Data Protection – IMPORTANT – ACTION REQUIRED
For the purposes of this section, “you/your” are references to you the Customer/Test-Taker:
In order to administer and validly award your Test, Pearson is required to hold certain personal data on you, some of which it might need to share with the Council where you are applying for a taxi driver’s licence issued by the Council.
You will be required to submit the following proof of personal identification (ID): -
Two (2) types of photo ID e.g., driver’s license, passport; AND
One photo taken and uploaded at the time of completing your booking form; AND
A utility bill that shows your current address.
In addition, Pearson will collect the following personal information from you in order to register you for the Test:
Your full name, home address, telephone number, date of birth, National Insurance (NI) number and Existing Taxi license number if held.
When you enter Teams and are met by the Pearson Test Invigilator, the session will start to be recorded. The Pearson Test Invigilator will ask you to display on camera one of the same pieces of photo ID that you submitted with your booking application, so that the invigilator can verify your identity. At this point the Test Invigilator may also take a screen shot (photograph).
Pearson will need to hold your Personal Data for a maximum period of 6 months from the date of your Test in order to administer your Test, and to award your Test in the event that you are successful. Your Personal Data will only be viewed and processed by representatives of Pearson (employees and contractors) with a need to know, in order for Pearson to perform its Test administration, adjudication and awarding functions.
Pearson will also need to share your Personal Data including the results of your Test and recording with the Council to which you are applying for a taxi driver’s license. This is so that the issuing Council can check your Test results in order to be able to process your application for a license, and to make subsequent periodic verification checks on demand. In the event that you do not pass the Test and wish to re-take it, Pearson will need to hold your Personal Data for up to 6 months. Pearson will send you details to re-book the Test in the event that you do not pass it and we will use the same ID and Personal Data that we hold on you from your original application. However, you may at Pearson’s discretion be asked to submit further ID to match the ID already held. At the end of the 6 months Pearson will delete your Personal Data from its systems.
By submitting this Application, you consent to Pearson collecting, processing and disclosing your Personal Data in the way described above, for the purpose set out above.
Please note that we will not be able to register you for a Test if we are not able to collect your Personal Data as set out above and you will not be able to complete the process for applying for a license from the Council.