Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 22, 2026

1. Overview

SC01Guide.com (“the Site”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding that information.

The short version: we collect very little. We do not run accounts, do not require sign-in, and do not sell or share user data. The one place we do record data on our servers is the VIN Decoder tool, described below.

2. What We Do Not Collect

SC01Guide.com does NOT:

  • Require user accounts or registration
  • Collect names, email addresses, or contact information
  • Collect payment or financial information
  • Use tracking cookies for advertising
  • Sell, share, or trade user data to third parties
  • Store any text pasted into the SC Code Finder tool

3. VIN Decoder

When you submit a VIN to the VIN Decoder, the request is sent to our backend. We:

  1. Look up the VIN in our own database of previously-decoded vehicles
  2. If we haven't seen the VIN before, we query the public NHTSA vPIC API (vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov) to decode the basic vehicle attributes
  3. Store the decoded result in our database so future lookups for the same VIN are faster and don't require an external query

Each request is logged for abuse prevention and rate-limiting purposes. Logs include the VIN submitted, a timestamp, your IP address, and your browser user-agent string. We do not associate VIN lookups with personal identity, and we do not share these logs with advertisers or third-party analytics providers. Persistent automated abuse may result in IP-level rate limiting or blocking.

4. SC Code Finder

The SC Code Finder tool runs entirely in your browser. Any text you paste is processed locally on your device using client-side JavaScript. No data is transmitted to SC01Guide.com or any third party. When you close or navigate away from the page, the pasted data is discarded.

5. Theme Preference

The Site stores your light/dark theme preference in your browser's local storage (localStorage) under the key “sc01-theme.” This is stored only on your device and is not transmitted to any server. You can clear it at any time by clearing your browser's local storage.

6. Hosting and Analytics

The Site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages. Cloudflare may collect standard web server logs (IP addresses, browser type, pages visited, timestamps) as part of their hosting infrastructure. This data is governed by Cloudflare's Privacy Policy.

We may use privacy-respecting analytics (such as Cloudflare Web Analytics) to understand general traffic patterns — page views, geographic regions, device types. These analytics do not use cookies, do not track individual users across sites, and do not collect personally identifiable information.

7. Third-Party Links and Services

The Site contains links to third-party websites such as EV-CPO.com (used by the verification guide) and NHTSA.gov (used by the VIN Decoder backend). When you follow these links, you leave SC01Guide.com and are subject to the privacy policies of the destination sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policy of any third-party site you visit.

8. Children's Privacy

The Site is not directed at children under the age of 13 and does not knowingly collect any personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the Site, please contact us and we will take steps to remove such information.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date. Your continued use of the Site after any changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

10. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected].