This Privacy Policy explains what information Cash Out Junk Cars ("we," "us," or "our") collects when you visit cashoutjunkcars.com or request an offer on your vehicle, how we use that information, and who helps us process it.
1. Information we collect
Information you give us in the offer form
When you use the "Get my offer" form, you provide:
- Vehicle details: year, make, and model, plus any make or model you type in yourself
- Vehicle condition, title status, and preferred pickup timing
- Your full name
- The vehicle pickup address
- Your phone number
If you call us, email us, or the form fails and you choose to email your details instead, we receive whatever information you share with us in that call or message.
Information collected automatically
When you visit the site, some information about how you arrived is collected and sent along with your offer request. This helps us understand which advertising and sources bring in customers. It can include:
- The general lead source (for example, Google Ads, Google organic search, a referring website, or a direct visit)
- The address of an outside website that referred you to us, if any
- Google Ads details included in the link you clicked, such as the ad keyword, keyword match type, campaign ID, and ad group ID
- The Google Click Identifier (GCLID) and similar Google click IDs (described in section 4)
- Hashed contact details collected by the Google tag for enhanced conversions (described in section 4)
- Campaign tags in the link you clicked (UTM parameters) and the page you first landed on
Google does not give websites the exact words you typed into a search, so we don't receive or collect your search phrase.
Like most websites, the services that host and deliver this site (see section 3) may also receive standard technical information from your browser, such as your IP address, browser type, and the pages you request.
2. How we use information
We use the information described above to:
- Prepare and give you an offer on your vehicle
- Contact you by phone about your offer and schedule pickup
- Arrange towing and complete the purchase at the pickup address you provide
- Keep records of offer requests and completed purchases
- Measure which ads, campaigns, and keywords lead to offer requests, so we can manage our advertising
- Filter out spam and automated form submissions
3. Service providers
We use the following third-party services to run the website and handle offer requests. Each receives information only as needed to provide its service, and handles it under its own privacy policy.
- Formspree receives and processes offer form submissions, including your vehicle details, name, pickup address, phone number, and the lead source information described above. It delivers each submission to us as an email notification. See Formspree's privacy policy.
- Google receives your email notifications through our Gmail account, provides our Google Ads conversion tracking, which includes hashed (encoded) contact details from the offer form (see section 4), and serves the fonts used on this site. See Google's privacy policy.
- Netlify hosts and delivers this website. See Netlify's privacy policy.
We may also disclose information if the law requires it.
4. Google Ads, GCLIDs, and enhanced conversions
We advertise with Google Ads, and every page of this site loads the Google tag (gtag.js) for our Google Ads account. Here's what that tag shares with Google.
- GCLID. When you click one of our Google ads, Google adds a Google Click Identifier (GCLID) to the link. A GCLID is a random code that identifies that ad click. Our site saves the GCLID (or a similar Google click ID such as a GBRAID or WBRAID) in your browser and includes the GCLID with your offer request, so we can see which ad click led to which request.
- Conversion tracking. When you submit the offer form successfully, the Google tag tells Google Ads that a lead form was submitted. This lets us measure how well our ads work.
- Enhanced conversions (hashed contact information). Our Google Ads account uses enhanced conversions with automatic detection. When you submit the offer form, the Google tag can detect contact details you typed into the form, such as your phone number, name, and pickup address. It hashes them in your browser, turning them into a one-way code using SHA-256, and sends the hashed values to Google with the conversion. Google uses them to match the form submission to a Google account that clicked or viewed our ad, so we can measure ad results more accurately. Google's tag does the hashing. We don't send Google your details in readable form, and we don't receive any information back from Google about your Google account. Learn more in Google's explanation of enhanced conversions.
- Site activity. The Google tag can also send Google information about how you use the site, such as pages viewed, scrolling, clicks on links to other sites, and form interactions.
- Google's cookies and device data. The Google tag may set cookies (for example,
_gcl_aw) and collect information about your visit, such as your IP address and browser details. Google handles this information under its own policies. Learn more in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
5. Cookies and browser storage
To keep track of how you found us as you move between pages, the site saves lead source details (the click IDs, ad and campaign details, referring site, and landing page described above) in your browser's local storage, under the name coj_attribution. If local storage isn't available, it uses a cookie with the same name instead. This information expires after 90 days, and it's only sent to us if you submit the offer form.
The Google tag may also set its own cookies, as described in section 4.
6. Your choices
- Browser controls. You can block or delete cookies and clear site data (including local storage) in your browser settings. The offer form still works if you do.
- Ad personalization. You can manage how Google uses your information for ads at My Ad Center.
- Calling instead. You don't have to use the online form. You can call us at (872) 777-6070 for an offer.
- Access, corrections, and deletion. To ask about the information you sent us, or to ask us to correct or delete it, contact us using the details below. When you ask us to delete your information, we delete your offer request from Formspree and the related notification emails from our inbox. We keep only the records we're required to keep, such as paperwork for a completed vehicle purchase or title transfer. Data Google has already received through the Google tag is controlled by Google, and you can manage it through your Google account.
7. Retention and security
We don't have a set retention period for offer requests. Submissions stay in our Formspree account and as notification emails in our inbox until we delete them, or until you ask us to delete them (see section 6). Form submissions travel over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection. No method of transmitting or storing information is completely secure, so we can't guarantee absolute security.
This site is meant for adults selling vehicles and is not directed at children.
8. Changes and contact
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we'll post the new version on this page and change the effective date above.
If you have questions about this policy or your information, contact us: