DrivingTest Canada

Privacy Policy

Last updated 1 September 2026

This site — drivingtestscanada.com — is operated by Movil Softwares. This policy covers the website only. The iOS and Android apps have their own policies, linked from their store listings.

The short version

  • There are no accounts. You never tell us your name.
  • Practice tests and the handbook work with one essential cookie that holds a random number and nothing else.
  • Analytics is off until you turn it on. If you decline, nothing about your visit is sent to Google at all.
  • We never see your card. We never sell anything to anyone.
  • Your data is stored in the United States. Details below.

What we collect, and why

An essential cookie, for everyone

When you first load the site we set a cookie called dt_uid. It holds a random number that we generate, signed so it cannot be tampered with. That number is how we know which browser has paid for which province — it is the only way to sell you something without making you create an account.

It contains no name, no email address and nothing derived from you. It lasts about 13 months. This cookie is strictly necessary for the site to work, so it is not covered by the analytics choice below; without it, a purchase could not be remembered.

Analytics, only if you agree

If you choose Allow on the banner, we load Google Analytics 4, which sets its own cookies (_ga and similar) and records which pages you visit, which tests you start and finish, whether you saw the paywall, your approximate location derived from your IP address, and your device and browser type. We use it to see which provinces and which questions people actually use, so we know what to improve.

If you choose Decline, Google’s script is never requested. Not loaded and blocked — never fetched. No cookie is set and no data about your visit reaches Google, not even an anonymous signal. You can change your mind at any time, at the bottom of this page.

If you buy something

Payments are handled by Stripe. Your card details are entered on Stripe’s own checkout page and never touch our servers — we could not see them if we wanted to.

What we store after a successful payment:

  • which provinces you bought, which plan, and whether it is still active;
  • identifiers Stripe gives us for the customer and the subscription;
  • the email address you gave Stripe at checkout — kept for one reason only, so that you can recover access if you clear your cookies.

If you ask to restore access

Clearing your cookies loses the random number that identifies your purchase, so we email you a link to get it back. To do that we hold your address alongside a single-use token that expires in 20 minutes, and we delete the token the moment it is used. We also keep a counter to stop the form being abused; it is keyed to a one-way hash of the address, not the address itself.

The form gives the same answer whether or not the address has a subscription, so nobody can use it to find out who our customers are.

Things stored on your device only

Your analytics choice, your preferred reading text size, and whether you dismissed the app banner are kept in your browser’s local storage. They never reach us. Clearing your browsing data removes them.

Server logs

Our hosting provider records standard access logs, which include IP addresses, for security and troubleshooting. These are not linked to purchases or analytics.

Cookies and storage in full

NameTypePurposeLifetime
dt_uidCookie, essentialRemembers which browser bought which province~13 months
_ga, _ga_*Cookie, analyticsGoogle Analytics. Only after you allow itUp to 2 years
dt_consentLocal storageRemembers your analytics choiceUntil you clear it
dt_read_sizeLocal storageYour handbook text sizeUntil you clear it
dt_app_banner_dismissedLocal storageStops re-showing the app bannerUntil you clear it

Where your data is stored

In the United States. The site runs on Google Cloud Run in Iowa, and the database is Google Cloud Firestore in a United States multi-region. Stripe, Google Analytics and our email provider also process data in the United States.

This means your information is subject to United States law, including lawful access requests by United States authorities, regardless of where you live. If you would rather that did not happen, decline analytics and do not buy a subscription — the free practice tests and the handbook need nothing beyond the essential cookie.

Who we share it with

We do not sell personal information, and we never have. We use these processors:

  • Stripe — payments and subscription management.
  • Google Cloud — hosting and the database.
  • Google Analytics — website analytics, only with your consent.
  • Resend — sending restore-access emails.

We will also disclose information if the law requires it, or to protect our rights or the safety of others.

How long we keep it

  • Purchase records: while your access is active, and afterwards as long as tax and accounting rules require.
  • Restore tokens: 20 minutes, or until used.
  • Analytics: as configured in Google Analytics, up to 14 months.
  • Server logs: as retained by Google Cloud, typically 30 days.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to see what we hold about you, correct it, have it deleted, withdraw consent, or complain to a regulator. That includes rights under Canada’s PIPEDA, Quebec’s Law 25, the GDPR if you are in the EU or UK, and the CCPA if you are in California.

Because we hold no name and no account, the practical way to identify your records is the email address used at checkout. Write to support@drivingtestapp.com and we will respond within 30 days. Deleting a purchase record ends the access it grants — we will say so before doing it.

In Canada you can complain to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, and in Quebec to the Commission d’accès à l’information.

Children

This is a study aid for a learner’s licence, so some visitors will be under the age of majority. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has given us information, write to us and we will remove it.

Your analytics choice

You can change it here at any time. It applies to this browser.

Changes

If we change this policy we will update the date at the top. Material changes affecting how we use your information will be announced on the site.

Contact

Movil Softwares — support@drivingtestapp.com

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