Last updated 2 November 2026.

Who we are

Pathology Nucleus Ltd is registered in England and Wales with company number 14428187. Our registered office is Belmont Suite, Paragon Business Park, Chorley New Road, Horwich, Bolton BL6 6HG, United Kingdom. We are the controller of the personal data described in this notice.

Questions or requests about your personal data should go to our Data Protection Officer at enquiries@pathologynucleus.com.

What data we process and why

  • We use client and contact details to provide our services, manage contracts and communicate with you. The lawful basis is contract or our legitimate interests.
  • We process pathology, clinical and image data to deliver pathology services and to support the development and evaluation of AI models under agreement with our clients. This is special category data, and we process it only with a lawful basis under Article 6 and a condition under Article 9 of the UK GDPR, such as health care or research purposes.
  • We use website data to run and improve this website. The lawful basis is consent or our legitimate interests.
  • We use recruitment, staff and contractor data for employment and contract administration. The lawful basis is contract or legal obligation.

Where we process data on behalf of a client, for example when we review data the client controls, the client's privacy notice and our data processing agreement with the client govern that processing.

How we obtain data

  • We obtain data directly from you, for example through enquiries and contracts.
  • Clients and partners share data with us under a written agreement, for example anonymised or consented pathology datasets.
  • This website collects data automatically, as described under Cookies below.

Sharing and transfers

  • We share data with suppliers that process it for us, such as Microsoft for cloud storage and HubSpot for contact management, under written contracts with security and data protection terms.
  • We share data where the law requires it, or to establish or defend legal claims.
  • We transfer data outside the UK only with an approved safeguard, such as UK adequacy regulations or the International Data Transfer Agreement.
  • We do not sell personal data.

Retention

We keep personal data only as long as we need it for the purposes above and to meet our legal and contractual obligations, in line with our data retention schedule.

Your rights

You have the right to access your personal data and to ask us to correct, erase or restrict it. You can also object to how we use it, receive it in a portable form and withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent. You have rights about automated decision making too. We normally respond within one month.

You can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk. We would welcome the chance to resolve your concern first.

Cookies

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Changes to this notice

We may update this notice. The current version is always published on this page, with the date it was last updated.