How VDrive Private Hire uses cookies and similar technologies on our website, in line with UK PECR and ICO guidance.
Last updated: April 2026 · This policy is reviewed regularly. We recommend you have your own legal adviser review it before relying on it.
Quick summary. We use a very small number of cookies and browser-storage keys, mainly to keep you logged in and remember whether you have dismissed our help prompt. We do not currently use advertising or tracking cookies. We comply with the UK Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations (PECR) and ICO guidance on cookies.
Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website. There are also a few related technologies we should mention:
The ICO splits cookies into four categories:
| Name | Type | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
session |
Cookie | Strictly necessary | Keeps you logged in and protects your session against tampering (CSRF/Flask session) | Session (cleared when browser closes) |
helpWidgetSeen |
Local storage | Functional | Remembers whether you have dismissed the on-screen help widget | Persistent until cleared |
cookieConsent (if/when introduced) |
Cookie | Strictly necessary | Remembers your cookie-consent choice | 12 months |
| Analytics cookies | Cookie | Performance & analytics | Only loaded if you opt in (we do not currently use Google Analytics) | Up to 26 months |
| Stripe Checkout cookies (set on stripe.com / checkout.stripe.com) | Cookie | Strictly necessary | Set by our payment processor Stripe when you pay the online vehicle-reservation fee. Used to maintain the secure checkout session and to detect and prevent payment fraud. See Stripe's cookie notice | Session and up to 1 year (set by Stripe) |
To be clear: we do not use third-party advertising cookies, behavioural advertising trackers, social-media tracking pixels (Meta/Facebook Pixel, TikTok Pixel, etc.), or cross-site tracking. We do not sell or share cookie data with advertising networks.
Some pages may include content from third-party services that can set their own cookies (for example, embedded maps, embedded videos, or social-media share buttons). Where we add such services in future, they will only load with your consent and we will list them here. The third party's own privacy and cookie notice will apply to those cookies.
You can control and delete cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers let you view stored cookies, delete them, block them from specific sites, or block them entirely. Quick links:
Please note: if you block strictly-necessary cookies, parts of the website (notably login) will stop working. General guidance is at aboutcookies.org and allaboutcookies.org.
Some browsers send a "Do Not Track" (DNT) signal. There is no industry consensus on how to respond to DNT, but because we do not use advertising or cross-site tracking cookies in the first place, your browsing on our site is not used for behavioural profiling whether DNT is on or off.
Strictly necessary cookies are placed on the lawful basis of legitimate interests under UK GDPR and Regulation 6(4) of PECR (no consent required). All other cookies are placed only with your consent, where applicable, in line with PECR and ICO guidance on cookies.
We may update this Cookie Policy when our use of cookies changes or when guidance from the ICO is updated. Material changes (such as introducing analytics or third-party cookies) will be notified on the website and, where appropriate, in your account.
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, contact:
VDrive Private Hire (Company No. 17177362, registered in England & Wales)
Trading address: 78 Mill Street, Mill Lane, Kidderminster, DY11 6XJ
Registered office: Paymal House, Stepney Way, London, United Kingdom, E1 3HR
Email: admin@vdrive.uk · Phone: 07777964171