Last updated April 2026.
Who we are
BioBloom Life is a brand of BioBloom Ltd, a company registered in England and Wales. Our registered office is listed in the site footer. BioBloom Life is the diagnostic service; BioBloom Ltd is the legal entity that operates it.
Controller and processor
BioBloom Life processes clinical samples on referral from partner fertility clinics. The referring clinic remains the data controller for the patient’s clinical record; BioBloom Ltd acts as a processor for the laboratory analysis and the resulting report. We do not establish a direct clinical relationship with patients and we do not return results to patients outside the controlling clinic’s environment.
How we handle samples and data
Sample identifiers are pseudonymised before sequencing. The link between a pseudonym and a patient identity is held by the referring clinic, not by BioBloom Ltd. Raw sequence data is stored in encrypted form, retained only for as long as is necessary for the clinical purpose and any associated quality-assurance obligations, and is never linked back to a patient outside the controlling clinic’s environment.
Research use and opt-out
Aggregated, fully de-identified data may be used to improve the assay and to support peer-reviewed research published by BioBloom Life and its academic collaborators. Patients can opt out of research use at any time via their referring clinic; opt-out applies to future use and, where technically possible, to data already held in research datasets.
Your rights
Under UK GDPR you have rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, and portability with respect to personal data held about you. Because the referring clinic is the controller, requests are best directed there in the first instance - they hold the identity link and can route the request to BioBloom Ltd if it requires action on the laboratory data we process on their behalf.
Contacting us
For data-protection enquiries, contact your referring clinic in the first instance. You can also write to BioBloom Ltd by email at enquiries@biobloomlife.com or by post to the registered office listed in the site footer. The full, unsummarised policy and the patient consent materials are issued by your clinic before any sample is collected.
See also our terms of service and accessibility statement.