About
Privacy policy
Last updated Oct 2, 2026.
What we collect
We don't ask for your name, email address or other contact details. The calculators run in your browser and nothing you type into them is sent to us. Our host, Cloudflare, processes technical data such as IP addresses to deliver and protect the site. We count visits with Cloudflare Web Analytics, which does not use cookies.
Visit statistics
We also use Google Analytics to see how many people visit and which pages they read. It sets cookies and records the pages you view, how far you scroll, the links you follow to other sites, the files you download and whether you use a form (never what you type), along with your device and browser, your approximate location and how you reached the site. Google processes this data as described in how Google uses information from sites that use its services. You can block Google Analytics on every site with Google's opt-out browser add-on. We don't load Google Analytics for visitors in the European Economic Area, the UK or Switzerland, or when your browser sends a Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal.
Session recordings and heatmaps
To see how people use our pages, we use Microsoft Clarity. It records clicks, taps, scrolling and mouse movement, with your device, browser and approximate location, and shows us visits as recordings and heatmaps. It masks anything you type into a box on our pages, such as a VIN, so we never see what you typed. Clarity sets its own cookies, and Microsoft sets cookies that it says also support advertising. Microsoft keeps most recordings for 30 days, and heatmaps and some recordings for up to 9 months, and processes this data under the Microsoft Privacy Statement. We don't load Clarity for visitors in the European Economic Area, the UK or Switzerland, or when your browser sends a Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal.
Advertising and cookies
Model Years uses Google AdSense for advertising. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies lets it and its partners serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and other sites on the internet. You can opt out of personalized advertising in Google Ads Settings or at aboutads.info. Other ad networks certified by Google may also serve ads here; see Google's list of certified ad networks. Read how Google uses information from sites that use its services. Visitors in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland are asked for consent before personalized ads are shown, and can change their choice at any time with the "Privacy and cookie settings" link on the page. Visitors in US states whose privacy laws require it see a link to opt out of the sale or sharing of their personal information.
Links
Pages link to government and other sites, which have their own privacy policies. The vehicle history link under the VIN check goes to EpicVIN, our affiliate partner: if you typed a VIN, the link passes it on, and the partner may set its own cookies to credit us with a sale. See the affiliate disclosure.
Contact
Questions about privacy: hello@modelyears.com.