Privacy Policy
Last updated: 22 August 2026
SCARS Advanced Driving (“SCARS”, “we”, “us”, “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide to us. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect through this website, why we collect it, how it is used, and the rights you have in relation to your personal information.
Who We Are
SCARS Advanced Driving provides professional driver training, driver assessments and practical driving training for organisations and professional drivers. SCARS is based in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa, and provides services across South Africa and neighbouring African countries.
For privacy-related questions or requests, please contact SCARS using the contact details provided on this website.
Email: info@scarsad.co.za
Telephone: +27 82 346 4970
What Information We Collect
Information You Provide
When you submit an enquiry through our Request Driver Training form, we may collect:
- Full name
- Company or organisation
- Email address
- Contact number
- Industry or sector
- Training or service required
- Number of drivers or participants
- Preferred training date
- Requirements or message
The information you provide is submitted voluntarily. Fields marked as required on the enquiry form are necessary for us to process and respond to your enquiry.
We do not ask you to provide more personal information than is reasonably necessary to respond to your training enquiry.
Information Collected Automatically
When you browse this website, certain technical and usage information may be collected automatically through services such as Google Analytics and security technologies.
This may include information such as:
- IP address or other technical identifiers
- Browser and device information
- Pages visited
- Approximate location information
- Referring website or source
- Date and time of visits
- General website usage and interaction information
The information collected depends on the services enabled on the website and your consent where required.
Why We Collect Your Information
We use information submitted through our enquiry form to:
- Respond to enquiries
- Understand your organisation’s driver-training requirements
- Determine which training programme or combination of programmes may be appropriate
- Discuss training dates and participant numbers
- Provide information about SCARS driver training and assessment services
- Communicate with you regarding your enquiry
- Maintain appropriate business records
We do not use enquiry information for unrelated marketing purposes without an appropriate legal basis or consent where required.
We do not sell or rent your personal information.
Legal Basis for Processing
SCARS processes personal information in accordance with applicable privacy and data-protection laws, including the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA) where applicable.
Depending on the circumstances, information may be processed because:
- You have provided consent;
- Processing is necessary to respond to your enquiry or take steps at your request;
- Processing is necessary for legitimate business purposes; or
- Processing is required or permitted by law.
POPIA permits processing on several lawful bases, including consent, contractual necessity and legitimate interests, subject to the applicable requirements of the Act.
Where consent is used as the basis for processing, you may withdraw that consent, subject to any lawful processing that took place before withdrawal or another lawful basis for retaining or processing the information.
Where Your Information Is Stored
Information submitted through the website’s enquiry form is processed through Forminator and stored on the website’s hosting environment. Form submissions may also be delivered by email to the authorised SCARS recipient.
Access to enquiry information is limited to persons who need the information to respond to enquiries, manage the business or provide the requested services.
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against loss, unauthorised access, unlawful processing or accidental destruction, as required by applicable law. POPIA requires responsible parties to implement appropriate reasonable technical and organisational safeguards for personal information under their control.
Third-Party Services
Cloudflare Turnstile
We use Cloudflare Turnstile to protect our enquiry form against spam, automated submissions and abuse.
Turnstile performs browser-based security checks and processes information about the visitor’s browser or device environment that is necessary to determine whether a request is likely to come from a human visitor or an automated system. Cloudflare states that Turnstile does not access, store or transmit the contents of form entries or other page inputs.
Turnstile may involve processing by Cloudflare outside South Africa. Where personal information is transferred across borders, SCARS will take the steps required by applicable privacy law.
For more information, see Cloudflare’s Privacy Policy.
Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use this website and to help us improve its content, functionality and performance.
Google Analytics may collect information such as:
- Pages viewed
- Approximate location
- Device and browser information
- Website interactions
- Traffic source
- Session and usage information
Where required by applicable law, Analytics cookies and related tracking technologies will only be used after the visitor has provided the appropriate consent.
Google’s consent system allows websites to communicate whether visitors have granted or denied consent for analytics-related storage and processing.
For more information about how Google handles information, see Google’s Privacy Policy.
Google Search Console
We use Google Search Console to monitor the website’s presence and performance in Google Search.
Search Console provides information such as:
- Search impressions
- Search queries
- Search clicks
- Search positions
- Indexing information
- Technical search-related issues
This information is provided through Google’s Search Console services to website administrators and is used to monitor and improve the website’s search visibility and technical health. Google states that Search Console performance data is subject to privacy protections and does not display all search data in order to protect users.
Search Console is an administrative service and is not used by SCARS to identify individual website visitors.
Cookies
This website may use cookies and similar technologies.
Strictly Necessary and Security Technologies
Certain technologies may be necessary for the secure operation of the website and its enquiry form, including technologies associated with Cloudflare Turnstile.
These technologies are used to protect the website and forms against automated abuse and security threats.
Analytics Cookies
Google Analytics may use cookies or similar technologies to collect website usage information.
Where required by applicable law, analytics technologies will be blocked until the visitor provides the necessary consent.
Visitors may withdraw or change their consent where the website’s consent-management tools provide that functionality.
International Data Transfers
SCARS provides services across South Africa and neighbouring African countries and may use third-party technology providers whose systems operate internationally.
Some service providers used by this website, including Google and Cloudflare, may process information outside South Africa.
Where personal information is transferred outside South Africa, SCARS will take reasonable steps to ensure that the transfer and processing comply with applicable data-protection requirements.
POPIA specifically requires notice where a responsible party intends to transfer personal information to a third country or international organisation, where applicable.
How Long We Keep Your Information
We retain enquiry information only for as long as reasonably necessary to:
- Respond to and manage your enquiry;
- Provide or discuss requested services;
- Maintain appropriate business records;
- Resolve disputes; or
- Comply with legal or regulatory requirements.
Personal information should not be retained for longer than necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, subject to applicable legal exceptions.
Your Rights
Depending on the applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:
- Ask whether we hold personal information about you;
- Request access to personal information we hold about you;
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
- Request deletion of information where applicable;
- Object to certain processing;
- Withdraw consent where consent is the legal basis for processing;
- Request restriction of processing in applicable circumstances; and
- Lodge a complaint with the relevant data-protection authority.
POPIA provides data subjects with rights relating to access, correction and deletion of personal information, as well as rights to object to certain processing.
To make a privacy request, contact SCARS using the contact details below.
Children's Privacy
This website and SCARS’ services are primarily intended for organisations, businesses and professional drivers.
The website is not directed at children, and SCARS does not knowingly collect personal information from children through this website.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our services, website functionality, technology or applicable privacy requirements.
The Last updated date at the beginning of this policy will indicate when the policy was most recently revised.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, the information we hold about you, or how your personal information is processed, please contact SCARS Advanced Driving.
SCARS Advanced Driving
Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Email: info@scarsad.co.za
Telephone: +27 82 346 4970