information is for legitimate interests (to respond to enquires or actions requested by you, managing relationships with you or your organisation, event registration, assessing eligibility, promotion of our events, reviewing and improving our business and services).

Who we share your personal information with

We may share your personal information with certain third-parties including professional advisers, third-party service providers such as IT service providers or events platforms, business partners, third-parties involved in hosting or organising events.

Where necessary, or for the reasons set out in this Privacy Policy, personal information may also be shared with regulatory authorities, courts, tribunals, government agencies and law enforcement agencies.

Your rights over your personal information

Under UK data protection laws, including the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR), and any amendments thereto, certain rights are provided for data subjects.

You are entitled to request details of the personal information we hold about you and how we process it. You may also have a right in accordance with applicable data protection law to have data rectified or deleted and to restrict our processing of that information or to lodge a complaint in relation to Life Sciences Launchpad’s processing of your personal information with a supervisory authority.

Please help us to ensure that your personal information is accurate and up to date by advising us of any changes to your information by email to info@lifescienceslaunchpad.com.

How we use your personal information

We will only use your personal information in a fair manner and where we have lawful reason to do so.

We are allowed to use your personal information if we have your consent or other legally permitted reasons apply. These reasons may include where we have a legal duty which we must comply with or when it is in our legitimate business interests to use your personal information. We can only rely on our legitimate business interest if it is fair and reasonable to do so.

Information security and safe storage of your personal information

The security of your personal information is very important to us.

We store your personal information appropriately and we will only keep your personal information for as long as we continue to have a relationship with you, and for a period of five years thereafter. After this time, your personal information will only be retained for reasons of legal compliance or outstanding claims or complaints that would reasonably require your personal information to be retained.

Third-party websites

This website and our social media pages, from time to time, may contain links to third-party websites, plug-ins and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third-parties to collect or share data about you.

If you follow a link to any of these third-party websites, please note that these websites and any services that may be accessible through them have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies, or for any personal information that may be collected through these websites or services. Please check these policies carefully before you submit any personal information to these websites or use these services.

Changes to this policy

We reserve the right to change our Privacy Policy from time to time, so please review it periodically. Any changes will be updated on this page with a revision date and will take immediate effect.

Contact

If you have any questions, comments or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at:

Life Sciences Launchpad

info@lifescienceslaunchpad.com.

Last updated in January 2026