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Privacy policy

We are Cambridge GaN Devices Ltd. (CGD), a limited company. We’re a company registered in England and Wales with company number 10430656, whose registered address is Jeffreys Building, Suite 8, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0DS. In this privacy notice we will refer to ourselves as ‘we’, ‘us’ or ‘our’.

You can get hold of us in any of the following ways:

  • by phoning us on 01223 425185;
  • by e-mailing us at [email protected]; or
  • by writing to us at Jeffreys Building, Suite 8, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0DS.

We take the privacy, including the security, of personal information we hold about you seriously. This privacy notice is designed to inform you about how we collect personal information about you and how we use that personal information. You should read this privacy notice carefully so that you know and can understand why and how we use the personal information we collect and hold about you.

We have appointed our VP Finance as our Data Protection Officer. You can contact them using the details set out above.

We may update this privacy notice from time to time. Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by post or email. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy. This version was last updated in November 2023.

Information we might collect

When you phone us, write to us or contact us by email, either directly or through any of our website forms, with general enquiries, we will collect your personal information for legitimate business reasons. This includes:

  • Identity information such as: your name, business address, work email address, job title and other contact details;
  • Records of your contact with us is applicable;
  • Information related to a business-related enquiry, in order to help us tailor any marketing communications or product requests, where you request such material from us, and
  • Any information collected automatically using cookies and analytics, such as website content that you view.

You provide us with most of the information we process about you. We may have also received information about you from a third party, such as a colleague or a provider of business contract information.

Please be assured that if you would prefer not to hear from us at any time in the future, you can stop receiving our updates by emailing [email protected].

How we use your personal information

We are only able to use your personal information for certain legal reasons set out in data protection law. There are legal reasons under data protection law other than those listed below, but in most cases, we will use your personal information for the following legal reasons:

  • Contract Reason: this is in order to perform our obligations to you under a contract we have entered into with you;
  • Legitimate Interests Reason: this is where the use of your personal information is necessary for our (or a third party’s) legitimate interests, so long as that legitimate interest does not override your fundamental rights, freedoms, or interests.
  • Legal Obligation Reason: this is where we must use your personal information in order to perform a legal obligation by which we are bound; and
  • Consent Reason: this is where you have given us your consent to use your personal information for a specific reason or specific reasons.

Depending on your interactions with us, the reasons for which you provide your information, and how you use our website, your personal information will be used for the following purposes:

  • to provide goods and/or services to you or receive goods and/or services from you;
  • to identify customer opportunities and discuss mutually beneficial business prospects;
  • to ensure that information on our website is displayed to you in an effective way;
  • to provide advertising activities to you in a variety of methods including social media;
  • to provide you with information that you have requested from us (for example, if you submit an enquiry via the online form on the website); and
  • to analyse trends and assess and improve user experience.

Who your personal data may be shared with

We may need to share your personal information with third parties under one of the following circumstances:

  • Suppliers, such as IT support services which are based in the United Kingdom;
  • We are under a legal or regulatory obligation to disclose your personal information, or in relation to legal proceedings;
  • We are using a third-party service provider to provide services that involve data processing (for example, managing an event on our behalf).
  • You have consented to us doing so upon request;
  • Provision of anonymous statistical information about users of the website and other marketing information to reputable third parties; or
  • The company, or substantially all our assets are merged or acquired by a third party, in which case your personal information may form part of the transferred or merged assets;

Transfer of your personal information to outside the EEA

Our infrastructure may at times reside outside the European Economic Area (EEA) so the processing of your personal information will involve a transfer of data outside of the EEA.

Whenever we transfer your personal information outside of the EEA, we ensure it is protected by making sure at least one of the following safeguards is in place:

  • by transferring your personal information to a country that has been deemed to provide an adequate level of protection by the European Commission;
  • by using specific contracts approved by the European Commission which give your personal information the same protection it has within the EEA; and
  • where we use providers based in the US, we may transfer data to them if they are part of the Privacy Shield which requires them to provide similar protection to personal data shared between Europe and the US.

All information you provide to us is stored on our secure servers or those of our third-party Data Storage providers.

Cookies and analytics

Our site uses cookies and HTML5 Local Storage to distinguish you from other users. To help provide you with a good experience when you browse our site and allowing us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies and local storage.

We store two types of information:

  • Session related information (using local storage), used solely to identify you as a user, in order to provide you with services that are exclusive to authenticated users.
  • Traffic log cookies are used to identify which pages are being used, to help us analyse data about webpage traffic, and to improve and tailor our website to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes then the data is removed from the system. The tracking cookie assigns users with unique user ID but it does not share personal information, usernames or IP addresses. However, it helps us to monitor which pages users find useful and which they do not.

You can block cookies on our website, by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

Please note, that our website or social media platforms may contain links to third party websites (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) that may also use cookies, which we do not have any control over. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies. These websites have their own privacy policies that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for their handling of your personal information.

How long we store your personal information

We will only hold your personal information for as long as is necessary and that is defined by the purposes as set out above. This period will vary depending on the nature of your exchanges with us. When we no longer have a need for your information, we will delete it. If you unsubscribe from a marketing communication, we will keep a record of your email address to ensure we do not send you marketing emails in the future.

Please be assured that if you want your personal information removed from our system, you can email [email protected].

Your rights under data protection laws

Under data protection laws you have certain rights in relation to your personal information, as follows:

  • Right to request access to your data. This enables you to receive a copy of the data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
  • Right to request correction of the data that we hold about you. This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you corrected.
  • Right to request erasure of your data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your data where you have exercised your right to object to processing (see below).
  • Right to object to processing of your data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground. You also have the right to object where we are processing your data for direct marketing purposes, research, or statistical purposes.
  • Right to request the restriction of processing of your data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of data about you, for example if you want us to establish its accuracy or the reason for processing it.
  • Right to request the transfer of your data to another party.

Privacy law is often complicated, and whether these rights are available to you sometimes depends on the types of data we are handling, as well as why we are handling it. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the form at the bottom of this page or using the contact details at the top of this policy.

You always have the right to lodge a complaint with us or the Information Commissioner's Office, the supervisory authority for data protection issues in England and Wales.

Contact us with any feedback

Questions, comments, and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to [email protected] or please use the "Contact" form.