PRIVACY POLICY

Last Updated: August 5, 2026

1. INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the Privacy Policy of ORBITAL TENSION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED ("Company", "we", "us", or "our"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018.

This Privacy Policy informs you how we look after your personal data when you visit our website, submit an inquiry, or interact with us, and tells you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

2. DATA CONTROLLER DETAILS

ORBITAL TENSION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED is the data controller responsible for your personal data.

  • Full Company Name: ORBITAL TENSION TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED

  • Company Registration Number (CRN): 17375284

  • Registered Address: Office 10244, 321-323 High Road, Chadwell Heath, Essex, RM6 6AX, United Kingdom

  • Primary Contact Email: admin@orbitaltension.com

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your legal rights, please contact us at the email address provided above.

3. THE DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. We may collect, use, store, and transfer different kinds of personal data about you, categorized as follows:

  • Identity Data: First name, last name, title, and professional credentials.

  • Contact Data: Email address, telephone number, business address, and company affiliation.

  • Technical Data: Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting, operating system, and web server log parameters.

  • Usage Data: Information about how you navigate and interact with our website, services, and communications.

  • Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving direct updates, partner briefs, or technical announcements from us.

We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data (such as health, biometric, or religious data) or information about criminal convictions.

4. HOW WE COLLECT YOUR DATA

We use different methods to collect data from and about you:

  • Direct Interactions: You may give us your Identity and Contact Data by filling out web forms or by corresponding with us by email, phone, or post.

  • Automated Technologies: As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect Technical and Usage Data about your device and browsing actions via cookies and web logs.

5. LAWFUL BASIS FOR PROCESSING

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Under the UK GDPR, our primary legal grounds for processing your personal data include:

  1. Legitimate Interests: Processing is necessary for our legitimate interests as an engineering consultancy and commercial space research developer (e.g., responding to corporate inquiries, evaluating prospective consortium partnerships, and protecting network security).

  2. Contractual Necessity: Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party or to take steps at your request before entering into such a contract.

  3. Legal Obligation: Processing is necessary to comply with UK statutory regulations or company law disclosures.

  4. Consent: Where you have explicitly consented to receiving direct marketing or analytics tracking.

6. DATA SHARING & THIRD PARTIES

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data. We may share your personal data with trusted third-party service providers who process data on our behalf under strict contractual obligations, including:

  • Cloud & IT Service Providers: Google Workspace (smtp.google.com) for secure corporate email, domain infrastructure, and data hosting.

  • Web Hosting & Analytics Partners: Service providers maintaining web server uptime and diagnostic metrics.

  • Regulatory & Professional Advisers: HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), regulators, or legal counsel where required by law.

7. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

Where personal data is transferred outside the United Kingdom (for instance, via global cloud storage or email infrastructure), we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by ensuring appropriate safeguards are in place, such as UK International Data Transfer Agreements (IDTAs) or UK Addendums to EU Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs).

8. DATA SECURITY

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, accessed in an unauthorized way, altered, or disclosed. Access to your personal data is restricted to authorized personnel who have a business need to know.

9. DATA RETENTION

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

10. YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS

Under the UK GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right of Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.

  • Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.

  • Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): Request deletion of your personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it.

  • Right to Object / Restrict Processing: Object to or restrict processing based on legitimate interests.

  • Right to Data Portability: Request the transfer of your data to you or a third party.

  • Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent to process your data.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact admin@orbitaltension.com. You also have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK regulator for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk). We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the ICO.