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This Cookie Policy was last updated on 26/08/2026 and applies to citizens and legal permanent residents of the United Kingdom.

1. Introduction

Our website, https://www.rateddriving.com (hereinafter: “the website”) uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience all technologies are referred to as “cookies”). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

2. What are cookies?

A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.

3. What are scripts?

A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.

4. What is a web beacon?

A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. In order to do this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.

5. Cookies

5.1 Technical or functional cookies

Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. This way, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our website and, for example, the items remain in your shopping cart until you have paid. We may place these cookies without your consent.

5.2 Statistics cookies

We use statistics cookies to optimize the website experience for our users. With these statistics cookies we get insights in the usage of our website. We ask your permission to place statistics cookies.

5.3 Marketing/Tracking cookies

Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.

5.4 Social media

On our website, we have included content from LinkedIn and Instagram to promote web pages (e.g. “like”, “pin”) or share (e.g. “tweet”) on social networks like LinkedIn and Instagram. This content is embedded with code derived from LinkedIn and Instagram and places cookies. This content might store and process certain information for personalized advertising.

LinkedIn and Instagram are located in the United States.

6. Placed cookies

Google Adsense

Statistics, Marketing

Usage

We use Google Adsense for showing advertisements.

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Google Adsense Privacy Statement.

Statistics

Name
_gcl_ls
Expiration
Function
Store and track interaction

Marketing

Name
_gcl_au
Expiration
persistent
Function
Store and track conversions
Name
google_adsense_settings
Expiration
persistent
Function
Provide ad delivery or retargeting

Google Ads

Marketing

Usage

We use Google Ads for advertising.

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Google Ads Privacy Statement.

Marketing

Name
_gcl_aw
Expiration
90 days
Function
Provide ad delivery or retargeting
Name
ads/ga-audiences
Expiration
expires immediately
Function
Store information for remarketing purposes

Stripe

Functional

Usage

We use Stripe for payment processing.

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Stripe Privacy Statement.

Functional

Name
__stripe_mid
Expiration
1 year
Function
Provide fraud prevention
Name
__stripe_sid
Expiration
30 minutes
Function
Provide fraud prevention

HubSpot

Marketing, Statistics, Preferences, Functional

Usage

We use HubSpot for marketing automation (automated email marketing).

Sharing data

For more information, please read the HubSpot Privacy Statement.

Marketing

Name
hubspotutk
Expiration
13 months
Function
Store and track a visitor’s identity
Name
__hstc
Expiration
13 months
Function
Store time of visit

Statistics

Name
__hssrc
Expiration
session
Function
Store a unique session ID

Preferences

Name
messagesUtk
Expiration
13 months
Function
Store browser details
Name
__hsmem
Expiration
1 week
Function
Store logged in users
Name
hs-messages-is-open
Expiration
30 minutes
Function
Store if a message has been shown

Functional

Name
__hssc
Expiration
30 minutes
Function
Store anonymized statistics
Name
__hs_cookie_cat_pref
Expiration
6 months
Function
Store cookie consent preferences
Name
*_key
Expiration
2 weeks
Function
Store logged in users
Name
hs_ab_test
Expiration
session
Function
Store ID’s of experiments and sessions for A/B testing
Name
__hs_do_not_track
Expiration
6 months
Function
Store ‘do not track’ signals

WPForms

Preferences

Usage

We use WPForms for webforms.

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

Preferences

Name
_wpfuuid
Expiration
11 years
Function
Store a unique user ID

Google Analytics

Statistics

Usage

We use Google Analytics for website statistics.

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Google Analytics Privacy Statement.

Statistics

Name
_gid
Expiration
1 day
Function
Store and count pageviews
Name
_ga_*
Expiration
1 year
Function
Store and count pageviews
Name
_ga
Expiration
2 years
Function
Store and count pageviews

WordPress

Functional

Usage

We use WordPress for website development.

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

Functional

Name
wp-settings-*
Expiration
persistent
Function
Store user preferences
Name
wp-settings-time-*
Expiration
1 year
Function
Store user preferences
Name
wordpress_test_cookie
Expiration
session
Function
Read if cookies can be placed
Name
wp_lang
Expiration
session
Function
Store language settings
Name
wordpress_logged_in_*
Expiration
persistent
Function
Store logged in users

Wordfence

Functional

Usage

We use Wordfence for security and fraud prevention.

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Wordfence Privacy Statement.

Functional

Name
wfwaf-authcookie*
Expiration
1 day
Function
Read to determine if the user is logged in

Google Fonts

Marketing

Usage

We use Google Fonts for display of webfonts.

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Google Fonts Privacy Statement.

Marketing

Name
Google Fonts API
Expiration
expires immediately
Function
Read user IP address

Google Maps

Marketing

Usage

We use Google Maps for maps display.

Sharing data

For more information, please read the Google Maps Privacy Statement.

Marketing

Name
Google Maps API
Expiration
expires immediately
Function
Read user IP address

YouTube

Marketing

Usage

We use YouTube for video display.

Sharing data

For more information, please read the YouTube Privacy Statement.

Marketing

Name
GPS
Expiration
session
Function
Store location data
Name
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Expiration
6 months
Function
Provide ad delivery or retargeting
Name
YSC
Expiration
session
Function
Store and track interaction
Name
PREF
Expiration
8 months
Function
Store user preferences

Complianz

Functional

Usage

We use Complianz for cookie consent management.

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties. For more information, please read the Complianz Privacy Statement.

Functional

Name
cmplz_functional
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store cookie consent preferences
Name
cmplz_statistics
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store cookie consent preferences
Name
cmplz_preferences
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store cookie consent preferences
Name
cmplz_marketing
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store cookie consent preferences
Name
cmplz_user_data
Expiration
365 days
Function
Read to determine which cookie banner to show
Name
cmplz_consented_services
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store cookie consent preferences
Name
cmplz_policy_id
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store accepted cookie policy ID
Name
cmplz_banner-status
Expiration
365 days
Function
Store if the cookie banner has been dismissed

WooCommerce

Statistics

Usage

We use WooCommerce for webshop management.

Sharing data

This data is not shared with third parties.

Statistics

Name
History.store
Expiration
Function
Store last visit

LinkedIn

Functional, Marketing, Statistics, Preferences

Usage

We use LinkedIn for display of recent social posts and/or social share buttons.

Sharing data

For more information, please read the LinkedIn Privacy Statement.

Functional

Name
sdsc
Expiration
session
Function
Provide load balancing functionality
Name
li_gc
Expiration
6 months
Function
Store cookie consent preferences
Name
BizographicsOptOut
Expiration
10 years
Function
Store privacy preferences

Marketing

Name
lms_ads
Expiration
30 days
Function
Store and track visits across websites
Name
_guid
Expiration
90 days
Function
Store and track a visitor’s identity
Name
li-oatml
Expiration
1 month
Function
Provide ad delivery or retargeting
Name
li_sugr
Expiration
90 days
Function
Store and track a visitor’s identity
Name
UserMatchHistory
Expiration
30 days
Function
Provide ad delivery or retargeting

Statistics

Name
lms_analytics
Expiration
30 days
Function
Store and track a visitor’s identity
Name
AnalyticsSyncHistory
Expiration
30 days
Function
Store and track visits across websites

Preferences

Name
li_alerts
Expiration
1 year
Function
Store if a message has been shown
Name
bcookie
Expiration
1 year
Function
Store browser details
Name
lidc
Expiration
1 day
Function
Provide load balancing functionality
Name
bscookie
Expiration
1 year
Function
Store logged in users

Miscellaneous

Purpose pending investigation

Usage

Sharing data

Sharing of data is pending investigation

Purpose pending investigation

Name
lastExternalReferrerTime
Expiration
Function
Name
fluent_board_pref
Expiration
Function
Name
rdlb_visitor
Expiration
Function
Name
lastExternalReferrer
Expiration
Function
Name
*_mode
Expiration
Function
Name
rdswapLanding
Expiration
Function
Name
rdlb_attr_v2
Expiration
Function
Name
unique_session_id
Expiration
Function
Name
wpc*
Expiration
Function
Name
rdintv_visitor
Expiration
Function
Name
rdswapSession
Expiration
Function
Name
rdswapSeen
Expiration
Function
Name
rd_booking_v9
Expiration
Function
Name
__gcl_aw
Expiration
Function
Name
rdlb_attr
Expiration
Function
Name
cookieyes-consent
Expiration
Function
Name
_fbp
Expiration
Function
Name
__gcl_au
Expiration
Function
Name
cf_*
Expiration
Function
Name
rdlb_funnel_sid
Expiration
Function
Name
rdlb_intv_board_sync_ping
Expiration
Function
Name
rdswapToken
Expiration
Function
Name
cmplz_saved_categories
Expiration
365 days
Function
Name
cmplz_saved_services
Expiration
365 days
Function
Name
cmplz_id
Expiration
365 days
Function
Name
_gat_gtag_UA_GTM_5TVKXJS_1
Expiration
Function
Name
cfEmail
Expiration
Function
Name
_gat_gtag_UA_118965717_3
Expiration
Function
Name
_gat_gtag_UA_118965717_4
Expiration
Function
Name
wpr-show-sidebar
Expiration
Function
Name
wpr-hash
Expiration
Function
Name
wistia
Expiration
Function
Name
wistia-video-progress-7seqacq2ol
Expiration
Function
Name
wistia-video-progress-fj42vucf99
Expiration
Function
Name
wistia-video-progress-z1qxl7s2zn
Expiration
Function
Name
rdintv_attr
Expiration
Function
Name
rdintv_session
Expiration
Function
Name
_hjSessionUser_2806016
Expiration
Function
Name
zps-tgr-dts
Expiration
Function
Name
zft-sdc
Expiration
Function
Name
wb-p-SERVER
Expiration
Function
Name
zscd1be0a6731804bc58d7091e0b84336c9
Expiration
Function
Name
_hjSession_2806016
Expiration
Function
Name
rdlb_order_v1
Expiration
Function
Name
rdlb_fx
Expiration
Function
Name
rdlb_c_saved_v1
Expiration
Function
Name
rdlb_c_state_v1
Expiration
Function
Name
rdlb_c_pc_consumed
Expiration
Function
Name
rdlb_cohort_v1
Expiration
Function
Name
persist:hs-beacon-44cc73fb-7636-4206-b115-c7b33823551b
Expiration
Function
Name
topicsLastReferenceTime
Expiration
Function
Name
0202e193bc23b3e3cdf6a259f04f9c2a
Expiration
Function
Name
loglevel
Expiration
Function
Name
persist:hs-beacon-message-44cc73fb-7636-4206-b115-c7b33823551b
Expiration
Function
Name
6cb1f90cba489c85caa3c2ee6ebd0ccc
Expiration
Function
Name
wistia-video-progress-j042jylrre
Expiration
Function
Name
__EXT_APP_REFRESH_BLACK_SUB_DOMAINS__
Expiration
Function
Name
97c3130ad8086050ea4a1ab2ff3a9d25
Expiration
Function
Name
ee39232f299f5f2111af5a60d5d10fd1
Expiration
Function
Name
_gat_gtag_UA_132811687_1
Expiration
Function
Name
_gat_UA-209197342-1
Expiration
Function
Name
__coupert_perf_last_report
Expiration
Function
Name
wpstg_faq_collapsed
Expiration
Function
Name
wpstg_whats_new_seen_version
Expiration
Function
Name
jobIdBeingProcessed
Expiration
Function

7. Consent

When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on “Save preferences”, you consent to us using the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.

7.1 Manage your consent settings

You have loaded the Cookie Policy without javascript support. On AMP, you can use the manage consent button on the bottom of the page.

8. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies

You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change the settings of your internet browser so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the Help section of your browser.

Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled. If you do delete the cookies in your browser, they will be placed again after your consent when you visit our website again.

9. Your rights with respect to personal data

You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:

  • You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained for.
  • Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data that is known to us.
  • Right to rectification: you have the right to supplement, correct, have deleted or blocked your personal data whenever you wish.
  • If you give us your consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and to have your personal data deleted.
  • Right to transfer your data: you have the right to request all your personal data from the controller and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
  • Right to object: you may object to the processing of your data. We comply with this, unless there are justified grounds for processing.

To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to submit a complaint to the supervisory authority (the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)).

10. Contact details

For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact us by using the following contact details:

Rated Driving Instructors Ltd
73 Florence Road, Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom, ME16 8EL
United Kingdom
Website: https://www.rateddriving.com
Email: support@ex.comrateddriving.com
Phone number: 0330 0439896

This Cookie Policy was synchronised with cookiedatabase.org on 28/10/2026.

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