Privacy Policy
Car Second Opinion is designed as a lightweight educational tool. The calculator does not require an account and does not store your calculation on our servers.
Information you enter into the calculator
The calculator asks for information such as your repair quote, vehicle situation, estimated value, loan balance, and replacement assumptions. This information is used to create your repair-or-replace comparison. In this MVP, calculator inputs are stored in your browser local storage so the results page can display your estimate. They are not submitted to a server, saved to a database, or tied to an account.
You can clear saved calculator results by clearing your browser storage for this site or by using a private browsing session for calculations you do not want saved locally.
Information collected automatically
Like most websites, hosting and infrastructure providers may process basic technical information needed to deliver the site, such as IP address, browser type, device information, requested pages, timestamps, and error logs. This information helps keep the site available, secure, and reliable.
Google Search Console and Google Analytics
We use Google Search Console to understand how pages appear in Google Search, including search queries, impressions, clicks, indexing status, and crawl issues. Search Console is not used to track individual calculator inputs.
We use Google Analytics 4 through the Google tag to understand general site usage. Google Analytics may collect information such as page URL, page title, referrer, approximate location, device and browser information, session information, and interaction events. The site may send events such as calculator starts, calculator completions, result type, safety-warning results, outbound search link clicks, and print/save actions.
Analytics events are used in aggregate to improve the site and understand whether the calculator is useful. We do not intentionally send your repair quote, vehicle identification number, contact details, or other sensitive personal details to Google Analytics. Google may process analytics information according to its own policies and controls.
Cookies and local storage
The calculator uses browser local storage for the limited purpose of showing your results after you complete the calculator. Google Analytics may use cookies or similar technologies to measure visits and interactions. Your browser settings may let you block or delete cookies and local storage, though doing so may affect site functionality. Google also provides browser and account-level tools that may limit or opt out of some Google Analytics measurement.
Advertising and affiliate monetization
Car Second Opinion does not currently use display advertising, Google AdSense, affiliate links, paid rankings, sponsored placements, or vendor directories. If third-party ads or ad networks are added later, those vendors may use cookies or similar technologies to serve, personalize, measure, or limit ads. We will update this policy and related disclosures before enabling ad networks or monetized affiliate relationships.
If you email us at hello@carsecondopinion.com, we will receive your email address and any information you choose to include. We use that information to read and respond to your message. Do not send sensitive financial, insurance, legal, medical, or vehicle-identifying information unless you are comfortable sharing it by email.
Third-party links
The site may link to third-party search results or websites, including search engines, repair-related searches, vehicle-shopping resources, and informational pages. Those sites have their own privacy practices. We are not responsible for how third-party websites collect, use, or share information.
Children's privacy
This site is intended for a general audience making vehicle repair or replacement decisions. It is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
Your choices
You can avoid entering information into the calculator, clear local storage in your browser, use private browsing, disable or delete cookies where your browser allows it, use available Google privacy controls, or contact us with privacy questions. Because the MVP does not use accounts or a calculator database, we may not be able to identify calculator data that only exists in your browser.
Changes to this policy
We may update this privacy policy as the site changes, including if we add analytics, email features, or other services. The current version will be posted on this page.