1st Choice Driving School is committed to protecting your privacy and maintaining the security of any personal data 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 what personal data we collect and how we may use it.

When we receive an enquiry or booking, we will normally ask for the following details, name, address, postcode, phone number and an email address.

We will retain your personal data for a length of time dependant on the nature of the training and booking made with us, this is as follows:

Driving lessons, Off Road Young Driver lessons, ADI and Taxi training, personal data will be held till completion of all training booked. Any enquiries made regarding the above training will be held for three months.

• For enquiries and bookings regarding Driving Instructor training and to Become a Driving Instructor with 1st Choice Driving School (Franchisee), we will hold your personal data for minimum of three months to completion of our relationship.

Personal data that we collect from you will only be shared with the following third parties and only for the purpose(s) described below:

• PayPal - Payment Card Processing
• Square Payment System - (Credit/Debit Card Processing)
• 1st Choice Franchisee system - Instructor only access.

We follow strict security procedures in the storage and disclosure of personal data which you have given us, to prevent unauthorised access in accordance with the UK data protection legislation. We do not collect sensitive data about you except when you specifically knowingly provide it. In order to maintain the accuracy of our database, you can check, update or remove your personal details by emailing us at: info@1stchoicesom.com or by calling 0333 5776661.

We use a technology called “cookies” as part of a normal business procedure to track patterns of behaviour of visitors to our site. A cookie is an element of data that our website sends to your browser which is then stored on your system. You can set your browser to prevent this happening. Any information collected in this way can be used to identify you unless you change your browser settings.

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please contact us via email: info@1stchoicesom.com or by calling 0333 5776661.

1ST Choice S.O.M. (Leeds) Ltd.