Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Dryvyn. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

2. The Data We Collect About You

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you:

Identity Data: username, name or similar identifier
Contact Data: email address
Profile Data: username, profile photo, bio, preferences
Vehicle Data: car information including make, model, registration numbers (VRM), photos, ownership history
Content Data: history entries, documents, photos you upload
Technical Data: IP address, browser type, time zone settings
Usage Data: information about how you use our website

3. How We Use Your Personal Data

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data:

To register you as a new user
To provide you with our car portfolio services
To manage your account and profile
To enable you to showcase your car collection
To facilitate car ownership transfers and claims
To send you service reminders (MOT, insurance, service dates)
To respond to contact form submissions
To improve our website and services

4. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. Your password is stored using secure hashing algorithms and we use HTTPS encryption for data transmission.

5. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for. When you delete your account, your personal data will be permanently removed from our systems, subject to any legal obligations to retain certain information.

6. Your Legal Rights

Under UK data protection laws, you have rights including:

Right to access: Request access to your personal data
Right to correction: Request correction of inaccurate personal data
Right to erasure: Request deletion of your personal data
Right to object: Object to processing of your personal data
Right to data portability: Request transfer of your personal data
Right to withdraw consent: Withdraw consent at any time

7. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services for:

Cloud Storage: For storing uploaded images and documents
Email Services: For sending notifications (if enabled)
Payment Processing: For handling transactions (if applicable)

These third parties will only process your personal data on our instructions and are subject to a duty of confidentiality.

8. Public Information

Please be aware that any information you choose to make public on your profile or car pages (photos, descriptions, history entries) will be visible to other users and the general public. You control what information you share publicly through your privacy settings.

9. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website. We use session cookies for authentication and functionality purposes only.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our privacy practices, please contact us using our contact form.

You also have the right to make a complaint at any time to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the UK supervisory authority for data protection issues (www.ico.org.uk).