Privacy policy

Driving School Compare ("drivingschoolcompare.co.uk") is a directory that lists driving instructors and schools, intensive driving course providers and motorcycle training academies across the UK, helping learners compare options and read reviews before booking lessons. This notice sets out, in the sections below, how personal data is handled on the site.

1. Who is responsible This website is operated as drivingschoolcompare.co.uk. For any privacy-related query, write to [email protected] and we will get back to you.

2. Where our listings come from Details of driving schools, instructors and training providers - including names, locations and customer reviews - are drawn from publicly available Google Maps data, which we update from time to time. A driving school that wants its entry corrected or taken down can request this by email at any time, and we aim to deal with such requests promptly.

3. Data your browser sends us No sign-up or personal information is required to use the directory. Your browser does, however, automatically pass on routine technical information whenever you load a page - things like your IP address, browser type and which pages were viewed - and this is stored in our server logs. These logs help us keep the site secure and working properly; we do not use them to build profiles of individual visitors.

4. Cookies and advertising partners We may use cookies on this site for analytics purposes and to display advertising. Advertising partners we work with, Google among them, can use cookies to serve ads based on your interests, drawing on your activity both on this site and elsewhere online. To manage or turn off this kind of interest-based advertising, visit myadcenter.google.com; you can also control cookies through your browser settings.

5. Your data protection rights Under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, you have the right to access what data we hold about you, to have it corrected or erased, and to object to how it's processed, among other rights. A simple email to the address above is enough to start any of these requests, and we will confirm receipt and respond within a reasonable time. Should you feel a request hasn't been handled properly, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK's data protection regulator, via ico.org.uk.

6. Links to third parties Our pages link through to individual driving schools' own websites and to Google Maps. Once you click through, the privacy practices of those third-party sites are outside our control and this policy no longer applies.

Any questions about this policy should be sent to [email protected].