Cookie Policy

Last updated: 18 September 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Direct Hit Media Ltd (“we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit our website: www.directhitmedia.co.uk

This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use and protect personal information.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, tablet or other device when you visit a website. Cookies help websites operate correctly and can also be used to remember your preferences, understand how visitors use a website and measure the effectiveness of advertising and marketing. Some cookies are essential for our website to function, while others are optional and will only be used with your consent where required by law.

2. How We Use Cookies

Direct Hit Media Ltd may use cookies and similar technologies to:

  • Ensure our website operates correctly and securely
  • Remember your cookie preferences
  • Understand how visitors use our website
  • Monitor and improve website performance
  • Understand which pages and services are most useful to visitors
  • Measure the effectiveness of our digital marketing
  • Support advertising and marketing activities
  • Enable functionality provided by third-party services
  • We do not use non-essential cookies without your consent where consent is legally required.

3. Types of Cookies We Use

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the operation and security of our website.
They may be used for functions including website security, page navigation, forms and remembering your cookie preferences.
Because these cookies are required for the website to operate correctly, they do not normally require your consent.
Blocking necessary cookies through your browser may cause parts of the website to stop functioning correctly.

Analytics and Performance Cookies
We may use analytics technologies to understand how visitors interact with our website.

These technologies can provide information such as:

  • Pages visited
  • How visitors arrived at our website
  • Time spent on pages
  • Website interactions
  • General device and browser information
  • Website performance

This information helps us understand how our website is being used and identify areas that could be improved.

Analytics cookies will only be used with your consent where required.

Advertising and Marketing Cookies

We may use advertising and marketing technologies to help us understand the effectiveness of our online advertising campaigns.
These technologies may be used to measure actions taken after somebody interacts with an advertisement and to help us understand the performance of our marketing.
Where advertising or marketing cookies are used, they will only be activated with your consent where required.

Functionality Cookies

Functionality cookies allow our website to provide additional features or remember choices you have made.
These may include functionality supplied by third-party services incorporated into our website.

Where these cookies are not strictly necessary, we will obtain consent before using them where required.

4. Third-Party Services

Our website may use services provided by third parties.

Depending on the features and marketing technologies being used on the website at the time of your visit, these services may place or access cookies on your device.
Third-party services could include website analytics, digital advertising, embedded content, maps, videos, security services and other website functionality.
Where a third-party service uses non-essential cookies, those cookies will be subject to your cookie preferences.

Third parties are responsible for their own privacy and cookie practices, and we recommend reviewing their privacy information if you would like further details about how they process
information.

5. Your Cookie Choices

When you first visit www.directhitmedia.co.uk, you may be presented with a cookie consent notice allowing you to manage the use of non-essential cookies.

You can choose to:

  • Accept non-essential cookies
  • Reject non-essential cookies
  • Manage your cookie preferences

Rejecting optional cookies will not prevent you from accessing the main areas of our website.

Strictly necessary cookies may still be used because they are required for the website to function properly.

6. Changing Your Cookie Preferences

You can change or withdraw your consent to non-essential cookies at any time using the cookie preference controls available on our website. You can also manage cookies through your internet browser. Most browsers allow you to view, delete or block cookies. Please be aware that blocking all cookies, including necessary cookies, may affect how our website operates.

7. How Long Do Cookies Last?

Cookies can be either:

Session cookies – these normally expire when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies – these remain on your device for a specified period or until you delete them.
The length of time a cookie remains on your device depends on the purpose and provider of that cookie.
Our website and the third-party services we use may change from time to time, so the cookies used may also change.

8. Personal Information and Cookies

Some information collected through cookies or similar technologies may constitute personal information under UK data protection legislation.
Where this occurs, the information will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection legislation.
For further information about how Direct Hit Media Ltd collects, uses and protects personal information, please see our Privacy Policy.

9. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, including when we change the technologies or services used on our website or where legal requirements change.

Any updated version will be published on this website and the “Last updated” date at the top of this policy will be amended.

We recommend reviewing this policy periodically.

10. Contact Direct Hit Media

If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or how cookies are used on our website, please contact:

Direct Hit Media Ltd
Epsilon House
West Road
Ipswich
IP3 9FJ
Email: info@directhitmedia.co.uk
Telephone: 01473 276111
Website: www.directhitmedia.co.uk