Privacy Policy

Last updated: January 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to AutoFixDB. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it through our compliance with this policy. This policy describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide when you visit the website AutoFixDB.com ("our Website"), use our Chrome Extension, and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect several types of information from and about users of our Website, including:

  • Personal Information: such as name, email address, or other identifiers if you register an account or contact us.
  • Usage Data: information about your internet connection, the equipment you use to access our Website, and usage details.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any personal information:

  • To present our Website and its contents to you.
  • To provide you with information, products, or services that you request from us.
  • To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it.
  • To notify you about changes to our Website or any products or services we offer or provide though it.

4. Comments and User Contributions

You may provide information to be published or displayed ("posted") on public areas of the Website, or transmitted to other users of the Website or third parties (collectively, "User Contributions"). Your User Contributions are posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk.

5. Cookies

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and hold certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent.

6. Chrome Extension

The AutoFixDB Chrome Extension is designed with your privacy in mind.

Information We Collect via the Extension

  • Search Queries: When you use the Extension to search for error codes or symptoms, your query is sent to our API to retrieve results. We do not log or store individual search queries.
  • Selected Text: When using the right-click menu or floating button feature, the selected text is used solely for searching and is not stored.

Information We Do NOT Collect via the Extension

  • Personal identification information
  • Browsing history or websites you visit
  • Cookies or tracking data from other sites
  • Any data from web pages you view

Extension Permissions

The Extension requires certain permissions to function:

  • contextMenus: To add a search option to your right-click menu
  • activeTab: To enable the floating search button on web pages
  • storage: Reserved for saving user preferences (currently unused)
  • host_permissions: To connect to AutoFixDB.com's API

All communications between the Extension and our servers use HTTPS encryption.

7. Contact Information

To ask questions or comment about this privacy policy and our privacy practices, contact us via the contact methods available on our Website.