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Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 28, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how SnapCar.ai ("SnapCar," "we," "us") collects, uses, and protects information when you use our app and website. By using SnapCar, you agree to the practices described here.

Information We Collect

Account and sign-in information. SnapCar uses phone-based sign-in. When you create an account or sign in, we associate your phone number with your account to verify you and keep you signed in.

Profile information. Your profile includes your name, email address, and the ZIP code you choose for Events Near Me. Your sign-in phone number is shown to you in a masked form and is not displayed to others.

Photos you upload. When you snap or choose a photo to identify a car, that photo is sent to our identification and processing systems so we can identify the vehicle and produce your Discovery. The photo, and the processed images created from it, are stored with your Discovery and may also be used as described in "Use of Discoveries in Challenges" below.

Discovery information. For each car you identify, SnapCar stores the resulting Discovery, including the vehicle identification, the insights and information we generate, and the processed images associated with it.

Events Near Me location. To find nearby automotive events, SnapCar uses the ZIP code and radius you save in your profile, along with an approximate, geocoded location derived from that ZIP code. We do not collect precise device GPS location for this feature.

How We Use Information

We use the information we collect to:

  • identify cars from your photos and generate your Discoveries;
  • save and display your Discoveries in My Discoveries;
  • use Discoveries in educational features, such as Challenges;
  • find and show automotive events near your saved location;
  • keep you signed in and manage your account and profile;
  • respond to your questions and requests, including privacy and data requests; and
  • operate, maintain, protect, and improve SnapCar.

How Your Photos Are Processed

Photos you upload are sent to our processing systems for identification. Public or shared images use privacy-protected, processed derivatives rather than your original photos. Your original photo files are not publicly listed. Where a Discovery appears outside your account — in a share link you create, in the Community if you add it there, or in an educational feature as described below — we display a processed image rather than your original file, and we may crop, resize, or otherwise adapt it for display.

Photo Metadata and Location

SnapCar does not currently use photo metadata, such as GPS location embedded in an image, as part of your experience. We do not display photo location metadata to you or to others.

Your Discoveries and Sharing

Your Discoveries are private by default. They are not publicly listed, and other users cannot see them. You can choose to share an individual Discovery using a share link. Someone who opens that link can view that specific shared Discovery without signing in. They cannot see your other Discoveries, your profile, or your account.

You can also choose to add a Discovery to the SnapCar Community, which makes it publicly viewable after review. That choice is separate from the uses described in the next section.

Use of Discoveries in Challenges

SnapCar includes educational Challenges about cars. A Discovery — including the vehicle identification and the processed images associated with it — may be used as part of a Challenge or a similar educational feature.

Because Challenges are shared features, a Discovery used in one may be shown to the people playing it, even if you have not created a share link or added it to the Community. In that case we identify the content as yours where we display it. We do not include your name, phone number, email, ZIP code, or account details in a Challenge.

This use covers photos and Discoveries you created before this policy was updated as well as ones you create later. Your ownership of your photos is unchanged: SnapCar does not claim ownership of them and does not sell them. The license you grant us for these uses is described in our Terms of Use.

Events Near Me

Events Near Me uses the ZIP code and radius you save in your profile. We derive an approximate location from that ZIP code to find nearby events. You can change or clear your saved ZIP at any time from your profile.

Usage Analytics and Cookies

SnapCar does not currently use advertising cookies or implement third-party advertising or tracking analytics in the SnapCar app. We use your browser's local storage to keep you signed in and to support functionality the app actually uses, such as holding your session token.

Our hosting, infrastructure, security, communications, image-processing, and other service providers may automatically receive or generate ordinary technical and operational information needed to provide, secure, diagnose, and improve their services, such as IP address, browser and device information, request and log information, and timestamps. This is operational data generated as part of running the service, not advertising or tracking analytics implemented by SnapCar.

Information Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. We share information only as needed to provide SnapCar, as described below, or as required by law.

Service Providers

We use trusted service providers to operate SnapCar, including:

  • a cloud hosting and backend platform that runs SnapCar and stores your account and Discovery data;
  • a vehicle identification and image-processing provider that powers car recognition and processed images; and
  • content delivery and security services that help SnapCar load quickly and safely.

These providers process information on our behalf to deliver the service. As part of operating and securing their systems, they may automatically collect ordinary technical and operational information like the kind described above.

Data Retention

We keep your Discoveries and profile information for as long as your account is active. Shared Discovery links remain viewable until you delete the underlying Discovery. You can request deletion of your account and associated data at any time through our Contact page.

Your Choices

You can edit your profile information, including your name, email, and Events Near Me ZIP, from your profile in the app. You can delete individual Discoveries from My Discoveries. To request deletion of your account and associated data, contact us through our Contact page and choose "Privacy or Data Request."

Security

We use reasonable safeguards to protect your information, but no system is perfectly secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data.

Children's Privacy

SnapCar is designed to be approachable for enthusiasts at every level, including younger users. We do not currently enforce a minimum age requirement. SnapCar is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided us personal information, please contact us and we will take steps to delete it.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we'll update the effective date at the top of this page. Your continued use of SnapCar after a change means you accept the updated policy.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please contact us.