Privacy Policy

  1. Introduction

1.1 We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors.

1.2 This policy applies where we are acting as a data controller with respect to the personal data of such persons; in other words, where we determine the purposes and means of the processing of that personal data.

1.3 In this policy, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Drive UK Consulting Ltd. 

  1. Credit

2.1 This document was created using a template from Docular (https://seqlegal.com/free-legal-documents/privacy-policy).

  1. The personal data that we collect

3.1 In this Section 3 we have set out the general categories of personal data that we process.

3.2 We may process data enabling us to get in touch with you (“contact data“). The contact data may include your name, email address and telephone number.

3.3 We may process data about your use of our website and services (“usage data“). The usage data may include your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, referral source, length of visit, page views and website navigation paths, as well as information about the timing, frequency and pattern of your service use. The source of the usage data is Google Analytics.

  1. Purposes of processing and legal bases

4.1 In this Section 4, we have set out the purposes for which we may process personal data and the legal bases of the processing.

4.2 Operations – We may process your personal data for the purposes of providing our services and supplying our goods. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely the proper administration of our website, services and business.

4.3 Relationships and communications – We may process contact data, and/or communication data for the purposes of managing our relationships and communicating with you (excluding communicating for the purposes of direct marketing) by email and/or telephone. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely communications with our website visitors, the maintenance of relationships, and the proper administration of our website, services and business.

4.4 Direct marketing – We may process contact data for the purposes of creating, targeting and sending direct marketing communications by email, SMS and / or post and making contact by telephone for marketing-related purposes. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely promoting our business and communicating marketing messages and offers to our website visitors.

4.5 Research and analysis – We may process usage data for the purposes of researching and analysing the use of our website and services, as well as researching and analysing other interactions with our business. The legal basis for this processing is our legitimate interests, namely monitoring, supporting, improving and securing our website, services and business generally.

  1. Providing your personal data to others

5.1 Your personal data held in our website database will be stored on the servers of our hosting services providers Hype Gorilla Ltd, operated by cloudways.com

5.2 In addition to the specific disclosures of personal data set out in this Section 5, we may disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person. We may also disclose your personal data where such disclosure is necessary for the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims, whether in court proceedings or in an administrative or out-of-court procedure.

  1. Retaining and deleting personal data

6.1 This Section 6 sets out our data retention policies and procedures, which are designed to help ensure that we comply with our legal obligations in relation to the retention and deletion of personal data.

6.2 Personal data that we process for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept for longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes.

6.3 Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6, we may retain your personal data where such retention is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject, or in order to protect your vital interests or the vital interests of another natural person.

  1. Your rights

7.1 In this Section 7, we have listed the rights that you have under data protection law.

7.2 Your principal rights under data protection law are:

(a) the right to access – you can ask for copies of your personal data;

(b) the right to rectification – you can ask us to rectify inaccurate personal data and to complete incomplete personal data;

(c) the right to erasure – you can ask us to erase your personal data;

(d) the right to restrict processing – you can ask us to restrict the processing of your personal data;

(e) the right to object to processing – you can object to the processing of your personal data;

(f) the right to data portability – you can ask that we transfer your personal data to another organisation or to you;

(g) the right to complain to a supervisory authority – you can complain about our processing of your personal data; and

(h) the right to withdraw consent – to the extent that the legal basis of our processing of your personal data is consent, you can withdraw that consent.

7.3 These rights are subject to certain limitations and exceptions. You can learn more about the rights of data subjects by visiting https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protection/guide-to-the-general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr/individual-rights/.

7.4 You may exercise any of your rights in relation to your personal data by written notice to us, using the contact details set out below.

  1. About cookies

8.1 A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

  1. Cookies used by our service providers

9.1 Our service providers use cookies and those cookies may be stored on your computer when you visit our website.

9.2 We use Google Analytics. Google Analytics gathers information about the use of our website by means of cookies. The information gathered is used to create reports about the use of our website. You can find out more about Google’s use of information by visiting https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ and you can review Google’s privacy policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy

  1. Amendments

10.1 We may update this policy from time to time by publishing a new version on our website.

  1. Our details

11.1 This website is owned and operated by Drive UK Consulting Ltd.

11.2 We are registered in England and Wales under registration number 08569313 and our registered office is at Woodfield, The Hamlet, Gallowstree Common, South Oxon, RG4 9BU.

11.3 Our principal place of business is at Woodfield, The Hamlet, Gallowstree Common, South Oxon, RG4 9BU.

11.4 You can contact us:

(a) by post, to the postal address given above;

(b) using our website contact form; or

(c) by email: [email protected]