Privacy Statement

Be Prepared Driving School is committed to protecting your privacy and maintaining the security of any personal information received from you. We strictly adhere to the requirements of the data protection legislation in the UK. The purpose of this statement is to explain to you what personal information we collect and how we may use it.

1. We only collect personal information that you provide voluntarily, such as when you use our contact form or make an enquiry over the phone, email or text. This may include the following information: your name, address, postcode, phone number, email address & preferred method of communication. This is so our driving instructor can communicate with you to arrange lessons and for the purpose of receiving payments for our services. We may also receive bank details shown on any payment made for our services through BACS. We may also use your data to telephone you or email you in respect of the provision of our services.

2. We will collect your Driving Licence details in order to check with DVSA that you hold a valid licence for driving before commencing instruction.

3. We reserve the right to contact you using the information you have provided regarding our driving lesson offers and promotions.

4. Upon passing your driving test it is our standard practice to request a photograph which may be placed on both our website and social media pages. It is your right to refuse to have a photo taken.

5. We reserve the right to contact you using the information you have provided to send you review invitations about your experience of using Be Prepared Driving School’s services.

6. We follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of information which you have given us, to prevent unauthorised access in accordance with legislation. We do not collect sensitive information about you except when you specifically and knowingly provide it.

7. We will respect your privacy at all times. We will not disclose any of your information without your consent, unless required by law to do so.

8. Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you may provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.

9. We may share data that you post to our website or social media accounts, this would include data such as reviews. Our lawful reasons for using this data is to enable us to properly administer our business website.

10. We will only retain your information for as long as necessary and for a maximum period of 6 years. If you wish for your data to be removed or wish to withdraw consent before this time, please do this by emailing: enquiries@beprepareddrivingschool.co.uk

11. Under GDPR you have the right to access any personal information which Be Prepared Driving School holds about you. You can request information from us about:
• Any personal data which we hold about you
• Our purpose for holding the data
• To whom this data has been disclosed
• How long we will hold the data

12. If you have any queries about our privacy policy or the information we may hold about you, please contact us by email at enquiries@beprepareddrivingschool.co.uk