Privacy Policy

VINs you look up

The instant check-digit and format breakdown happens in your browser. For the full NHTSA record, your browser sends the VIN to our service, which forwards the lookup to NHTSA's public APIs and returns the result. We cache the de-identified vehicle response (make/model/year data — not tied to you) to keep the service fast. We do not store a VIN-to-person profile or use lookup VINs for marketing.

Shareable result pages put the full VIN in the page URL. That means the VIN can appear in your browser history and in any copied or shared link. Treat those links as sensitive and share them only with people you trust.

Email signups

If you sign up for recall alerts, we store the email address you give us so we can contact you. You can unsubscribe at any time, which removes you from our list. We never sell your email.

Analytics & affiliate links

We may use privacy-respecting analytics to understand aggregate usage. When you click an outbound affiliate link (history report or insurance), that third party may set its own cookies and apply its own privacy policy — we don't control those. Outbound paid links are labeled.

Your choices

• You can use every core tool without an account or giving us any personal data.
• You can unsubscribe from emails at any time.
• You can email info@vinsleuth.com to ask what we hold or to request deletion.

Changes

We may update this policy as the service evolves. Material changes will be reflected on this page.