Privacy notice

Values that begin with PLACEHOLDER_ have not been filled in. The owner replaces them in src/site-config.ts, or with the environment variables named in the README, and should have these pages reviewed before publication. They are a plain-language starting point, not a solicitor's document and not a claim of legal compliance.

This notice describes how this version of the site behaves. It is not a finished UK GDPR pack. The operator named below must fill in the placeholders and review it before the site is published.

Who we are

Operator

PLACEHOLDER_COMPANY_LEGAL_NAME

Company number

PLACEHOLDER_COMPANY_NUMBER

Address

PLACEHOLDER_COMPANY_ADDRESS

Email

PLACEHOLDER_CONTACT_EMAIL

Phone

PLACEHOLDER_CONTACT_PHONE

What the check does with a registration

When you search, the server sends that registration to the DVSA MOT History API, together with the operator's access token and API key. DVSA returns the vehicle and test record. That is the point of the site.

A registration number can be personal data when it can be linked to a person. We do not ask for your name, and we do not build an account or a profile of vehicles you have searched.

What is held, and for how long

• A successful DVSA reply is kept in the server's memory, by default for about 10 minutes, so a refresh does not call the API again. A "not found" is kept for a shorter time, by default about 2 minutes. The operator can change those times. The copy is lost when the process restarts.
• The IP address of a search is kept in memory for the rate-limit window, by default about a minute, and is not written to an application database.
• If a lookup fails, the server log may include the HTTP status DVSA returned and the fact that a lookup failed. It is written so that it does not include the API key or the access token.

The host (PLACEHOLDER_HOSTING_PROVIDER) may keep its own connection logs under its own policy. Result pages send noindex and are left out of the sitemap. We do not publish a directory of plates people have searched.

What we do not do

Pages do not load third-party scripts, fonts or advertising. The check does not set a tracking cookie. We do not sell search data. We do not take payment, so we do not hold card details.

Why we do this

The lookup is what you asked for. The short memory cache and the rate limit protect the DVSA key from being hammered, which would stop the check working for everyone.

Your rights

Depending on your situation you may have rights to access, correct, delete or restrict personal data, and to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office. Because there is no account and the cache is short, we may hold nothing about you by the time a request arrives. Write to the email above and say which registration and roughly when you searched. We will not pretend a log we do not have still exists.

Children

The site is not aimed at children.

Changes

If this notice changes, the page will change with it. The sitemap date is updated when the written pages change.