This Privacy Policy was last updated on 2nd May 2024
Should you wish to contact us in relation to data protection, you can find our up-to-date contact information on our web site or email us at contact@caronthedrive.com.
If you believe we store or process information about you, you can e-mail us to request a copy of this information and/or information about how we use this information. We will then take steps to verify your identity, before responding to your request. There is no fee payable for this service. If we do hold information about you, and you find it to be inaccurate, you may provide accurate information and ask us to correct this. You may also request that we erase data that we hold about you, or request that we refrain from processing it in a particular way, which, after verifying your identity, we will comply with where there isn’t an overriding legal reason for us to continue to store or process your data in this way.
If you have any reason for complaint in regard to how we handle personal data please contact us immediately.
1. Who is responsible for managing my information?
Car On The Drive and all other websites and offline material produced in relation to it are owned and maintained by:
Car On The Drive
contact@caronthedrive.com
(“we” or “us”)
This is our privacy policy. It explains how we use, collect, protect, and share your personal data. We are responsible for the collection and proper management of any personal information you submit. We will keep your personal details secure and use the information you provide consistently with applicable privacy and data protection laws and the terms of this privacy notice.
2. What information do we collect?
If you choose to make a booking through us or make enquiries about a potential booking, we will collect details that you provide in relation to that booking or enquiry. Information held is likely to include your name, contact details, payment details, information about people travelling with you, information about your booking and any additional information we may need to help meet your specific requirements.
We also collect website usage information using cookies and user session tracking to optimize user experience on our site. For further information about cookies and how we use them please see our Cookie Policy.
3. How do we use your information?
The information you provide may be used in several ways, for example:
- to enable us to complete your booking (if you are booking a vehicle);
- for statistical purposes when we evaluate our range of services;
- to personalize repeat visits to our website;
- to tell you about other products and services we think may be of interest to you (see below);
- to manage customer service queries; and
- to help us to provide details or information you may have requested.
4. On what legal basis will we process your information?
We will always process your personal information on lawful grounds and in particular on the grounds set out below:-
Performance of a Contract
If you make a booking through us, we will use the details that you give to provide that booking to you. This information is likely to include your name, contact details, payment details, information about people travelling with you, information about your booking and any additional information we may need to help meet your specific requirements.
If you do not provide us with the information set out in this paragraph, then we may not be able to provide the booking or rental services.
Legitimate Interest
We may use your name and email contact details you have given us to tell you about our own products and services which we think may be of interest to you. You can ask us to stop doing so at any time by emailing us at the above address.
We may use some of your personal information for statistical purposes when we evaluate our range of services.
We may share your email address with Bing, Facebook, Google or other web-based advertising platforms (“Platforms”), who act as data processors for them to use on our behalf in connection with the creation of marketing and promotion for us. This may include the Platforms using socio-demographic information about you to identify other people like you, with similar interests to present our marketing to. This socio-demographic information is not used for any other purpose nor shared with any other party. No information about other individuals identified from these Platforms is shared with us at any time.
The Platforms may also use your personal data to serve targeted advertising/content to you via their Platform. You can control what advertisements you receive via the privacy settings on the relevant platform.
We may also share your contact details with our third party review sites(s) who may contact you to ask for your comments on the services that have been provided.
The above are done on the basis that they are in the legitimate interest of our company.
Consent
We may ask your consent to use your name, SMS, phone number(s) and postal address to tell you about our own products and services which we think may be of interest to you.
We may also ask your consent to share your name and contact details with selected third parties’ companies so that they can tell you about their products and services.
If you agree, we may also pass on your information, in certain cases, for the purposes of conducting a credit check.
You can withdraw your consent at any time.
Legal Obligation
We may also disclose your personal data without your permission to the extent that we are required to do so by law or regulation.
5. Who will you share my information with?
We may share your information with:
- other sections of Car On The Drive and their service providers (see also section 7 below);
- owners of or agents for vehicle rental services (if you are making a vehicle booking);
- credit/debit card companies;
- our preferred insurance provider(s) (if you purchase vehicle insurance); and
- other third parties who we may need to work with to deliver services or fulfil travel plans on your behalf, for example, car hire companies and other suppliers;
- Platforms as set out in ‘4’ above;
- Other third parties with your consent as set out above.
We may also disclose your personal data without your permission in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings, and in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights.
6. How do you manage my information?
We may from time to time appoint third-party service providers to help us manage efficient systems within the business. Some of these systems may for operational reasons be located in countries overseas as well as the USA.
We will only transfer your information to service providers who help manage our systems, or overseas, where we are satisfied that this is lawful and that adequate levels of protection are in place to protect the integrity and security of any information being processed and compliance with applicable privacy laws.
7. Updating Your Details?
If you would like to change any of your preferences relating to the way in which we may use your information for direct marketing, then please send an email to contact@caronthedrive.com.
8. How long will we hold your information for?
We have a system of retention periods in place to ensure that your information is only stored whilst it is required for the relevant purposes or to meet legal requirements. Where your information is no longer required, we will ensure it is disposed of or deleted in a secure manner.
9. Your rights
You have the right to ask us at any time:
- to confirm whether we hold any of your personal data.
- to send you a copy of any personal data that we hold about you.
- to correct any inaccuracies in your personal data and to add relevant details where the personal data we hold is incomplete.
- to delete (to the extent possible) any of your personal data, where we are required by law to do so.
- to stop processing your personal data, where we are required by law to do so.
- to let you have a portable copy of the personal data we hold about you, where we are required by law to do so.
- to stop processing any of your personal data that we process on the basis of our legitimate interests; and
- to stop sending you marketing material. However please note that we may continue to send you service related (i.e. non-marketing) communications, such as email updates
Where we have reached a decision that affects you by processing your personal data automatically then you have the right to speak to someone to discuss that decision.
Where we process your personal data on the basis that you have given us your consent to do so then you may contact us at any time to withdraw your consent
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, or wish to object to our use of your personal information, please write to us at the address given below.
Data Protection Co-Ordinator, Car On The Drive , contact@caronthedrive.com
10. Does the notice apply to linked websites?
Our websites may contain links to other websites. This privacy notice only applies to this website so when you click links to other websites you should read their own privacy notices.
11. When do you monitor telephone calls?
We may from time to time record telephone calls you have with our staff for training purposes and to improve the quality of our service.
12. How do we update this privacy notice?
We keep our privacy notice under regular review and we will place any updates on our webpage.
14. Who can I contact if I have queries about this privacy notice?
You can also contact us directly if you have any questions about our privacy notice or information we hold about you.
Please email us at: contact@caronthedrive.com