Cookie notice
Every cookie this site sets, what it does and how long it lasts. There are eight of them, they are all ours, and none of them advertises to you or tracks you around the web.
Last updated 3 August 2026
Why there is no cookie pop-up
Because we do not run anything that needs your consent. There is no Google Analytics, no advertising pixel, no social media tracker, and no third-party JavaScript on this site at all. Every cookie below is either strictly necessary to sign you in and keep you secure, or remembers a preference you expressed by using the site — like the area you were searching or whether you collapsed the sidebar.
UK rules require consent for cookies that are not strictly necessary or purely functional. We have chosen to run the site without any, which is why you get the site instead of a banner.
The cookies we set
| Name | What it does | How long |
|---|---|---|
| mi_token | Keeps you signed in. This is your session — without it you would be logged out on every page. It cannot be read by JavaScript. | Until you close your browser |
| mi_user | Remembers who you are signed in as, so your name and role can be shown without re-fetching them on every page. | Until you close your browser |
| mi_country | The country and region you chose, which decides the prices, rules and instructors you see. | 1 year |
mi_near | The place you were last searching near, so returning to Find instructors or Schools does not lose it. If you allowed your browser to share your location, this includes those coordinates. | 30 days |
| mi_geo_note | Whether you allowed or declined the browser location prompt, so you are not asked again on every visit. | 30 days |
| mi_sidenav | Whether you collapsed the sidebar. | 1 year |
| mi_cred_note | Which credential-expiry reminder you dismissed, so a warning you have already seen does not reappear on every page. Instructors only. | 1 year |
| mi_verif_note | Which verification-status notice you dismissed. Instructors only. | 1 year |
All of these are set only by motorinstructor.com. The two sign-in cookies are marked so that JavaScript cannot read them, and all of them are restricted so they are not sent when another website links to us.
Content from other companies
Some pages include content served by someone else. That content can set its own cookies, under its own policy, and we cannot control or clear those for you.
Video clips (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram)
Instructors can share clips they posted on those platforms. We deliberately show only a still thumbnail until you press play — nothing is requested from the platform, and none of its cookies are set, while you are just looking at the wall or scrolling the feed. The moment you play a clip, that platform receives your IP address and may set cookies under its own policy.
Maps and fonts
Map tiles come from the OpenStreetMap Foundation and the site’s typefaces come from Google Fonts. Both receive your IP address in order to send the tile or font, as any server must. Neither sets a cookie on this site.
Controlling cookies
You can delete or block cookies in your browser settings, and every major browser lets you do this per site. Blocking the two sign-in cookies will stop you being able to sign in at all; blocking the rest will simply make the site forget your preferences.
Questions
Our privacy notice explains what we do with personal data more broadly. For anything else, contact us at privacy@motorinstructor.com.