Privacy Policy

Last updated: 28 February 2026

1. Who We Are

Seb's Driving School is a sole-trader driving instruction business operated by Sebastian ("Seb"), a DVSA-approved driving instructor based in the United Kingdom.

For the purposes of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018, Seb's Driving School is the data controller for the personal data described in this policy.

Contact: hello@sebsdrivingschool.co.uk

2. What Data We Collect

When you use our website and booking system, we may collect the following personal data:

Data	When Collected	Purpose
Full name	Booking a lesson	Identify you for your lesson
Email address	Booking a lesson / contact form	Send confirmations & respond to enquiries
Phone number	Booking a lesson / contact form	Contact you about your lesson
Lesson date & time	Booking a lesson	Schedule and manage your lesson

We do not collect payment card details through this website. Payment is handled separately (e.g. cash, bank transfer, or in-person card payment).

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data on the following legal bases under UK GDPR Article 6:

• Contract performance (Art. 6(1)(b)): Processing your name, email, phone and lesson details is necessary to fulfil the driving lesson booking you have requested.
• Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)): We may use your contact details to follow up on enquiries submitted via the contact form.

4. How We Use Your Data

• To schedule and manage your driving lessons
• To send booking confirmations and reminders
• To respond to enquiries submitted via the contact form
• To contact you if a lesson needs to be rescheduled or cancelled

We will never sell, rent or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.

5. Data Sharing

We do not share your personal data with any third parties, except:

• Hosting provider: Our website and booking system are hosted on secure servers. The hosting provider may process data as a data processor on our behalf.
• Legal obligation: We may disclose data if required by law or a court order.

6. Data Retention

We keep your personal data only as long as necessary:

• Booking data: Retained for up to 12 months after your last lesson, then deleted.
• Contact form enquiries: Retained for up to 6 months, then deleted.

You may request earlier deletion at any time (see "Your Rights" below).

7. Cookies

This website uses only strictly necessary cookies that are essential for the website to function (e.g. session management). We do not use analytics, advertising, or tracking cookies.

We load fonts from Google Fonts, which may involve your browser connecting to Google's servers. No personal data is shared with Google beyond your IP address in the font request. See Google's Privacy Policy.

8. Your Rights

Under UK GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Right of access: Request a copy of the data we hold about you.
• Right to rectification: Ask us to correct inaccurate data.
• Right to erasure: Ask us to delete your data ("right to be forgotten").
• Right to restrict processing: Ask us to limit how we use your data.
• Right to data portability: Receive your data in a portable format.
• Right to object: Object to processing based on legitimate interest.

To exercise any of these rights, please email us at hello@sebsdrivingschool.co.uk. We will respond within 30 days.

9. Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we handle your personal data, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO):

• Website: ico.org.uk
• Phone: 0303 123 1113

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date.