Privacy Policy

Effective October 30, 2026

1. Who this policy covers

This policy describes how the operators of TunerLink.net handle information in connection with the website. Questions and privacy requests can be sent to admin@tunerlink.net.

2. Information we receive

• Account information: username, display name, email address, login credentials, and birth date supplied during registration. Phone information is optional in the current registration form. Older records may also contain previously supplied phone, gender, address, or other legacy profile fields.
• Information you add: profile text, city/region and ZIP, automotive interests, links, photos, garage details, sale status, Build Updates, crew information, comments, messages, and reports or support correspondence.
• Community activity: friendships, crew invitations/membership, timestamps, last-online status, profile visits by signed-in members, and Street Rep awards. A profile owner may see recent signed-in visitors. Public activity can appear in community feeds.
• Technical information: the site and its hosting/security services may receive IP addresses, browser/device information, requested pages, timestamps, session identifiers, and error or security logs as part of ordinary operation.

3. Public content and privacy settings

Profiles, display names, usernames, optional location, public photos, vehicle details, public comments, Build Update text, crew pages, and membership roles can be visible to anyone and may be indexed by search engines. A public photo may be featured elsewhere on the site. Do not publish anything you would not want others to copy or share.

Photos marked friends-only are limited by the site's photo-access rules to the owner and accepted friends. A car's update text remains public even when an attached photo is friends-only. These controls cannot stop an authorized viewer taking a screenshot or redistributing a copy. Changing a setting or deleting content cannot retrieve copies already held by other people or search engines.

Email, phone, birth date, ZIP, and login information are not automatically displayed on the current public profile. They can become public if you put them in your own posts or profile fields. Messages are stored to provide the inbox service; they are not end-to-end encrypted. Recipients can keep or forward them. Authorized administrators may access information when needed for support, security, moderation, or legal obligations.

4. How we use information

We use information to create and maintain accounts, deliver the features you request, check access and age eligibility, send recovery or requested service emails, prevent abuse, respond to reports and privacy requests, maintain backups, and comply with applicable law. We do not provide your account database to advertisers or use it for third-party behavioral advertising.

5. When information may be disclosed

• At your direction: to people who can see your content, receive your messages, or participate in features you choose.
• Service providers: hosting, email, backup, and security providers may process information as needed to provide or protect the service. Their involvement is not a sale of member information.
• Safety and legal needs: where reasonably necessary and lawful to investigate abuse, respond to a valid legal process, protect rights or safety, or meet legal reporting obligations.
• A change of operator: information may be transferred as part of a lawful transfer of the service, subject to applicable notice requirements and privacy commitments. It is not an independent license to sell the member list.

6. Cookies and outside websites

The site uses first-party session cookies for login, form security, and age-screening state. If you choose Remember me, sign-in cookies can remain for up to 100 days or until cleared or otherwise expired. You can sign out, decline Remember me, or manage cookies in your browser. Blocking essential cookies may prevent account features from working.

The current site pages do not use Google Ads, Google Analytics, or third-party advertising cookies. Browser Do Not Track signals do not change essential service processing; there is no behavioral-advertising setting to switch off in this version. External websites linked by members have their own privacy practices. Visiting such a link can send technical information to that destination.

7. Retention and deletion

We retain information while it is needed to provide the service and otherwise only for legitimate operational, security, dispute-resolution, or legal purposes. You can edit your profile and account details and delete your own photos using the available controls. To request account deletion, access, a copy, or correction of other information, contact the address below. Account deletion is handled by the site team rather than an instant self-service button.

Some records may need to be retained for legal or security reasons. Backups and logs may remain for a limited operational period; we will explain applicable limitations when handling a request. Removing your account does not necessarily remove another person's messages or copies held outside the service. We may need to verify that a request comes from the account holder, using no more information than reasonably necessary. Do not send a password.

8. Security and your choices

We use access controls and other reasonable precautions, but no website, storage system, or transmission method is guaranteed secure. Use a unique password and keep sensitive information out of posts and photos. Depending on where you live and which laws apply, you may have additional rights to access, correct, delete, obtain a copy of, restrict, or object to processing, or withdraw consent where processing relies on it. Contact us to exercise applicable rights; we handle requests within required legal timeframes. You may also have the right to contact a relevant privacy regulator.

9. Children and teens

TunerLink is a general-audience automotive community and does not allow accounts for children under 13. Registration asks for age information before other account details. If you are under 13, do not register or send personal information. If we learn that we hold personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to remove it as required by law. A parent or guardian can contact us about a child's information without posting the child's details publicly. Teens should involve a parent or guardian and avoid sharing precise location or contact information.

10. Changes and contact

We will update the effective date when this policy changes and provide additional notice or obtain consent when required. A future change in advertising or data-sharing plans requires an appropriate policy and practice review before it is introduced.

Privacy requests: admin@tunerlink.net. Content removal: report content or request removal.