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Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Overview

CarFinanced.com (“CarFinanced,” “we,” “us”) is an independent, advertising-supported education and comparison site about auto financing. This page explains what information we collect when you visit, how we use it, and the choices you have. The short version: we collect very little, we never see your loan application, and we don’t sell your personal information.

What we collect

Information you give us

If you use our contact form or email us, we receive whatever you send — typically a name, an email address, and your message. We use it to reply and for nothing else.

Information collected automatically

Like most websites, we use analytics to understand how the site is used: pages visited, approximate location derived from your IP address, device and browser type, and how you arrived here. We use Google Analytics for this. Our hosting and caching layer may also keep standard technical logs.

What we deliberately do not collect

The calculators on this site run entirely in your browser. The numbers you enter — vehicle price, loan balance, APR, income of any kind — are never transmitted to our servers, stored, or shared. We never ask for, receive, or handle Social Security numbers, dates of birth, credit reports, or loan application data.

Cookies

We use cookies for analytics (to distinguish visits) and for site performance (caching). If you click through to a lending partner, the affiliate network that manages that partnership may set a cookie in your browser so the partner knows the referral came from us. You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings; the site works without them.

Affiliate links

Buttons like “Compare” and “Check your rate” take you to a lender or lending marketplace. From that moment you are on their site and their privacy policy governs. Anything you submit there — including a loan application — goes to them directly and never passes through CarFinanced. See our advertising disclosure for how these relationships pay us.

How we use information

We use analytics data to understand which content is useful and to improve the site. We use contact information to respond to you. That’s the complete list.

Sharing

We do not sell or rent personal information — to dealerships, lead brokers, or anyone else. We share data only with the service providers that run the site (hosting, analytics) and where the law requires it.

Your choices

You can browse this site without providing any personal information at all. You can block cookies in your browser and use Google’s Analytics opt-out. If you have sent us information through the contact form and want it deleted, email us at hello@carfinanced.com and we will remove it. Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights over your personal data; contact us and we will honor them.

Children

This site is about financing vehicles and is not directed to anyone under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors.

Changes

If this policy changes, we will update this page and the date at the top. Material changes will be noted plainly rather than buried.

Contact

Questions about this policy: hello@carfinanced.com