Last Updated: September, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how The Auto Library LLC, operating as The Auto Library (“The Auto Library,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), collects, uses, shares, and protects personal information when you use our website, user accounts, archive tools, forums, submission features, and related services collectively referred to as the “Service.”
It also explains the choices and privacy rights that may be available to you.
By using the Service, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
The information we collect depends on how you use the Service.
We may collect information that you voluntarily provide, including:
When you contribute to the Service, we may collect:
Some contributions may be displayed publicly with your username, display name, or contributor profile.
When you access the Service, certain information may be collected automatically, including:
This information may be collected through cookies, server logs, analytics tools, and similar technologies.
If third-party account login or integrations are enabled, we may receive limited information from those services based on your settings and permissions.
Examples may include:
We may use personal information to:
We may also use information for other purposes disclosed when it is collected or with your consent.
Certain areas of The Auto Library are public.
Information that may be publicly visible includes:
Do not publish sensitive personal information through public areas of the Service.
Public content may be viewed, copied, indexed, or shared by other users and search engines. We cannot control how information is used after it has been made publicly available outside the Service. You may be able to adjust certain public-profile settings through your account dashboard.
The Service may use cookies and similar technologies to:
Some cookies are necessary for the Service to function. Others may be optional and used only with consent where required.
You may be able to manage optional cookies through a cookie preference tool or your browser settings.
Disabling certain cookies may affect account access, saved preferences, forms, or other website features.
We may use analytics and performance tools to understand:
Analytics providers may process device information, identifiers, cookie data, IP addresses, and interaction data according to their own privacy policies and contractual arrangements with us.
We may share personal information only as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy.
We may share information with vendors that help operate the Service, such as providers of:
Service providers are permitted to process information only for authorized purposes and subject to appropriate contractual obligations.
Information you intentionally publish through profiles, submissions, forums, comments, and reviews may be visible to the public.
We may disclose information when we reasonably believe disclosure is necessary to:
Information may be transferred as part of a merger, acquisition, financing, restructuring, sale of assets, or similar business transaction.
Where required, users will be informed of material changes affecting the handling of their personal information.
We may share information when you request, direct, or consent to the disclosure.
We may send:
These messages are necessary to operate your account and may not always include an unsubscribe option.
If you choose to receive optional archive updates or promotional communications, you may unsubscribe through:
Unsubscribing from optional communications will not prevent essential account or security messages.
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to:
Retention periods may vary depending on the type of information and the reason it was collected.
When information is no longer reasonably necessary, we may delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it.
If you delete your account, certain published archive contributions may remain where necessary to preserve the continuity and integrity of the archive. Where appropriate, those contributions may be anonymized or disconnected from your public profile.
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures designed to protect personal information from:
These measures may include access controls, authentication safeguards, secure hosting, monitoring, backups, and other security practices appropriate to the nature of the information. No website, database, or transmission method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
You are responsible for:
Do not send passwords, verification codes, payment information, or other sensitive credentials through public posts or contact forms.
Depending on the available features, you may be able to:
Some requests may be limited where information must be retained for legal, security, moderation, or archive-integrity purposes.
Depending on where you live and which laws apply, you may have the right to:
These rights are not absolute and may be subject to legal exceptions.
The Auto Library is operated from the United States.
If you access the Service from another country, your information may be transferred to, stored in, or processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate.
Data-protection laws in those countries may differ from the laws where you live.
Where required, we will use appropriate safeguards for international data transfers.
The Service is not directed to children under 13, and children under 13 may not create an account or submit personal information through interactive features.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
If we learn that personal information was collected from a child under 13 without appropriate authorization, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
A parent or guardian who believes that a child has provided personal information may contact us at:
Privacy Email: Contact@theautolibrary.com
Users who are under the age of legal majority where they live should use the Service only with permission from a parent or legal guardian.
The Service may link to or display content from:
Third parties may collect information according to their own privacy policies.
We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy, security, or data practices of third-party websites or services.
Review their privacy policies before providing personal information.
We may update this Privacy Policy when:
The updated policy will be posted with a revised “Last Updated” date.
When required or appropriate, we may provide additional notice through the website, account dashboard, or email.
