Privacy policy

This privacy policy applies between you, the User of this Website, and MOT Consultant, the owner and provider of this Website. MOT Consultant takes the privacy of your information very seriously. This privacy policy applies to our use of any and all Data collected by us or provided by you in relation to your use of the Website. Please read this privacy policy carefully.

Last updated: 11 August 2026.

Definitions and interpretation

1. In this privacy policy, the following definitions are used:

• Data: collectively all information that you submit to MOT Consultant via the Website. This definition incorporates, where applicable, the definitions provided in the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018;
• Cookies: a small text file placed on your computer or device by this Website when you visit certain parts of the Website and/or when you use certain features of the Website. Details of the cookies used by this Website are set out in the clause below (Cookies);
• UK and EU Cookie Law: the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) Regulations 2003 as amended by the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011;
• User or you: any third party that accesses the Website and is not either (i) employed by MOT Consultant and acting in the course of their employment or (ii) engaged as a consultant or otherwise providing services to MOT Consultant and accessing the Website in connection with the provision of such services; and
• Website: the website that you are currently using, https://motconsultant.uk, and any sub-domains of this site unless expressly excluded by their own terms and conditions.

2. In this privacy policy, unless the context requires a different interpretation:

• a. the singular includes the plural and vice versa;
• b. references to sub-clauses, clauses, schedules or appendices are to sub-clauses, clauses, schedules or appendices of this privacy policy;
• c. a reference to a person includes firms, companies, government entities, trusts and partnerships;
• d. "including" is understood to mean "including without limitation";
• e. reference to any statutory provision includes any modification or amendment of it;
• f. the headings and sub-headings do not form part of this privacy policy.

Scope of this privacy policy

3. This privacy policy applies only to the actions of MOT Consultant and Users with respect to this Website. It does not extend to any websites that can be accessed from this Website including, but not limited to, any links we may provide to social media websites.

This privacy policy covers your use of the Website only. Our premium-rate telephone helplines are governed by their own terms, published in full at Appendix A (MOT Manager Compliance Helpdesk) and Appendix B (MOT Testers Helpdesk). Calls to those numbers are billed and recorded by your network operator under their own terms.

Data collected

4. We may collect the following Data, which includes personal Data, from you:

• a. Name;
• b. Contact information such as email addresses and telephone numbers;
• c. The content of any enquiry or message you send us;
• d. IP address (automatically collected);
• e. Web browser type and version (automatically collected);
• f. Operating system (automatically collected);
• g. A list of URLs starting with a referring site, your activity on this Website, and the site you exit to (automatically collected),

in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.

We do not take payments through this Website and we do not collect card or bank details from you via this Website.

5. We collect the above information to contact you in relation to the enquiry you submitted, and we store this information securely for internal record keeping. At any time you can request details of the personal information we hold about you, and/or request that the information is removed from our servers. If you would like a copy of the information held about you, please email info@motconsultant.uk.

Cookies

Cookies are small text files which are transferred from our Website and stored on your device. This Website does not use advertising, analytics or tracking cookies. Only cookies strictly necessary for the Website to function may be set — for example, if you log in to the site as an administrator, or where our contact form needs to validate a submission. No cookies are set for ordinary visitors browsing the Website.

You can set your browser to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. Some parts of the Website may not function correctly if you disable cookies.

Our use of Data

6. MTTA Enterprises Limited is the "data controller" for the Data collected through this Website.

7. We will retain any Data you submit until you instruct us to delete it.

8. Unless we are obliged or permitted by law to do so, and subject to any third party disclosures specifically set out in this policy, your Data will not be disclosed to third parties. This includes our affiliates and/or other companies within our group.

9. All personal Data is stored securely in accordance with the principles of the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. For more details on security see the clause below (Security).

10. Any or all of the above Data may be required by us from time to time in order to provide you with the best possible service and experience when using our Website. Specifically, Data may be used by us for the following reasons:

• a. internal record keeping;
• b. improvement of our products and services;
• c. transmission by email of promotional material that may be of interest to you, where you have consented to receive it;
• d. contact for market research purposes, which may be done using email, telephone or post. Such information may be used to customise or update the Website,

in each case, in accordance with this privacy policy.

Third party websites and services

11. MOT Consultant may, from time to time, employ the services of other parties for dealing with matters that may include, but are not limited to, website hosting, email delivery, search engine facilities, advertising and marketing. The providers of such services do not have access to certain personal Data provided by Users of this Website.

12. We will not share your personal Data with any other organisations for marketing, market research, or commercial purposes, and we do not pass your details on to third party websites.

Links to other websites

13. This Website may, from time to time, provide links to other websites. We have no control over such websites and are not responsible for the content of these websites. This privacy policy does not extend to your use of such websites. You are advised to read the privacy policy or statement of other websites prior to using them.

Changes of business ownership and control

14. MOT Consultant may, from time to time, expand or reduce our business and this may involve the sale and/or transfer of control of all or part of MOT Consultant. Data provided by Users will, where it is relevant to any part of our business so transferred, be transferred along with that part, and the new owner or newly controlling party will, under the terms of this privacy policy, be permitted to use the Data for the purposes for which it was originally supplied to us.

15. We may also disclose Data to a prospective purchaser of our business or any part of it.

16. In the above instance, we will take steps with the aim of ensuring your privacy is protected.

Controlling use of your Data

17. Wherever you are required to submit Data, you will be given options to restrict our use of that Data. This may include the following:

• a. use of Data for direct marketing purposes; and
• b. sharing Data with third parties.

Your rights

Under the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 you have the right to be informed about how your Data is used, to request a copy of the Data we hold about you, to have inaccurate Data corrected, to request erasure of your Data, to restrict or object to our processing of it, and to data portability. To exercise any of these rights, email info@motconsultant.uk.

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your Data, you have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113.

Security

18. We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.

19. Sending information over the internet is, generally, not completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of your Data while it is in transit. Any Data you send is at your own risk.

Data controller details

MTTA Enterprises Limited, trading as MOT Consultant.

Registered in England and Wales, company number 12647252.

Registered address: No. 3 Manor Close, Isham, Kettering NN14 1HJ.

Email: info@motconsultant.uk