Last updated: 01/10/26
‍The Marketing Collective ("we", "us" or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and protect personal information when you visit our website, contact us, work with us or otherwise interact with The Marketing Collective.1. Who we areThe Marketing Collective is the data controller responsible for your personal information.

‍Business name: The Marketing Collective
Website: https://www.marketingcollective.co.uk/
Email: contact@marketingcollective.co.uk
Registered address: Sunnyside, Bristol. BS9 1NX

‍If you have any questions about how we use your personal information, please contact us using the details above.

Information we collect
We may collect personal information that you provide to us, including:
Your name
Email address
Telephone number
Company name and job title
Information you provide when making an enquiry
Information included in messages, forms or other communications you send to us
Information relating to services you enquire about or purchase
Any other information you choose to provide

We may also automatically collect certain information when you use our website, such as:
IP address
Browser and device information
Pages you visit and how you interact with our website
Approximate location information derived from your IP address
Information about how you arrived at our website
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This information may be collected using cookies and similar technologies. Please see our Cookie Policy for more information.

How we use your information
We may use your personal information to:
Respond to enquiries and requests
Provide information about our services
Prepare proposals, quotations and other communications
Deliver and manage services we provide to you
Communicate with you about an existing or potential business relationship
Send marketing communications where you have consented to receive them, or where we otherwise have a lawful basis to do so
Understand how people use our website and improve its content and functionality
Measure and improve the effectiveness of our marketing
Maintain the security and integrity of our website and systems
Comply with our legal and regulatory obligations
Establish, exercise or defend our legal rights
We will only use your personal information where we have a lawful basis for doing so.

Our lawful basis for processing
Under UK data protection law, we rely on one or more of the following lawful bases:
‍Consent
Where you have given us clear permission to use your personal information for a specific purpose, such as receiving certain marketing communications.
‍Contract
Where processing is necessary to enter into or perform a contract with you.
‍Legitimate interests
Where processing is necessary for our legitimate business interests, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights and interests. This may include responding to business enquiries, managing relationships with clients and prospects, improving our services and understanding how our website is used.
‍Legal obligation
Where we need to process your information to comply with a legal or regulatory requirement.

Where we rely on legitimate interests, we will consider the impact on your privacy and ensure that our interests are balanced against your rights.

Marketing communications
We may use your contact details to send you information about our services, insights, news or other marketing communications where we have a lawful basis to do so.You can unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time by:
Using the unsubscribe link included in our emails; or
Contacting us at via email.

If you unsubscribe from marketing communications, we may still contact you where necessary in relation to an existing business relationship, service or enquiry

Cookies and analytics
Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to provide essential website functionality, understand how visitors use the site and improve our marketing and user experience.
Depending on the tools we use, this may include services such as Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, Meta or other advertising and analytics platforms.
Where required by law, we will ask for your consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device.
You can manage your cookie preferences through our cookie consent mechanism or through your browser settings
.For more information about the cookies we use and how you can manage them, please see our Cookie Policy
‍Who we share your information with
We may share personal information with trusted third parties where necessary to operate our business and provide our services.These may include:
Website hosting and technology providers
CRM and marketing automation platforms
Email marketing providers
Analytics and advertising platforms
Professional advisers, such as accountants, lawyers or insurers
IT and security providers
Other specialist suppliers or contractors working on our behalf

We only share information where there is a legitimate reason to do so and, where appropriate, we require our suppliers to protect your information and use it only for the purposes we specify.
We will not sell your personal information to third parties.

International transfers
Some of the organisations we use may process personal information outside the UK.
Where personal information is transferred outside the UK, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that it is protected in accordance with applicable UK data protection law. This may include using adequacy regulations, international data transfer agreements or other appropriate safeguards

How long we keep your information
We only keep personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including to meet legal, accounting or reporting requirements.The length of time we keep information will depend on the type of information and why we need it.When information is no longer required, we will securely delete it or anonymise it where appropriate.10. Keeping your information secureWe take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.However, no method of transmitting or storing information online is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Your rights
‍Under UK data protection law, you may have rights including: The     right to access the personal information we hold about you The     right to ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information The     right to ask us to delete your personal information in certain     circumstances The     right to ask us to restrict how we use your information in certain     circumstances The     right to object to certain processing, including direct marketing The     right to withdraw consent where we rely on consent The     right to data portability in certain circumstancesYou can exercise your rights by contacting us at:[EMAIL ADDRESS]You also have the right to complain to the UK's dataprotection regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), if youbelieve your personal information has been handled unlawfully.Further information is available from the ICO's website.12. Third-party websitesOur website may contain links to websites operated by thirdparties.We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content orsecurity of those websites. We recommend that you review the privacy policy ofany third-party website you visit.13. Changes to this Privacy PolicyWe may update this Privacy Policy from time to time toreflect changes to our business, website, technology or legal requirements.The latest version will always be published on this page,with the date of the most recent update shown at the top