Legal & Privacy

Cookie Policy

This policy explains how Driving Instructors Diary uses cookies and similar technologies on our public website and software platform.

Last updated: 9 September 2026 United Kingdom
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Essential technologies may be required to keep DID secure and working. Optional technologies will only be used where an appropriate choice or consent has been provided.

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What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of information stored on your computer, phone or other device when you use a website or online service. They can help a service recognise a browser, maintain a secure session, remember a setting or perform another specific function.

Similar technologies can also store or access information on a device. References to cookies in this policy include similar storage and access technologies where appropriate.

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How Driving Instructors Diary uses cookies

Driving Instructors Diary may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the public website and the authenticated driving-school management platform.

Their purpose may include maintaining secure sessions, supporting login and account security, remembering appropriate choices, and operating features requested by the user.

If optional analytics or other non-essential technologies are introduced, they will be treated separately from technologies that are strictly necessary to provide the requested service.

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Strictly necessary cookies

Some cookies or similar technologies are necessary for security or for functionality that you request. These technologies do not require the same consent as non-essential cookies where the applicable legal exemption applies.

Category Purpose Typical duration
Session Helps maintain a user's session while navigating areas of the website or application that require session state. Usually for the browser session, subject to the application's configuration.
Authentication & security Supports secure login, account access, security controls and protection against misuse. Depends on the security function and account configuration.
Cookie preference Remembers the cookie choice you make so that we can respect that choice on later visits. For a limited period and reviewed when the consent mechanism changes.

The exact cookie names and durations used by the live service will be kept under review as the platform and hosting configuration develop.

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Optional cookies

At the date of this policy, we are not describing Google Analytics, advertising pixels or behavioural advertising cookies as active DID website technologies because they have not been confirmed as part of the live public website setup.

If we introduce non-essential technologies, we will update our cookie information and provide the choices required before using them where consent is required.

Optional means optional.

Rejecting non-essential cookies will not prevent access to the core public website or the core service merely because you declined optional tracking.

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Local storage and similar technologies

Web applications can use technologies other than traditional cookies to store or access information on a device. For example, browser storage may be used for a necessary setting or preference.

Where such technology is not exempt from the consent requirements that apply to storage or access on a user's device, it will be managed in the same way as other non-essential technologies.

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Third-party services

Some features of DID may rely on external technology providers. A third-party service can sometimes set or access cookies or similar technologies when its feature is used.

If DID introduces a third-party technology that requires cookie consent, we will identify the relevant provider and explain its purpose as part of our cookie information and consent mechanism.

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Your cookie choices

Where optional cookies are used, you will be able to accept or reject them. Optional cookies will not be treated as accepted simply because you continue browsing the website.

You will also be able to change or withdraw an optional cookie choice through the cookie controls provided on the website when those controls are active.

Strictly necessary technologies may continue to operate where they are required to provide a service you request or where another applicable exemption allows their use.

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Browser controls

Most web browsers provide controls that allow you to inspect, delete or block cookies. Blocking all cookies may affect features that depend on essential session or authentication functionality.

Browser controls are separate from any DID cookie preference controls and may behave differently between browsers and devices.

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Changes to this Cookie Policy

We may update this policy when the website, application, providers or technologies we use change. The latest version will be published here and the date at the top of the policy will be updated where appropriate.

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Contact us

If you have a question about our use of cookies or similar technologies, contact:

Driving Instructors Diary Operated by Jason Hamilton-Ramm, sole trader Moor Lane, Cranham, Essex, RM14 1EU hello@drivinginstructorsdiary.com

You can find further information about how we handle personal information in our Privacy Policy.