About this policy
This policy explains how personal information may be handled when you visit BlackBoxDriver.co.uk, contact us, or follow a link to a third-party car-insurance quotation or comparison service. You can read the site without creating an account or signing in.
Who is responsible for the website
BlackBoxDriver.co.uk is maintained by Prudent Plus Limited, Booths Hall, Booths Park, Knutsford, Cheshire WA16 8GS. Prudent Plus Limited is registered in England under company number 10104295 and with the Information Commissioner's Office under reference ZB208127.
For personal information handled directly through this website, Prudent Plus Limited acts as the data controller unless another organisation is clearly identified as responsible.
Technical information generated when you visit
Our hosting, server and security systems may automatically process limited technical information when pages are requested. This can include your IP address, the date and time of a request, browser or device information, the requested page or file, referring-page information where supplied by your browser, and information used to identify errors, abuse or security threats.
This information is generally used to operate, protect and troubleshoot the website rather than to identify visitors by name.
Information you choose to send us
If you contact us by email, we may receive your email address, your name if you provide it, the contents of your message and any other information you choose to include.
Please avoid sending driving-licence copies, payment-card details, passwords, medical information or other sensitive documents unless genuinely necessary.
Why we may use personal information
- to respond to enquiries;
- to operate, maintain and secure the website;
- to investigate technical faults or attempted misuse;
- to maintain records where reasonably necessary for legal, regulatory or business purposes;
- to understand whether referral links are working correctly; and
- to comply with legal or regulatory obligations.
Legal bases for processing
Depending on the circumstances, processing may rely on legitimate interests, legal obligation, consent or contract. Legitimate interests may include operating and securing the website, responding to ordinary enquiries, preventing misuse and maintaining appropriate business records. Legal obligation applies where information must be processed to meet a statutory or regulatory requirement. Consent may apply where UK law requires it, including for certain non-essential cookies or similar technologies.
Insurance quotation and comparison links
BlackBoxDriver.co.uk may link to third-party insurance quotation or comparison services, including services provided by Seopa Ltd trading as Quotezone. When you follow one of these links, you leave BlackBoxDriver.co.uk. Information entered into the destination service is collected and handled by that organisation under its own privacy policy and terms.
We do not receive the full set of personal, vehicle or insurance information you enter into a third-party quotation form merely because you reached it from this website.
Referral and commission tracking
Insurance links may contain referral or tracking identifiers. These can allow the receiving service to recognise that a visitor arrived from BlackBoxDriver.co.uk and to account for commission if a policy is later purchased.
The information made available to us for this purpose may be limited to referral or transaction information rather than the detailed answers provided during a quotation.
Cookies and similar technologies
Cookies and similar technologies can be used to operate websites, maintain security, remember choices or measure use. Strictly necessary technologies may be used where needed for the operation or security of the website. Where a non-essential technology requires consent under UK law, it should not be activated until the appropriate consent has been obtained.
Third-party sites reached through our links may use their own cookies. Their policies apply once you visit those services.
Analytics
If analytics are used on BlackBoxDriver.co.uk, they may process information such as pages viewed, device type, browser information, general traffic sources and site usage patterns. Where an analytics technology requires prior consent under UK privacy rules, it should not operate until the required consent has been given.
Who may receive personal information
Personal information may be processed by organisations that provide necessary services to us, such as website hosting, email, security, IT support or professional advice. Information may also be disclosed where required by law, regulation, court order or a competent public authority, or where reasonably necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal rights.
We do not sell lists of website visitors' personal information to advertisers.
International transfers
Some service providers may process information outside the United Kingdom. Where UK data-protection law applies to such a transfer, appropriate safeguards should be used where required. Third-party insurance services are responsible for explaining transfers relating to information they collect directly from you.
How long information is kept
Personal information is intended to be kept only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including legal, regulatory, accounting, security or dispute-resolution requirements. Technical logs may be retained for a limited period for security and troubleshooting. Email correspondence may be retained for longer where it forms part of a business, regulatory or legal record.
Keeping information secure
Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect information against unauthorised access, loss, alteration or misuse. No website or email service can be guaranteed to be completely secure, so confidential information should not be sent by ordinary email unless necessary.
Your UK data-protection rights
Depending on the circumstances and legal basis involved, you may have rights including access, correction, erasure, restriction, objection and data portability, together with rights relating to certain solely automated decisions and profiling. These rights are not absolute and exemptions may apply.
Withdrawing consent
Where processing relies on your consent, you may withdraw that consent. Withdrawal does not make processing carried out lawfully before withdrawal unlawful.
Complaints
If you are concerned about how personal information has been handled, contact us first so we can investigate. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office, the UK's data-protection regulator.
Children
BlackBoxDriver.co.uk is aimed at people seeking information about motor insurance and is not directed at children. We do not intentionally invite children to submit personal information to us.
External websites
Our pages may link to insurers, comparison services, government websites, regulators or other third parties. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those independent websites.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when the website, the services we use, our business arrangements or applicable law changes. The current version will be published on this page.
Contact us about privacy
If you have a question about this policy or want to exercise a data-protection right, contact Prudent Plus Limited at:
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