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OBDGuides Privacy Policy & Data Practices

📅 Effective Date: February 16, 2026 📍 OBDGuides.com

How OBD Guides collects, uses, and protects your information — including cookies, affiliate links, your privacy rights, and how to contact us.

🔒 We don’t sell your data
🍪 Cookie controls explained
🌍 GDPR & CCPA covered
📬 Contact us any time

OBD Guides (“we,” “us,” or “our”) operates https://obdguides.com (the “Service”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use the Service, and the choices you have regarding that data.

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Information We Collect

A) Personal Data You Provide

When you interact with the Service — for example by submitting a contact form or signing up for updates — we may collect personally identifiable information you voluntarily provide:

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Name — when provided in a contact or feedback form
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Email address — when you contact us or subscribe to updates
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Message content — any information you include in your submission

B) Usage Data

We may automatically collect information about how you access and use the Service:

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IP address and approximate location derived from it
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Browser type and version, device identifiers, operating system
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Pages viewed, time and date of visit, time spent on pages, referring/exit pages, and links clicked
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Diagnostic data — site performance, errors, and security events

C) Comments & Forms (If Enabled)

If we enable comments, registrations, or interactive features, we may collect information you submit through those features, plus related technical metadata necessary to operate them.

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Cookies & Tracking Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies (pixels, tags, scripts) to operate the Service, improve functionality, understand usage, and measure performance. Cookies are small text files stored on your device by your browser.

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Essential
Required for core site functions to work. Cannot be disabled without affecting site operation.
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Analytics
Help us understand how visitors use the site so we can improve content and performance.
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Affiliate
Track referrals and commissions when you click affiliate links (e.g. Amazon Associates).
Your choices: You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. If you disable cookies, parts of the Service may not function as expected.
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How We Use Information

We may use collected information for the following purposes:

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Provide and maintain the Service
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Improve and personalise content and user experience
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Understand site usage and performance through analytics
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Respond to enquiries and provide support
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Send updates or marketing communications where you have provided consent or where permitted by law
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Detect, prevent, and address technical issues, fraud, and security incidents
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Comply with legal obligations and enforce our policies
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How We Share Information

We do not sell your Personal Data.

We may share information only in the following limited circumstances:

A) Service Providers

We may share information with third-party vendors who help us operate the Service — including hosting, analytics, email delivery, and security tools — subject to appropriate confidentiality and data protection terms.

B) Legal Requirements

We may disclose information if required by law, or in response to valid requests by public authorities (such as a court or government agency), or to protect our rights, our users, and the integrity of the Service.

C) Business Transfers

If OBD Guides is involved in a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets, information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to standard data protection terms.

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Data Retention

We retain Personal Data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy — including complying with legal obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing our agreements.

Usage Data may be retained for longer periods when used for security analysis, aggregate analytics, or legal compliance purposes.

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International Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and processed on servers located outside your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where data protection laws may differ from those where you reside.

By using the Service, you consent to such transfers where permitted by applicable law. Where required, we take steps to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place.

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Your Privacy Rights

🇪🇺 GDPR — EU / EEA Residents

If you are located in the EU or EEA, you may have rights under the GDPR including: access, correction, deletion, data portability, and the right to object to or restrict certain processing. You may also withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

🇺🇸 U.S. State Laws (incl. California)

Depending on your state of residence, you may have rights to request access to or deletion of personal information, and to opt out of certain forms of data sharing including targeted advertising where applicable. We respond to verified requests in accordance with applicable law.

To exercise any privacy right, contact us or email privacy@obdguides.com. Please include your email address, the nature of your request, and any relevant details.
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Data Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect your information from unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

Please note: No method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. While we work to protect your data, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
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Children’s Privacy

The Service is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect Personal Data from anyone under 18.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe a child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us and we will take reasonable steps to delete that information promptly.

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Affiliate Disclosure

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Amazon Associates Program

OBD Guides is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program that provides a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.

If you click an affiliate link on this site and make a purchase, we may receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Affiliate revenue helps us maintain the Service and publish free content.

Amazon and the Amazon logo are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc., or its affiliates. We only recommend products we believe may genuinely help our readers. Affiliate relationships do not influence our editorial recommendations.

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AI Technology — Claude (Anthropic)

OBD Guides uses trained AI systems, to power the free AI Diagnostic tool at obdguides.com/ai-car-diagnostic/. When you use the AI Diagnostic tool, your input (symptoms, codes, questions) is processed by Anthropic’s API to generate a response. We do not store conversation data beyond your session.

AI-generated responses are for informational purposes only and should not replace hands-on diagnosis or qualified professional service. See Anthropic’s Privacy Policy for details on how they handle API data.

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Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to exercise a privacy right, or need to make a privacy-related request, please get in touch:

Privacy Enquiries

Include your email address, the nature of your request, and any relevant page URLs so we can respond efficiently.

📬 Contact Page ✉️ privacy@obdguides.com 🌐 obdguides.com
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Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the updated version on this page and update the “Effective Date” at the top. Your continued use of the Service after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

We recommend checking this page periodically if you have ongoing privacy concerns.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on February 16, 2026. It governs your use of https://obdguides.com and all content and services provided thereon.