Last updated: June 15, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how ProCarManuals.com (“ProCarManuals”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) collects, uses, stores, and protects information when you visit https://procarmanuals.com, use our pages, submit a contact form, or interact with our automotive manuals, reference content, and online tools.
ProCarManuals is an automotive reference website that provides access to vehicle manuals, PDF documents, repair references, wiring diagrams, fuse box diagrams, diagnostic information, guides, and free auto tools.
By using this website, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this policy, please stop using the website.
Who We Are
Website: https://procarmanuals.com
Contact page: https://procarmanuals.com/contact/
Privacy contact: privacy@procarmanuals.com
Copyright and DMCA page: https://procarmanuals.com/dmca-compliance-copyright-infringement-report/
Information We Collect
We collect limited information to operate the website, respond to user requests, improve site performance, protect the website from abuse, and support advertising and analytics.
Information You Provide Voluntarily
You may provide personal information when you contact us, submit a correction, request a manual, report a broken link, suggest a tool, or send a copyright-related message.
This information may include:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Your message
- Vehicle make, model, year, engine, trim, or market if included in your request
- Page URLs related to your request
- Screenshots, error messages, or other details you choose to submit
Please do not send sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for your request.
Contact Forms
Our contact form may collect the information you enter into the form, including your name, email address, subject, vehicle information, page URL, message, and consent confirmation.
We use this information only to review and respond to your request, investigate reported issues, process corrections, review manual requests, handle copyright concerns, and improve the website.
Form submissions may be processed by a third-party form service, such as Formspree. When you submit a form, your information may be transmitted to and processed by that service according to its own privacy and security practices. You can learn more about Formspree on the Formspree website.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit ProCarManuals, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our website, hosting provider, analytics tools, advertising services, security tools, or browser technologies.
This information may include:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type
- Operating system
- Referring page or search engine
- Pages visited
- Time and date of visit
- Approximate location based on IP address
- Cookies or similar identifiers
- Website performance and error data
We use this information to operate the website, understand how visitors use the site, improve content and navigation, prevent abuse, detect technical issues, and support advertising.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
ProCarManuals may use cookies, web beacons, local storage, pixels, and similar technologies.
Cookies may be used for:
- Basic website functionality
- Security and spam prevention
- Analytics and performance measurement
- Advertising and ad measurement
- Remembering user preferences where applicable
You can control or delete cookies through your browser settings. If you block some cookies, certain parts of the website may not work as intended.
Google AdSense and Advertising Cookies
ProCarManuals may use Google AdSense or other advertising services to display ads and support the operation of the website.
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites.
Google’s use of advertising cookies enables Google and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visit to ProCarManuals and/or other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
Users may also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting AboutAds.
Google and its advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies to:
- Serve ads
- Limit how often an ad is shown
- Measure ad performance
- Detect and prevent invalid activity
- Improve ad relevance
- Report aggregate advertising statistics
You can learn more about how Google uses cookies in advertising on Google’s Advertising – Privacy & Terms page.
Third-Party Vendors and Ad Networks
If third-party ad networks or advertising vendors are used on ProCarManuals, those vendors may use cookies and similar technologies to serve ads, measure performance, and provide advertising-related services.
These third parties may collect information directly from your browser or device. Their use of information is governed by their own privacy policies.
We do not control third-party cookies once they are set by external services. You can manage advertising cookies through your browser settings, Google Ads Settings, or industry opt-out tools such as AboutAds.
Analytics
ProCarManuals may use analytics tools, such as Google Analytics or similar services, to understand how visitors use the website.
Analytics tools may collect information such as pages visited, time on page, browser type, device type, approximate location, referring pages, and interactions with the website.
We use analytics information to:
- Improve website structure and navigation
- Identify useful or outdated content
- Detect technical issues
- Understand general traffic patterns
- Improve user experience
You can learn more about Google Analytics privacy and opt-out options on the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on page.
How We Use Information
We may use collected information to:
- Operate and maintain the website
- Respond to contact form submissions
- Review manual requests and correction reports
- Investigate broken links or PDF issues
- Improve content, categories, search, and navigation
- Develop or improve automotive tools and calculators
- Protect the website from spam, abuse, fraud, and security threats
- Display and measure advertising
- Analyze website performance
- Comply with legal obligations
- Review copyright, DMCA, or legal requests
Legal Bases for Processing
Depending on your location, we may process personal information based on one or more legal bases, including:
- Consent, such as when you submit a contact form or accept optional cookies
- Legitimate interests, such as website operation, security, analytics, and responding to requests
- Legal obligations, such as processing copyright or lawful requests
- Contractual necessity, where processing is needed to provide a requested website function or response
How We Share Information
We do not sell personal information.
We may share limited information with trusted third-party service providers when needed to operate the website and respond to requests.
These may include:
- Hosting providers
- Email and form processing services
- Analytics providers
- Advertising providers
- Security and anti-spam tools
- Technical service providers
We may also disclose information if required by law, legal process, copyright claim, fraud investigation, security issue, or to protect our rights, users, or the website.
Data Retention
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy.
General retention guidelines:
- Contact form submissions may be kept as long as needed to respond to the request, review the issue, and maintain reasonable records.
- Copyright or DMCA-related communications may be kept for legal, recordkeeping, and compliance purposes.
- Technical logs may be kept for security, troubleshooting, and abuse prevention.
- Analytics data may be retained according to the settings of the analytics provider.
When information is no longer needed, we may delete, anonymize, or securely retain it where required by law or legitimate site operation needs.
Security
We take reasonable steps to protect information submitted through the website. These steps may include secure connections, limited access, hosting security tools, spam prevention, and routine site maintenance.
However, no method of online transmission or storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security of information sent through the Internet.
Your Privacy Choices
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of personal information
- Object to or restrict certain processing
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Opt out of personalized advertising
- Manage or delete cookies through your browser
To make a privacy request, contact us through the Contact page or email privacy@procarmanuals.com.
We may need to verify your request before taking action.
Cookie Choices
You can manage cookies through your browser settings.
Browser controls usually allow you to:
- Delete existing cookies
- Block all cookies
- Block third-party cookies
- Clear site data
- Set preferences for specific websites
If a cookie consent tool is available on the site, you may also use it to manage your cookie preferences.
Advertising Choices
You can manage personalized ads from Google through Google Ads Settings.
You can learn how Google uses information from sites and apps that use Google services on Google’s How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services page.
You can opt out of some third-party advertising cookies through AboutAds.
Please note that opting out of personalized advertising does not mean you will stop seeing ads. It means the ads may be less personalized.
Children’s Privacy
ProCarManuals is intended for a general audience and is primarily designed for users interested in automotive information, manuals, repair references, and tools.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe that a child has provided personal information through the website, please contact us so we can review and delete the information where appropriate.
International Users
ProCarManuals may be accessed from different countries. By using the website or submitting information, you understand that information may be processed in the country where our website, hosting provider, form provider, analytics provider, advertising provider, or other service providers operate.
Privacy laws may vary by country. We aim to handle personal information in a transparent and reasonable manner consistent with this policy.
External Links
ProCarManuals may contain links to external websites, third-party services, PDF sources, manufacturer resources, advertising links, or reference pages.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of external websites. Please review the privacy policies of any external websites you visit.
Copyright and Legal Requests
If you are a copyright owner or authorized representative and believe that material on ProCarManuals infringes your rights, please use our DMCA / Copyright Infringement Report page.
For general website rules, permitted use, disclaimers, warranties, and liability limits, please review our Terms of Service.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in website features, advertising services, analytics tools, legal requirements, or privacy practices.
When we update this policy, we will revise the “Last updated” date at the top of this page. Continued use of the website after changes are posted means you acknowledge the updated policy.
Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to make a privacy request, please contact us through the Contact page.
You may also email privacy-related requests to privacy@procarmanuals.com.
