DMCA & Intellectual Property Policy

Last updated: August 30, 2026

International Driving Authority respects intellectual property rights and expects users of idaoffice.org to do the same. This policy explains what we own, how to tell us if you believe we have infringed your rights, and what we do when we receive a complaint. It forms part of our Terms of Service, and applies to everyone who uses the site.

1. Our intellectual property

International Driving Authority is the owner or authorised user of the intellectual property associated with this website, including trademarks, logos, names, designs (whether registered or unregistered), text, photographs, layout, and the design of the documents we produce ("Intellectual Property"). Except for the limited quotation right set out below and any rights granted by applicable law, nothing on this website grants you any right or licence to use it.

The website and its contents are protected by copyright and are intended solely for your personal, non-commercial use. Modification, reproduction, distribution, transmission, republication, or display of website content for any other purpose is prohibited without our prior written permission.

You may quote a short extract for review, news reporting, or study, provided you attribute it to International Driving Authority and link to the page you took it from.

2. Our trademarks

The trademarks, logos, and service marks displayed on this website are registered or pending trademarks of International Driving Authority. Our registrations include:

Jurisdiction	Registration number	Status
United Kingdom	UK00004050366	Registered
United Kingdom	UK00004050422	Registered
European Union	019026472	Registered
European Union	019026482	Registered
Canada	1361808	Registered
Canada	1361810	Registered
Singapore	40202409334V	Registered
Russian Federation	1096893	Registered
United States	99716259	Application filed — not yet registered

This list is not exhaustive, and we also hold unregistered rights in marks we use in trade. Nothing on this website grants, by implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any licence or right to use any of these marks without our prior written permission.

We enforce our trademark rights. If you are using a mark confusingly similar to ours — in a domain name, an app listing, an advertisement, or on a document — we would usually rather resolve it in correspondence than in court, so please write to us first.

3. Where to send a notice

Our designated agent for intellectual-property notices is:

Email: [email protected] (subject line: IP notice)
Post: International Driving Authority, 207 Regent Street, 3rd Floor Suite, London, W1B 3HH, United Kingdom

Email reaches us fastest. Please do not use this address for order enquiries; they will be slower to answer here.

4. How to submit a copyright takedown notice

If you believe material on our website infringes your copyright, send a written notice to the agent above. To be effective under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3)), your notice should include all of the following:

your physical or electronic signature;
identification of the copyrighted work you claim has been infringed — or, if multiple works are covered by one notice, a representative list of them;
identification of the material claimed to be infringing, with enough detail for us to locate it — a direct URL is best;
your contact details: name, postal address, telephone number, and email address;
a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
a statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act on the owner's behalf.

An incomplete notice may not be actionable. If yours is missing something we will tell you what, rather than ignore it.

Please note that under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f) a person who knowingly and materially misrepresents that material is infringing may be liable for damages, including costs and legal fees.

5. What we do when we receive a notice

We acknowledge notices within 2 business days. If the notice is complete and the claim appears well founded, we remove or disable access to the material expeditiously and notify whoever posted it, passing on a copy of the notice. Where the material was submitted by a customer, we tell them how to file a counter-notice.

Removing material is not an admission of liability.

6. Counter-notice

If your material was removed and you believe this was a mistake or a misidentification, you may send us a counter-notice under 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3). It should contain:

your physical or electronic signature;
identification of the material that was removed and the location where it appeared before removal;
a statement, under penalty of perjury, that you have a good-faith belief the material was removed as a result of a mistake or misidentification;
your name, postal address, and telephone number;
a statement that you consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court for the district in which your address is located, or — if your address is outside the United States — of any judicial district in which we may be found, and that you will accept service of process from the complaining party or its agent.

We forward a valid counter-notice to the original complainant. Unless they notify us that they have filed a court action seeking to restrain the activity, we may restore the material between 10 and 14 business days after receiving your counter-notice.

7. Repeat infringers

We maintain a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who are repeat infringers. We record valid notices against the account concerned and take account of the pattern, not only the individual complaint.

8. Trademark complaints

If you believe our website uses a trademark you own in a way that is likely to cause confusion, write to the agent above with the mark, the registration number and jurisdiction (or the basis of your unregistered rights), the goods or services covered, the exact location of the material complained of, and an explanation of why the use is objectionable. We handle trademark complaints in the same timeframes as copyright notices.

9. Content you upload

You keep ownership of the photographs, documents, and text you submit to us. You grant us a limited licence to store and process that material for the purpose of reviewing your application, producing your document, providing support, and meeting our legal obligations. You confirm that you have the right to submit it and that doing so does not infringe anyone else's rights. If we receive a complaint about material you submitted, we may suspend processing until it is resolved.

10. Documents we issue

The layout, security design, and typographic arrangement of the documents we produce are our intellectual property. Reproducing, altering, or counterfeiting them — or assisting anyone to do so — is prohibited, and may be a criminal offence in your jurisdiction as well as a breach of our Acceptable Use Policy, which prohibits that conduct.

If you encounter a document presented as ours that you believe to be counterfeit, please report it to [email protected], with any details you have.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Changes take effect when posted on this page, and the date at the top shows the current revision.

12. Contact

Intellectual-property notices and questions about this policy: [email protected]