Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 10, 2025

        Affiliate Disclosure: VinCheckd is an affiliate partner of Bumper.com. Our app provides a search interface that redirects you to Bumper.com's services for vehicle history reports. While we may receive information about your search queries, all transactions, payments, subscriptions, and report deliveries are handled directly by Bumper.com.
      

Non-Affiliation and Data Sources

Vin Check is an independent, privately operated service and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any federal, state, or local government agency. We collect VIN lookup and license plate search data from publicly available records and licensed third-party providers for lawful purposes such as vehicle verification, ownership checks, and history reports, in compliance with the Driver's Privacy Protection Act (DPPA) and other applicable laws. Unauthorized use, including stalking, harassment, or illegal activities, is strictly prohibited.

1. Introduction

vincheckd.com ("we," "our," or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This Privacy Policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you use our VinCheckd mobile application ("App") and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

This policy applies to information we collect:

In this App.
In email, text, and other electronic messages between you and this App.
When you interact with our advertising and applications on third-party websites and services, if those applications or advertising include links to this policy.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, your choice is not to use our App. By accessing or using this App, you agree to this privacy policy.

2. Information We Collect and How We Collect It

We collect several types of information from and about users of our App, including information:

Information You Provide to Us:

Vehicle identification numbers (VINs) and license plate numbers you enter into our search interface
Email address if you create an account or sign up for notifications
Records and copies of your correspondence if you contact us
Your search queries on the App
Details of transactions you carry out through our App (note: all payment processing is handled by Bumper.com, not VinCheckd)

Information We Collect Automatically:

As you navigate through and interact with our App, we may use automatic data collection technologies to collect certain information about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns, including:

Details of your visits to our App, including traffic data, location data, logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the App.
Information about your mobile device and internet connection, including the device's unique device identifier, IP address, operating system, browser type, and mobile network information.
Location information for improving service relevance, if you grant permission for location access.

The information we collect automatically may include personal information, or we may maintain it or associate it with personal information we collect in other ways or receive from third parties. It helps us to improve our App and to deliver a better and more personalized service.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

To present our App and its contents to you.
To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
To process your search queries and redirect you to Bumper.com for vehicle history reports.
To provide you with notices about your account.
To carry out our obligations and enforce our rights arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
To notify you about changes to our App or any products or services we offer or provide through it.
To improve our App, products or services, marketing, or customer relationships and experiences.
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information.
For any other purpose with your consent.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

We may disclose personal information that we collect or you provide as described in this privacy policy:

To our affiliate partner, Bumper.com, to facilitate your vehicle history report requests.
To contractors, service providers, and other third parties we use to support our business.
To fulfill the purpose for which you provide it.
For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
With your consent.

We may also disclose your personal information:

To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.
To enforce or apply our terms of use and other agreements.
If we believe disclosure is necessary or appropriate to protect the rights, property, or safety of VinCheckd, our customers, or others.

5. Google Play Data Safety

In accordance with Google Play's Data Safety requirements, we provide the following additional information:

We do not collect or share sensitive personal information as defined by Google.
Data is encrypted in transit.
You can request deletion of your data at any time through the app's settings or by contacting our support team.
We do not use your data for ad personalization.
We use Google's reCAPTCHA service to protect our app from fraudulent activity, which is subject to Google's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Data collection and processing practices may differ between our App and any websites or services provided by Bumper.com. We encourage you to review Bumper.com's privacy policy when using their services.

6. Children's Privacy

Our App is not intended for children under 16 years of age. No one under age 16 may provide any information to or on the App. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If we learn we have collected or received personal information from a child under 16 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information. If you believe we might have any information from or about a child under 16, please contact us at privacy@vincheckd.com.

7. Data Security

We have implemented measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. All information you provide to us is stored on secure servers behind firewalls.

The safety and security of your information also depends on you. Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password for access to certain parts of our App, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your personal information transmitted to our App. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the App.

8. Your Choices About Our Collection, Use, and Disclosure of Your Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. We have created mechanisms to provide you with the following control over your information:

Tracking Technologies and Advertising. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
Promotional Offers from the Company. If you do not wish to have your email address used by the Company to promote our own or third parties' products or services, you can opt-out by checking the relevant box located on the form on which we collect your data or by sending us an email stating your request to privacy@vincheckd.com.
Location Information. You can choose whether or not to allow the App to collect and use real-time information about your device's location through the device's privacy settings. If you block the use of location information, some parts of the App may become inaccessible or not function properly.

9. Your California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, California law may provide you with additional rights regarding our use of your personal information. To learn more about your California privacy rights, visit California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).

California's "Shine the Light" law (Civil Code Section § 1798.83) permits users of our App that are California residents to request certain information regarding our disclosure of personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. To make such a request, please send an email to privacy@vincheckd.com.

10. Changes to Our Privacy Policy

It is our policy to post any changes we make to our privacy policy on this page. If we make material changes to how we treat our users' personal information, we will notify you through a notice on the App. The date the privacy policy was last revised is identified at the top of the page. You are responsible for periodically visiting our App and this privacy policy to check for any changes.

11. Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us at:

Email: privacy@vincheckd.com