Privacy policy

Last updated: 24 September 2026

Who controls your data

The data controller for the personal data described here trades as UK Vehicle Audit and can be reached at support@ukvehicleaudit.co.uk.

What we collect

To run the service we store: your email address and name when you create an account; the registrations you check and the reports produced; and records of your payments (handled by Stripe; we never see your card number). We also keep ordinary server logs for security.

What we use it for

Providing your reports, taking payment, sending the emails you'd expect (receipts, password resets, your reports), and keeping the service secure. We don't sell your data, and we don't send marketing you haven't asked for.

Vehicle data

Vehicle history data comes from third-party providers and relates to the vehicle, not to any person. Checks are anonymous: the registered keeper is not told a check has taken place.

Cookies

We use one first-party session cookie to keep you signed in, and your browser's local storage to remember your light/dark theme choice and the boxes you tick on a report's viewing checklist. Those ticks stay on your device and are never sent to us. There is no advertising pixel, no tag manager and no third-party tracking script anywhere on this site, so no other company sees which pages you read.

Why we are allowed to hold it

UK GDPR asks us to name a lawful basis for each purpose, so here they are. Creating your account, running the checks you pay for and emailing you the results are all performance of a contract with you. Keeping payment records is a legal obligation under tax and payment rules. Keeping the service secure and preventing abuse are our legitimate interests in running a viable business.

Keeping and deleting data

Reports stay in your account so you can return to them, and we keep them for as long as the account is open. Payment records are kept for seven years because tax rules require it. Server logs are kept for ninety days. If you'd like your account and its data deleted, email us from the account's address and we'll remove it, keeping only those payment records we are obliged to retain.

Your rights

Under UK GDPR you can ask for a copy of your data, ask us to correct it, ask us to delete it, ask us to restrict what we do with it, object to processing we do on the basis of legitimate interests, and ask for your data in a portable form. Contact support@ukvehicleaudit.co.uk for any of these and we'll respond within a month.

If you think we have handled your data badly, please tell us first so we can fix it. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office, the UK regulator, at ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint or on 0303 123 1113.