Privacy Policy

Privacy policy of Exact Driving School in Victoria, BC.

Who we are

This privacy policy outlines our approach to handling customer information, including the reasons we collect it, how we use and protect it, and how you can reach out to us to access your information or if you have any inquiries or concerns about our privacy practices. We encourage you to carefully review this policy.

How to Contact Us and Concern Resolution

If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback regarding privacy or the management of your personal information, please feel free to contact us by phone or email through our contact page. We are dedicated to addressing any privacy-related complaints or issues swiftly and fairly and are always happy to respond to your inquiries or comments.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data provided in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string, to assist with spam detection. An anonymized string generated from your email address (known as a hash) may be shared with the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. You can view the Gravatar service privacy policy here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public alongside your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, please ensure they do not contain embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site have the ability to download and extract any location data from images uploaded to the website.

Cookies

When you leave a comment on our site, you may choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for convenience. This way, you won’t have to re-enter your details when leaving another comment. These cookies will remain for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal information and is deleted once you close your browser.

When you log in, we will set several cookies to remember your login details and display preferences. Login cookies will last for two days, and display preference cookies will last for one year. If you choose the “Remember Me” option, your login will stay active for two weeks. If you log out, the login cookies will be removed. Additionally, if you edit or publish an article, a cookie will be stored in your browser. This cookie does not contain personal data; it only tracks the post ID of the article you edited and expires after one day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may contain embedded content, such as videos, images, or articles. Embedded content from external websites functions exactly as if you were visiting the other website directly. These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking systems, and monitor your interactions with the embedded content, including tracking your actions if you have an account and are logged in to those websites.

Who we share your data with

We do not share our customers data anywhere and only use for our internal use to server our returning customers better.

How long we retain your data

When you leave a comment, both the comment and its metadata are stored indefinitely. This allows us to automatically approve any follow-up comments without needing to place them in a moderation queue. For users who register on our site (if applicable), we also store the personal information provided in their user profile. Registered users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time, though they cannot change their username. Website administrators also have access to view and edit this information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you may request the deletion of any personal data we hold about you. However, this does not apply to data we are required to retain for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.