Document Last Updated on March 30th, 2021.
Please read these terms and conditions carefully before using our site.
What's in these terms?
These terms tell you the rules for using our Website www.hitchmarketing.co.uk (our site).
Who we are and how to contact us
Our site is operated by Hitch Marketing Limited (”We”, “us”). We are registered in England and Wales under company number 07839215 and have our registered office at 255 Poulton Road, Wallasey, CH44 4BT.
By using our site you accept these terms
By using our site, you confirm that you accept these terms of use and that you agree to comply with them.
If you do not agree to these terms, you must not use our site.
We recommend that you print a copy of these terms for future reference.
There are other terms that may apply to you
These terms of use refer to the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our sites:
- Our Privacy Policy, which sets out the terms on which we process any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us. By using our sites, you consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.
- Our Cookie Policy, which sets out information about the cookies on our sites.
We may make changes to these terms
We may make changes to these terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our site, please check these terms to ensure you understand them and that you are aware of any changes to the terms.
We may make changes to our site
We may update and change our site from time to time to reflect changes to our services, our users’ needs and our business priorities.
We may suspend or withdraw our site
Our site is made available free of charge.
We do not guarantee that our site, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our site for business and operational reasons. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal.
You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our site through your internet connection are aware of these terms of use and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.
How you may use material on our site
We are the owner or the licensee of all intellectual property rights in our site, and in the material published on it. Those works are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All such rights are reserved.
You may print off one copy, and may download extracts, of any page(s) from our sites for your personal use and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to content posted on our site.
You must not modify the paper or digital copies of any materials you have printed off or downloaded in any way, and you must not use any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics separately from any accompanying text.
Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on our site must always be acknowledged.
You must not use any part of the content on our site for commercial purposes without obtaining a licence to do so from us or our licensors.
If you print off, copy or download any part of our site in breach of these terms of use, your right to use our site will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made.
Do not rely on information on this site
The content on our site is provided for general information only. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site.
Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our site, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our site is accurate, complete or up to date.
We are not responsible for websites we link to
Where our site contains links to other site and resources provided by third parties, these links are provided for your information only. Such links should not be interpreted as approval by us of those linked websites or information you may obtain from them.
We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources.
User-generated content is not approved by us
This website may include information and materials uploaded by other users of the site (for example social media or twitter feeds). This information and these materials have not been verified or approved by us. The views expressed by other users on our site do not represent our views or values.
If you wish to complain about information and materials uploaded by other users please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Rules about linking to our site
You may link to our website, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it.
You must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.
You must not establish a link to our sites in any website that is not owned by you.
We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.
If you wish to link to or make any use of content on our sites other than that set out above, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Limitation of liability
Nothing in these terms of use excludes or limits our liability for:
- death or personal injury caused by our negligence or that of any of our officers, employees or agents; or
- fraudulent misrepresentation; or
- any liability which it is not lawful to exclude either now or in the future.
Subject to the above, we will not be liable, whether in tort (including for negligence or breach of statutory duty), contract or otherwise, for: (a) any loss or damage which may arise from reliance on any information contained on this website; (b) any loss, damage or costs suffered or incurred by you arising from viruses or other harmful components received via this website; or (c) any loss of profits; loss of business; depletion of goodwill or similar losses; loss of anticipated savings; loss of contracts; loss of use; loss or corruption of data or information; or any special, indirect, consequential or pure economic loss incurred by any user in connection with this website.
Which country's laws apply to any disputes?
These terms of use and/or your use of the website shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute which may arise.
Website Privacy Policy
Hitch Marketing Limited is committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy explains what personal data we collect about you, how and why we use it, and how we protect your privacy. To make it easy to use this privacy policy we have outlined the key sections in the table below which you can use to navigate the policy.
Hitch Marketing Limited (“Hitch”) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.
This notice (together with our Website Terms and Conditions) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by Hitch or our processing partners. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By visiting www.hitchmarketing.co.uk or providing your information in the circumstances described below, you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this policy.
1. Who is responsible for your data?
For the purpose of the Data Protection Laws, the data controller is Hitch Marketing Ltd (“Hitch”).
Individuals are advised that when using the “Website” those pages with a web address prefixed by www.hitchmarketing.co.uk these pages are managed by Hitch (a company registered in England and Wales with registration number 07839215 and registered to 255 Poulton Road, Wallasey, CH44 4BT, United Kingdom).
2. What personal data do we collect?
Information provided by you
You may give us information about you by filling in forms on www.hitchmarketing.co.uk. This includes information you may provide, but is not limited to the following activities;
- Submitting an enquiry form;
- Participating in a focus-group invitation via online advertising; or
- Submitting a registration in relation to online webinars.
The information you may give us may include, but it is not limited to the following:
- First name and last name;
- Address details including postcode;
- Email address; or
- Phone number – mobile, home or work.
Information you may provide via our website(s):
- Geographical location
- IP or MAC address or details regarding use of your mobile device or PC
Analytics
We may collect and process anonymous information about your use of the Website, such as some of the pages you visit and some of the searches you perform. Such information is used by us to help us improve the contents of the Website and to compile, for internal market research purposes, aggregate statistics about individuals using it. This kind of anonymous information can be obtained by our use of "cookies" as well as other means. Please see Section 3, 'Cookies' for more information on our use of cookies.
Information we collect about you
With regard to each of your visits to www.hitchmarketing.co.uk we may automatically collect the following information:
- Technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform.
- Information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from our sites (including date and time); items you viewed or searched for; page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page and any phone number used to call our customer enquiry number.
Sensitive personal data
We will not intentionally or systematically seek to collect, store or otherwise use information about you classed as ‘special categories of data' or 'sensitive data' (for example, information relating to any trade union membership, ethnic origin or health).
3. Cookies
We may use cookies and similar technologies to collect non-personally identifiable information from you and to customise your use of our website. A cookie is a small data file that certain web sites write to your hard drive when you visit them. We may also use web bugs, clear gifs and similar technologies that collect data similar to that collected by a cookie. A cookie file can contain various types of information, including a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you have visited.
The majority of web browsers are initially set up to accept cookies; however, you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent or you can flush your browser of cookies from time to time (Note: you may need to consult the help area of your browser application for instructions). If you choose to disable cookies or refuse to accept a cookie, you may not be able to utilize all features of the careers website.
4. How we use your personal data and the legal basis for such processing?
The collection of the personal data described in Section 2, “What personal data do we collect?” is usually mandatory and, if such personal data is not provided, we will not be able to provide the information requested to you. Where the collection of any personal data is not mandatory, we will inform you of this prior to collection, as well as the consequences of failing to provide the relevant personal data.
We process your personal information under the legal basis of consent and legitimate interest. In submitting your application, you agree for us to use your personal data in the following ways:
- To respond to your queries and requests;
- To communicate with you relating to events and opportunities you have requested (eg. Online Webinars relating to a particular service);
- To provide you with information in relation to your Application for a role at Hitch; and
- If you have asked us to keep you informed about additional roles or opportunities in relation to the work carried out at Hitch.
5. Data Retention
We will not retain your personal data for longer than is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected that personal information, unless the law permits or requires that we retain it for longer.
If any of the information that you have provided to Hitch changes, for example if you change your name, preferred contact e-mail address or postal address, or you wish to ask us to inform you of – or remove – any data we have in relation to you, you can update, amend or remove information by submitting a request to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
6. Information Security
We apply appropriate administrative, technical and organisational security measures to protect your personal data that is under our control from unauthorised access, collection, use, disclosure, copying, modification or disposal. All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers. Hitch trains its employees regarding our data privacy policies and procedures and permit authorised employees to access personal data on a need to know basis, as required for their role.
7. Updates to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time in response to changing legal, technical or business developments. When we update our Privacy Policy, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of the changes we make. We will obtain your consent to any material Privacy Policy changes if and where this is required by applicable data protection laws.
You can see when this Privacy Policy was last updated by checking the “last updated” date displayed at the top of this Privacy Policy.
8. Your Data Protection Rights
You have the following data protection rights:
- If you wish to access, correct, update or request deletion of your personal information, you can do so at any time by contacting Hitch;
- In addition, you can object to processing of your personal information, ask us to restrict processing of your personal information or request portability of your personal information. Again, you can exercise these rights by contacting us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
- If we have collected and processed your personal information with your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent. You can update your consent preferences at any time by logging into your account. Please note it can take up to 48 hours for this information to be updated.
We respond to all requests we receive from individuals wishing to exercise their data protection rights in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
You also have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office (http://www.ico.org.uk) if you’re not happy with how we’ve handled your personal information.