Privacy Policy

Last updated: 24/06/2026

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This Privacy Policy explains how At The Marketing Desk collects, uses and protects your personal information when you visit www.atthemarketingdesk.co.uk.

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At The Marketing Desk is a UK-based blog. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is handled, you can contact us at: atthemarketingdesk@gmail.com

We may collect personal information when you interact with the website, including when you use our Contact Us page, leave a comment, or browse the site.

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The information we may collect includes:

• Your first name and last name

• Your email address

• Any message or enquiry you send through the Contact Us page

• Comments you leave on blog posts

• Technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited and how you interact with the website

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We only collect information that is necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

If you contact us through the Contact Us page, we collect your first name, last name, email address and the message you submit.

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We use this information to respond to your enquiry and manage any follow-up communication. We do not use contact form submissions to add you to a mailing list unless you have clearly chosen to subscribe to one.

If comments are enabled on blog posts, we may collect the information you provide when leaving a comment, such as your name, email address, comment content and any technical information needed to help detect spam or manage comments.

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Comments may be visible publicly on the website once published. Please do not include private or sensitive information in a public comment.

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We may remove comments that are spam, abusive, offensive, irrelevant or otherwise unsuitable for the website.

We use analytics tools to understand how visitors use the website and to help us improve the content, user experience and performance of the blog.

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These tools may include:

• Google Analytics

• Google Search Console

• Ahrefs

• Wix Analytics

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Analytics tools may collect information such as pages visited, time spent on the site, device type, browser type, approximate location and referral source.

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This information helps us understand which blog posts are useful, how people find the website and how we can improve the site over time.

This website may use cookies and similar technologies.

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Cookies are small files placed on your device that help the website work properly, remember preferences, understand visitor behaviour and improve the user experience.

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We may use:

• Essential cookies that are needed for the website to function

• Analytics cookies that help us understand how visitors use the website

• Preference cookies that remember choices you make on the site

• Marketing or affiliate cookies if we use affiliate links, sponsored content or advertising in the future

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Where required, we will ask for your consent before using non-essential cookies.

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You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling some cookies may affect how the website works.

At The Marketing Desk may use affiliate links, sponsored posts, gifted products, paid collaborations or advertising in the future.

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If this happens, we will aim to clearly disclose when content includes affiliate links, sponsored content or paid partnerships.

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Affiliate links may use cookies or tracking technologies to record that you clicked a link or made a purchase through a referral. This helps affiliate networks or brands track commissions or campaign performance.

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We only aim to recommend products, services or resources that we believe may be relevant to our readers.

Blog posts on this site may include embedded content in the future, such as videos, images, social media posts, maps or other content from third-party websites.

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Embedded content from other websites behaves in the same way as if you visited that website directly. These third-party websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional tracking and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.

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We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites. You should review their privacy policies if you interact with embedded content.

We may use your personal information to:

• Respond to messages or enquiries

• Manage comments on the blog

• Improve the website and blog content

• Monitor website performance and security

• Understand how visitors use the website

• Prevent spam, abuse or misuse of the website

• Comply with legal obligations

• Manage affiliate, sponsored or advertising activity if introduced in the future

Under UK data protection law, we need a lawful basis to use your personal information.

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Depending on how you use the website, we may rely on:

• Consent where you have given permission, such as accepting certain cookies or subscribing to future email updates

• Legitimate interests where we use information to run, improve and protect the website, respond to enquiries and understand website performance

• Legal obligation where we need to process information to comply with the law

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You can withdraw consent where processing is based on consent, such as by changing your cookie preferences or unsubscribing from future email communications.

At The Marketing Desk does not currently operate a newsletter or email marketing list.

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If we introduce a newsletter in the future, we will only send marketing emails where you have signed up or where we are otherwise legally permitted to do so. You will be able to unsubscribe at any time.

We do not sell your personal information.

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We may share limited information with trusted service providers who help us operate and improve the website, such as website hosting providers, analytics providers, spam prevention tools, email providers or technical support services.

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These providers may only use your information as necessary to provide their services to us.

We may also share information where required by law or to protect our legal rights, website security or users.

This website may include links to third-party websites, products, services or resources.

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We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content or policies of third-party websites. When you click an external link, you should review the privacy policy of that website.

We only keep personal information for as long as necessary for the purpose it was collected.

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For example:

• Contact form enquiries may be kept for as long as needed to respond and manage any follow-up

• Comments may remain on the website unless removed by us or requested for removal

• Analytics data may be kept according to the settings of the analytics tools we use

• Records may be kept where necessary for legal, security or administrative purposes

As a UK user, you have rights under data protection law.

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These may include the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you

• Ask us to correct inaccurate information

• Ask us to delete your information

• Ask us to restrict how we use your information

• Object to certain uses of your information

• Withdraw consent where we rely on consent

• Ask for a copy of your information in a portable format, where applicable

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To make a request, contact us at: atthemarketingdesk@gmail.com

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You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office if you are unhappy with how your personal information is handled.

We take reasonable steps to protect the personal information we collect. However, no website or online service can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

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Please avoid sending sensitive personal information through contact forms or public comments.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the website, tools we use, legal requirements or how we handle personal information.

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The latest version will always be available on this page, with the updated date shown at the top.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how At The Marketing Desk handles personal information, contact: atthemarketingdesk@gmail.com