Who We Are
Welcome to Drive Croydon – your local school for automatic driving lessons in Croydon and surrounding areas. Our website address is: http://drivecroydon.co.uk.
We are committed to protecting your privacy and being transparent about how we handle your data. Below, you’ll find detailed information on what data we collect and how it is used.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (called a hash) may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you’re using it. The Gravatar privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture may be visible publicly in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can download and extract location data from images.
Cookies
If you leave a comment, you can choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. These last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser.
When you log in, several cookies are set to save your login information and display preferences. Login cookies last for two days (or two weeks if you select “Remember Me”), and screen options cookies last for a year. Logging out removes these cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, a cookie will be saved in your browser. It includes no personal data and simply records the post ID of the edited article. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, or articles). Embedded content behaves exactly as if you had visited the other website directly.
These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interaction with the embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged in on those sites.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data
If you leave a comment, both the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely to allow automatic approval of follow-up comments.
For users who register on our website (if applicable), we store the personal information they provide in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their information at any time (except usernames). Website administrators can also access and modify that data.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request deletion of any personal data we hold, excluding data we must keep for legal, administrative, or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.