Privacy Policy

Academy of motoring Privacy Policy

BACKGROUND:

Academy of Motoring understands that your privacy is important to you and that you care about how your personal data is used. We OR I respect and value the privacy ofeveryone who visits this website, www.academyofmotoring.uk (“OurOR My Site”) OR (Undertakes Driving Tuition). and only collect and use your personal data as described in this Privacy Policy. Any personal data we OR I collect will only be used as permitted by law.

Please read this Privacy Policy carefully and ensure that you understand it. Your acceptance of this Privacy Policy is requested. Forbrowsing, registering, emailing, or making an appointment.

1. Information About Us OR Me

Our OR My Site is owned and operated by Academy of Motoring, a sole trader Driving School. based in England.

Registered address: 18 cumming street ST4 7NT.

Academy of Motoring is registered with the ICO 

ICO Registration No. ZB000734

Data Protection Officer: Michael Robinson.

Email address: mike@academyofmotoring.uk

Postal address: 18 cumming street ST4 7NT.

Representative: Mike Robinson.

Email address: mike@academyofmotoring.uk

We are OR I am regulated by Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency.

2. What Does This Policy Cover?

This Privacy Policy applies to your use of Driving Tuition & Our OR My Site. Our OR My Site may contain links to other websites. Please note that we OR I have no control over how your data is collected, stored, or used by other websites and we OR I advise you to check the privacy policies of any such websites before providing any data to them.

3. What Is Personal Data?

Personal data is defined by the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 (collectively, “the Data Protection Legislation”) as ‘any information relating to an identifiable person who can be directly or indirectly identified in particular by reference to an identifier’.

Personal data is, in simpler terms, any information about you that enables you to be identified. Personal data covers obvious information such as your name and contact details, but it also covers less obvious information such as identification numbers, electronic location data, and other online identifiers.

4. What Are My Rights?

Under the Data Protection Legislation, you have the following rights, which we OR I will always work to uphold:

a) The right to be informed about our or my collection and use of your personal data. This Privacy Policy should tell you everything you need to know, but you can always contact us OR me to find out more or to ask any questions using the details in Part 10.

b) The right to access the personal data we OR I hold about you. Part 9 will tell you how to do this.

c) The right to have your personal data rectified if any of your personal data held by usOR me is inaccurate or incomplete. Please contact us OR me using the details in Part 10 to find out more.

d) The right to be forgotten, i.e., the right to ask us OR me to delete or otherwise dispose of any of your personal data that we OR I hold. Please contact usOR me using the details in Part 10 to find out more.

e) The right to restrict (i.e., prevent) the processing of your personal data.

f) The right to object to us OR me using your personal data for a particular purpose or purposes.

g) The right to withdraw consent. This means that, if we are OR I am relying on your consent as the legal basis for using your personal data, you are free to withdraw that consent at any time.

h) The right to data portability. This means that, if you have provided personal data to usOR me directly, we are OR I am using it with your consent or for the performance of a contract, and that data is processed using automated means, you can ask us OR me for a copy of that personal data to re-use with another service or business in many cases.

i) Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling. We OR I do not use your personal data in this way.

For more information about our OR my use of your personal data or exercising your rights as outlined above, please contact us OR me using the details provided in Part 10.

It is important that your personal data is kept accurate and up to date. If any of the personal data weOR I hold about you changes, please keep us OR me informed as long as weOR I have that data.

Further information about your rights can also be obtained from the Information Commissioner’s Office or your local Citizens Advice Bureau.

If you have any cause for complaint about our OR my use of your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office. We OR I would welcome the opportunity to resolve your concerns ourselves OR myself, however, so please contact us OR me first, using the details in Part 10.

5. What Personal Data Do You Collect and How?

Subject to the following, Our Site collects certain information automatically, including your IP address, the type of browser you are using, and certain other non-personal data about your computer or device such as your operating system type or version, and display resolution. we also use cookies.

Cookies

To make this website function properly, we sometimes place small data files called  cookies on your device. Most websites do this too.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your device when you visit that site.it enables the website to remember your actions & preferences (such as login,  language, fount size, display preference ) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you return back to the site or browse from one page to another.

How we use cookies on this site 

Cookies Script – This is a strictly necessary cookie to comply with GDPR and is produced by our website when you first visit the site. This cookie is not used for any other purpose than to remember whether you have accepted our cookie policy. If you do not agree or click disagree to the use of cookies, it will remember your preference and disable all other cookies.

Google Analytics – This third-party cookie is only activated if you accept our Cookies Policy and is controlled by Google. This cookie is not used for any other purpose than to enable the collection of anonymous data from visitors to our website, which helps to build a picture of the parts of the website that are the most important. Using this information, we can design our website with easier navigation and more information on the most viewed pages to provide a better experience. Google Analytics will not collect any anonymous website usage data unless you agree to our Cookie Policy.

Facebook – We use a Facebook applet to display our Facebook feed on the homepage. All information is stored on Facebook’s servers and is governed by their privacy policy.

How to control cookies

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish.

For details, see www.aboutcookies.org  You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site, and some services and functionalities may not work.

Our website contains links to other websites. This privacy policy only applies to this website so when you link to other websites you should read their own privacy policies.

If you send us an email, we may collect your name, your email address, and any other information which you choose to give us. When taking lessons, we ask you for name/ address/ phone numbers for the use of Progress charts & booking lessons/ communication.  For the purposes of the Data Protection Legislation, we are OR I am the data controller responsible for such personal data.

The lawful basis under the Data Protection Legislation that allows us OR me to use such information is article 6(1)(f) of the UK GDPR which allows us OR me to process personal data when it is necessary for the purposes of our OR my legitimate interests, in this case, the proper operation and functionality of Our OR My Site. If you contact us OR me as described above, you will be required to consent to our OR my use of your personal data to contact you. In this case, our OR my lawful basis for using your personal data will be article 6(1)(a) of the UK GDPR, which allows usOR me to use your personal data with your consent for a particular purpose or purposes.

6. How Do You Use My Personal Data?

Where we collect any personal data, it will be processed and stored securely, for no longer than is necessary in light of the reason(s) for which it was first collected. We will comply with our obligations and safeguard your rights under the Data Protection Legislation at all times. For more details on security see Part 7, below.

As stated above, we do not generally collect any personal data directly from you, unless for the purpose of recording progress of actual driving lessons. or communication for actual driving lessons. but if you contact us and we obtain your personal details from your email, we may use them to respond to your email. The other technical data referred to above is necessary for the technical operation of Our Site or driving school. and will not normally be used in any way to personally identify you. By browsing, registering, emailing or taking lessons, you consent to the collection , use and transfer of your / some of your information under the terms of this policy. WE or I will not misuse your data in a way that identifies you without your permission.

Any and all emails containing your personal data will be deleted no later than two working weeks after the enquiry has been made. and no other personal data will be retained for any longer than is necessary. we delete or destroy ALL information of ex-clients.

We will not share any of your personal data with any third parties for any purposes [other than storage on an email and/or web hosting server].

7. How and Where Do You Store My Data?

WE or I only store your current personal data OR store some of your personal data (we delete or destroy ALL information of ex-clients) which is protected by biometric/password protected security. or coded progress records kept at our secured registered address. This means that it will be fully protected under the Data Protection Legislation.

Academy of motoring web site is hosted by www.godaddy.comthat allows us to advertise our services to you. They store any/some of your data on secure servers behind a secure security firewall.

Their DATA PROCESSING ADDENDUM 

https://www.godaddy.com/legal/agreements/data-processing-addendum

www.godaddy.com

may store some of your personal data within the European Economic Area (the “EEA”). The EEA consists of all EU member states, plus Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. This means that your personal data will be fully protected under the EU GDPR and/or to equivalent standards by law. Transfers of personal data to the EEA from the UK are permitted without additional safeguards.

www.godaddy.com

may store some or all of your personal data in countries outside of the UK. These are known as “third countries”. www.godaddy.com should take additional steps in order to ensure that your personal data is treated just as safely and securely as it would be within the UK and under the Data Protection Legislation as follows:

www.godaddy.comshould ensure that your personal data is protected under binding corporate rules. Binding corporate rules are a set of common rules which all our group companies are required to follow when processing personal data. For further information, please refer to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

OR

www.godaddy.comshould only store or transfer personal data in or to countries that are deemed to provide an adequate level of protection for personal data. For further information about adequacy decisions and adequacy regulations, please refer to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

OR

www.godaddy.comshould use specific approved contracts which ensure the same levels of personal data protection that apply under the Data Protection Legislation. For further information, please refer to the Information Commissioner’s Office.

Please contact www.godaddy.comusing the details below in Part 10 for further information about the particular data protection safeguards used by them when transferring your personal data to a third country.

Personal data security is essential to us, and to protect personal data, we take the following measures:

· limiting access to your personal data to other third parties with a legitimate need to know and ensuring that they are subject to duties of confidentiality;

· procedures for dealing with data breaches (the accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorised disclosure of, or access to, your personal data) including notifying you and/or the Information Commissioner’s Office where we are legally required to do so;

· All current student data is protected by biometric/password protected security or coded progress records kept at a secured location. we delete or destroy ALL information of ex-clients.

8. Do You Share My Personal Data?

We will not share any of your personal data with any third parties for any purposes, subject to the following exceptions.

Booking a driving test / theory test on your behalf.

In some limited circumstances, we may be legally required to share certain personal data, which might include yours, if we are involved in legal proceedings or complying with legal obligations, a court order, or the instructions of a government authority.

9. How Can I Access My Personal Data?

If you want to know what personal data, WE or I or www.godaddy.com have about you, you can ask US/ THEM for details of that personal data and for a copy of it (where any such personal data is held). This is known as a “subject access request”.

All subject access requests should be made in writing and sent to the email shown in Part 10.

There is not normally any charge for a subject access request. If your request is ‘manifestly unfounded or excessive’ (for example, if you make repetitive requests) a fee may be charged to cover our administrative costs in responding.

We will respond to your subject access request within two working weeks. and, in any case, not more than one month of receiving it. Normally, we aim to provide a complete response, including a copy of your personal data within that time. In some cases, however, particularly if your request is more complex, more time may be required up to a maximum of three months from the date we receive your request. You will be kept fully informed of our progress.

10. How Do I Contact You?

To contact us about anything to do with your personal data and data protection, including to make a subject access request, please use the following details (for the attention of Mike Robinson):

Email address: mike@academyofmotoring.uk

11. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may change this Privacy Notice from time to time. This may be necessary, for example, if the law changes, or if we change our business in a way that affects personal data protection.

Any changes will be immediately posted on Our Site and you will be deemed to have accepted the terms of the Privacy Policy on your first use of Our Site following the alterations. We recommend that you check this page regularly to keep up to date. This Privacy Policy was last updated on 1/3/2021.