Privacy Policy

This policy was last updated on August 18, 2026.

Introduction

IBT Media Ltd ("Company", "we", "us" or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.

This Privacy Policy explains how Medical Daily UK ("Medical Daily UK", "Website" or "site") collects, uses, stores and shares personal information when you visit, use or interact with our Website and related services.

This Privacy Policy applies to personal information we collect:

When you visit or use the Medical Daily UK Website.
When you subscribe to our newsletters or other services.
When you contact us by email or through forms on our Website.
When you submit content, comments, feedback or other material to us.
When you participate in surveys, competitions, promotions or other activities offered through our Website.
When you interact with our advertising, content or applications on third-party websites or services where those activities link to this Privacy Policy.
Through cookies, pixels, web beacons and similar technologies used on our Website.
Through mobile, desktop or other applications, where applicable.

For the purposes of applicable data protection law, IBT Media Ltd is the operator of Medical Daily UK.

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. Where we make material changes to the way we collect, use or disclose personal information, we will update this Privacy Policy and revise the "last updated" date above.

Please review this Privacy Policy periodically to ensure that you are aware of our current practices.

Information That We Collect

Generally

We may collect personal information when you interact with Medical Daily UK.

Depending on how you use the Website, this may include:

Your name.
Email address.
Postal address, where required.
Telephone number, where provided.
Account or subscription information.
Information contained in communications you send to us.
Information submitted through forms.
Comments, feedback or other content you choose to submit.
Information relating to competitions, surveys or promotions.
Information relating to newsletter subscriptions.
Technical information about your device and browser.
IP address.
Approximate location derived from your IP address.
Information about how you use and interact with our Website.
Cookie identifiers and similar online identifiers.
Advertising and analytics information.
Any other information you voluntarily provide to us.

We may also automatically collect certain information when you visit our Website, including IP address, browser type, operating system, device information, referring URLs, pages viewed, approximate location, date and time of access and information about how you interact with the Website.

We may collect information directly from you or from third parties where permitted by applicable law.

We will collect and use personal information only where we have a lawful basis for doing so under applicable data protection law.

Health and Medical Information

Medical Daily UK publishes health, medical and scientific content. We may receive health-related information if you voluntarily provide it to us, for example when submitting a comment, contacting us, participating in an interview, submitting a story or otherwise communicating with us.

You should avoid providing sensitive personal information, including information about your health or medical condition, unless it is necessary for the purpose for which you are contacting us and you understand how that information may be used.

Health information is considered special category personal data under UK data protection law and is subject to additional legal protections.

Where we process special category personal data, we will do so only where an appropriate legal basis and applicable additional condition for processing exists.

Children

Medical Daily UK is a general-audience news and information publication and is not specifically directed at children.

If we knowingly collect personal information from children in circumstances where specific parental consent is required, we will comply with applicable UK data protection requirements.

Where an online service is offered directly to children and consent is relied upon as the lawful basis for processing, the UK GDPR provides specific requirements for children under 13.

Medical Daily UK also considers the ICO's Children's Code where applicable to online services likely to be accessed by children. The ICO notes that the code can apply to news websites even where children are not the intended audience.

If you believe that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child in circumstances where we should not have done so, please contact us.

Cookies, Web Beacons and Similar Technologies

Cookies are small files placed on your device when you visit a website. We and certain third parties may use cookies, pixels, web beacons, local storage and similar technologies.

We may use these technologies to:

Operate and secure our Website.
Remember user preferences.
Understand how visitors use our Website.
Measure Website traffic and performance.
Improve our Website and services.
Understand which content is most relevant to our audience.
Measure advertising performance.
Deliver or personalise advertising, where permitted.
Detect fraud, abuse or security issues.
Support analytics and reporting.

Some cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of the Website. Other cookies, including certain analytics, advertising and targeting cookies, may require your consent under applicable law.

The ICO states that visitors should be informed about cookies and that non-essential cookies generally require user agreement.

You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings and, where available, through our cookie consent or preference-management tools.

Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality or performance of parts of the Website.

Third-party advertisements, content or applications displayed on our Website may also use cookies, pixels or other tracking technologies. These third parties may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites and services.

We do not control the privacy practices or tracking technologies of independent third parties. You should review the privacy policies of those third parties for further information.

Third-Party Advertising

Some advertisements displayed on Medical Daily UK may be provided by third-party advertising companies, advertising networks or other technology providers.

These providers may use cookies, device identifiers or similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activity in order to measure advertising performance, provide relevant advertising or understand audience behaviour.

Where required by applicable law, we will obtain consent before using non-essential advertising technologies.

You can manage your advertising and cookie preferences through our consent-management tools and, where applicable, through your browser or device settings.

Third-Party Websites

Medical Daily UK may contain links to websites, applications or services operated by third parties.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content or policies of third-party websites.

Once you leave Medical Daily UK or interact with a third-party service, you should review that third party's privacy policy to understand how it collects and uses your personal information.

How We Use Your Personal Information

We may use your personal information for the following purposes:

To provide and operate Medical Daily UK.
To respond to your enquiries and communications.
To provide newsletters and other services you request.
To manage subscriptions, where applicable.
To process and administer competitions, surveys and promotions.
To publish or manage comments and user-submitted content.
To personalise or improve your experience of our Website.
To understand Website traffic and audience behaviour.
To analyse and improve our content, products and services.
To measure advertising and marketing performance.
To provide advertising and content that may be relevant to you, where permitted.
To protect the security and integrity of our Website.
To detect and prevent fraud, abuse or other unlawful activity.
To comply with legal and regulatory obligations.
To establish, exercise or defend our legal rights.
To enforce our Terms of Service and other agreements.
For other purposes disclosed to you at the time information is collected or where otherwise permitted by law.

We will not use your personal information for purposes that are incompatible with the purposes for which it was collected unless permitted by applicable law.

Lawful Bases for Processing

Depending on the circumstances, we may process your personal information on one or more of the following lawful bases:

Consent: where you have given us clear consent to process your personal information for a specific purpose.
Contract: where processing is necessary to enter into or perform a contract with you.
Legal obligation: where processing is necessary for us to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.
Legitimate interests: where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests or those of a third party, provided that those interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.
Vital interests: where processing is necessary to protect someone's vital interests.
Public task: where applicable under relevant data protection law.

Where we rely on legitimate interests, we will consider and balance those interests against your rights and freedoms.

Sharing Your Information

We do not sell your personal information for money.

We may share personal information with third parties where necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or where permitted or required by law.

Affiliates and Group Companies

We may share personal information with companies within our corporate group where necessary for legitimate business, operational, technical, administrative or compliance purposes.

Service Providers and Contractors

We may share personal information with third-party service providers, contractors and agents that provide services to us.

These may include providers supporting:

Website hosting and infrastructure.
Content delivery.
Email and newsletter distribution.
Analytics.
Advertising.
Payment processing.
Customer support.
Security and fraud prevention.
Technical maintenance.
Data storage.
Legal, accounting or professional services.

Where appropriate, we require service providers to process personal information only in accordance with our instructions and applicable data protection requirements.

Advertising and Analytics Partners

We may share certain information, including online identifiers, device information, IP address and Website usage information, with advertising, analytics and technology partners where permitted by law.

Where consent is required, we will obtain the appropriate consent before carrying out such processing.

Legal and Regulatory Requirements

We may disclose personal information where reasonably necessary to:

Comply with a legal obligation, court order or regulatory requirement.
Respond to a lawful request from a government or law enforcement authority.
Protect our rights, property or safety.
Protect the rights, property or safety of our users or others.
Detect or prevent fraud or other unlawful activity.
Enforce our Terms of Service or other agreements.
Establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

Corporate Transactions

If IBT Media Ltd or a relevant part of its business is involved in a merger, acquisition, restructuring, financing, sale of assets, insolvency or similar corporate transaction, personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.

Social Media and Interactive Features

Medical Daily UK may provide features that allow users to interact with us or with other users, including comments, social sharing, surveys or other interactive features.

Information that you choose to post publicly may be accessible to other users and may be copied or redistributed by others.

You should therefore avoid posting personal information that you do not wish to make publicly available.

We are not responsible for personal information that you voluntarily disclose through public areas of the Website.

Newsletter Subscriptions

If you subscribe to a Medical Daily UK newsletter, we will use the information you provide to send the newsletter and manage your subscription.

Depending on your preferences and applicable law, we may also send you promotional communications.

You may unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link contained in the relevant email.

Unsubscribing from marketing communications will not necessarily stop service-related or administrative communications.

Your Choices

We aim to provide you with meaningful choices regarding how your personal information is used.

Cookies and Tracking Technologies

You can manage cookies through our cookie consent mechanism, where available, or through your browser settings.

Marketing Communications

You may opt out of receiving promotional emails by using the unsubscribe link in the relevant communication or by contacting us.

Advertising

Where applicable, you can manage your preferences for personalised advertising through our cookie or privacy preference tools.

Third-party advertising companies may also provide their own mechanisms for opting out of interest-based advertising.

Access, Correction and Updating Your Personal Information

Under applicable data protection law, you may have the right to:

Request access to personal information we hold about you.
Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
Request deletion of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Request restriction of processing in certain circumstances.
Object to certain processing.
Request portability of certain personal information.
Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
Lodge a complaint with a data protection supervisory authority.

These rights are subject to applicable legal conditions and exemptions.

To exercise your rights, please contact us using the contact details provided below.

We may need to verify your identity before fulfilling certain requests.

Delete or Manage Posted Comments

If you have posted a comment or other publicly accessible content on Medical Daily UK, you may contact us to request its removal where appropriate.

We may retain certain information where required by law, necessary to protect our legal rights, or where deletion is technically or legally impracticable.

Removal of publicly posted content does not necessarily mean that copies made by other users or third parties will be deleted.

Security

We use commercially reasonable administrative, technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or unauthorised access.

However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage system is completely secure.

Although we take reasonable steps to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of information transmitted to or through our Website.

You are responsible for keeping any account passwords confidential and should not share your password with others.

If you believe that your account or personal information has been compromised, please contact us promptly.

Data Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including to provide services, comply with legal and regulatory obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements and establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

The specific retention period will depend on the nature of the information, the purpose for which it was collected and applicable legal requirements.

Where personal information is no longer required, we will securely delete it or anonymise it where appropriate.

International Transfers

Some of our service providers, affiliates or other recipients of personal information may be located outside the United Kingdom.

Where personal information is transferred outside the UK, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that the transfer is lawful and that appropriate safeguards are in place, as required by applicable UK data protection law.

These safeguards may include adequacy regulations, approved contractual safeguards or other legally recognised transfer mechanisms.

Your UK Data Protection Rights

If you are located in the United Kingdom, you may have the following rights under applicable data protection law:

Right of access: You may request access to your personal information and information about how we process it.
Right to rectification: You may request that inaccurate or incomplete personal information is corrected.
Right to erasure: You may request that your personal information be deleted in certain circumstances.
Right to restriction: You may request that processing of your personal information is restricted in certain circumstances.
Right to data portability: Where applicable, you may request your personal information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format.
Right to object: You may object to certain processing, including certain processing based on legitimate interests and direct marketing.
Right to withdraw consent: Where processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.
Right to complain: You have the right to complain to the relevant data protection supervisory authority.

The availability of these rights depends on the circumstances and applicable law. The ICO explains that privacy information should include information about individuals' rights and the lawful basis relied upon for processing.

Complaints

If you have concerns about how Medical Daily UK or IBT Media Ltd has handled your personal information, we encourage you to contact us first so that we can investigate your concern.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's independent data protection supervisory authority.

Medical Information and Privacy

Medical Daily UK publishes information relating to health, medicine, science and wellbeing.

We encourage readers not to submit unnecessary medical or other sensitive personal information through public comment sections, social media features or general contact forms.

Where individuals voluntarily provide personal health information to us, we will handle it in accordance with applicable data protection law and the purposes communicated at the point of collection.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our services, technology, legal requirements or data-processing practices.

When we make changes, we will update the "last updated" date at the beginning of this Privacy Policy.

Where required by law, we will provide additional notice of material changes.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, wish to exercise your data protection rights, or have a privacy-related concern, please contact us.

Medical Daily UK / IBT Media Ltd

Unit 121
77 Marsh Wall
London
E14 9SH
United Kingdom

Email: [email protected]

Medical Daily UK is operated by IBT Media Ltd, a company registered in the United Kingdom.