Privacy policy.

Last updated: 12 October 2026

Who we are

Steve Gilbey Classics is a classic car restoration, maintenance and historic race preparation workshop based in Dorking, Surrey. For the purposes of UK data protection law, Steve Gilbey Classics is the controller of the personal information described in this policy.

If you have any questions about this policy or about your information, email steve@sgclassics.co.uk or call +44 (0)1306 889444.

The information we collect

• Information you give us. When you send an enquiry through this website, we collect your name, email address, phone number, the service you are interested in, and anything you choose to tell us about your car in your message.
• Information from emails and calls. If you email or phone us, we keep the details needed to reply and to carry out any work you ask us to do.
• Technical information. Our website is hosted by Squarespace, which records standard technical information when you visit, such as your IP address, browser type and the pages you view.

We do not ask for, and do not want, any sensitive personal information through this website.

How we use your information

• To respond to your enquiry and to discuss work on your car. Our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in replying to people who contact us, and taking steps at your request before entering into a contract.
• To carry out work you have asked for, including quotes, invoices and service records. Our lawful basis is the performance of our contract with you.
• To keep business and tax records. Our lawful basis is our legal obligations.
• To keep this website secure and working properly. Our lawful basis is our legitimate interest in running the website.

We do not sell your information, and we do not add you to a marketing list when you send an enquiry.

Who we share it with

We share personal information only where it is needed to run the business:

• Squarespace, which hosts this website and processes enquiry form submissions on our behalf.
• Our email and telephone providers, which deliver your messages to us.
• Specialist suppliers and subcontractors, where this is needed to carry out work on your car and you have asked us to do that work.
• Our accountant and other professional advisers, and public authorities where the law requires it.

Transfers outside the UK

Some of our service providers, including Squarespace, are based outside the UK or store information outside the UK. Where your information is transferred, it is protected by safeguards recognised under UK data protection law, such as approved contractual clauses.

How long we keep it

• Enquiries that do not lead to any work are deleted within 12 months.
• Records of work carried out, including invoices, are kept for six years after the work is completed, to meet our legal and tax obligations.

Cookies and similar technologies

• Essential cookies. Squarespace sets cookies that are needed for the website to work and to keep it secure.
• Analytics cookies. Squarespace may set cookies that measure how the website is used. These are only set if you accept them in the cookie banner.
• Your sound preference. If you mute or unmute the sound on this website, that choice is saved in your own browser so it is remembered on your next visit. It is not sent to us.
• Fonts. The typefaces on this website are loaded from Google Fonts, so Google receives your IP address when the pages load.

Links to other websites

This website links to our Instagram page. Instagram is run by Meta, which has its own privacy policy, and we are not responsible for how it handles your information.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law you have the right to:

• ask for a copy of the personal information we hold about you;
• ask us to correct information that is wrong or incomplete;
• ask us to delete your information, or to restrict how we use it;
• object to our use of your information;
• ask us to transfer your information to you or to another organisation.

To use any of these rights, email steve@sgclassics.co.uk. We will reply within one month. There is no charge.

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your information, please contact us first so we can put it right. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk or on 0303 123 1113.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The date at the top shows when it was last changed.