TopCar Privacy Policy

Effective Date: Jun 24, 2026

TopCar Media LLC ("TopCar," "Company," "we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you access or use the TopCar mobile application, the website located at https://top.car, and any related products or services (collectively, the "Services").

By using the Services, you agree to the collection and use of information as described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information you provide directly to us, information collected automatically when you use the Services, and information received from third parties.

Account Information

When you create an account, we may collect information including:

• Name
• Username
• Email address
• Phone number
• Password (stored securely in encrypted form)
• Profile photo
• Social login information (if applicable)

Vehicle & Garage Information

You may voluntarily provide information relating to vehicles, garages, and automotive projects, including:

• Vehicle make, model, trim, and year
• VIN or registration information (where voluntarily submitted)
• Build details and modifications
• Photos and videos
• Garage information
• Vehicle descriptions
• Event participation
• Competition entries
• Verification submissions
• Vehicle history information
• Other information you choose to provide

User Content

We collect content you create or upload, including:

• Photos
• Videos
• Comments
• Reviews
• Votes
• Messages
• Captions
• Profile information
• Competition submissions
• Event content
• Any other content you choose to submit

You retain ownership of your User Content as described in our Terms of Use.

Device Information

We may automatically collect:

• IP address
• Device identifiers
• Browser type
• Operating system
• Mobile device information
• App version
• Crash reports
• Diagnostic information

Usage Information

We collect information about how you use the Services, including:

• Pages viewed
• Features used
• Search activity
• Competitions entered
• Votes cast
• Events viewed
• Cars viewed
• Builders followed
• Session duration
• General platform activity

Location Information

With your permission, we may collect precise or approximate location information to provide features including:

• Nearby cars
• Nearby events
• Cruise Mode
• Meetups
• Location-based recommendations
• Local search results

Location sharing can be disabled at any time through your device settings.

Communications

If you contact us, participate in surveys, respond to emails or SMS messages, or otherwise communicate with us, we may collect those communications.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

• Provide and operate the Services;
• Create and manage your account;
• Display your profile, garage, and vehicles;
• Operate competitions, rankings, voting, and events;
• Process verification requests;
• Personalize your experience;
• Recommend vehicles, builders, events, and other content;
• Send account updates, notifications, and promotional communications;
• Respond to customer support requests;
• Detect fraud, abuse, fake accounts, and security incidents;
• Improve our products and Services;
• Enforce our Terms of Use and Community Guidelines;
• Comply with legal obligations.

3. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share information:

• with vendors and service providers that help us operate the Services;
• with providers of hosting, cloud services, analytics, messaging, customer support, payment processing, identity verification, mapping, or similar services;
• when required by law or legal process;
• to protect the rights, property, safety, or security of TopCar, our users, or others;
• in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, bankruptcy, or sale of company assets.

Certain information may be publicly visible depending on how you use the Services, including:

• Username
• Public profile
• Garage
• Vehicles
• Photos
• Videos
• Comments
• Competition participation
• Votes
• Event participation

4. Vehicle Verification & Digital Records

TopCar may offer features relating to:

• Vehicle verification
• Builder verification
• Ownership verification
• Car Passports
• Vehicle registries
• Digital records
• Verification badges
• Similar services

Information voluntarily submitted for these features may be stored and processed to provide verification services and improve the platform.

Unless expressly stated otherwise, these features are provided for informational and community purposes only and do not constitute legal proof of ownership, title, authenticity, provenance, valuation, or condition of any vehicle.

Users remain solely responsible for verifying ownership, title, registration, authenticity, and legal rights relating to vehicles.

Future Technologies

As the Services evolve, TopCar may utilize technologies such as distributed ledgers, blockchain networks, digital certificates, cryptographic verification, or similar technologies to improve vehicle records, ownership history, provenance, authenticity, and related features.

Participation in these features will be optional unless otherwise stated. This Privacy Policy will continue to apply to any personal information processed in connection with such technologies.

5. Location Services

If enabled, we may use your location to:

• Show nearby cars
• Display nearby events
• Enable Cruise Mode
• Improve recommendations
• Support meetups
• Improve local search results

You may disable location sharing through your device settings. Certain features may not function properly without location access.

6. Cookies & Similar Technologies

Our website and Services may use cookies, pixels, local storage, SDKs, and similar technologies to:

• Remember your preferences;
• Keep you signed in;
• Analyze platform usage;
• Improve performance;
• Personalize content;
• Measure the effectiveness of communications.

You may disable cookies through your browser settings, although certain features may not function properly.

7. Data Security

We use commercially reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards designed to protect your information.

However, no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Data Retention

We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary to:

• Provide the Services;
• Maintain your account;
• Improve the platform;
• Comply with legal obligations;
• Resolve disputes;
• Enforce our agreements;
• Protect platform integrity and security.

Certain information may be retained after account deletion where required or permitted by law.

9. Your Choices

You may:

• Update your account information;
• Modify your privacy settings;
• Disable location permissions;
• Opt out of promotional emails through the unsubscribe link;
• Opt out of SMS messages by replying STOP;
• Request deletion of your account by contacting us.

Certain information may remain where retention is required by law or reasonably necessary to protect the Services.

10. U.S. State Privacy Rights

Residents of certain U.S. states, including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and other states with applicable privacy laws may have additional rights regarding their personal information.

Depending on applicable law, these rights may include the right to:

• Know whether we collect, use, or disclose your personal information;
• Access your personal information;
• Correct inaccurate personal information;
• Request deletion of personal information;
• Obtain a portable copy of certain personal information;
• Opt out of targeted advertising, profiling, or the sale of personal information where applicable;
• Appeal our response to a privacy request where required by law.

California Privacy Notice

If you are a California resident, the California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act ("CPRA"), provides additional rights.

TopCar does not sell personal information.

TopCar also does not knowingly share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising as defined by California law.

To exercise your rights, contact:

[email protected]

We may verify your identity before fulfilling your request.

We will not discriminate against you for exercising your privacy rights.

11. International Users

If you access the Services from outside the United States, you understand that your information may be transferred to, processed, and stored in the United States or other countries where TopCar or its service providers operate.

Those countries may have data protection laws that differ from those in your jurisdiction.

Where required by applicable law, we take reasonable measures to help ensure that international transfers of personal information receive an appropriate level of protection.

If you reside in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction with similar privacy laws, you may have additional rights, including the right to:

• Access your personal information;
• Correct inaccurate information;
• Request deletion of your information;
• Restrict certain processing;
• Object to certain processing;
• Request a portable copy of certain personal information where applicable.

Requests may be submitted to:

[email protected]

12. Artificial Intelligence & Automated Features

TopCar may use artificial intelligence ("AI"), machine learning, and other automated technologies to improve the Services.

These technologies may be used to:

• Recommend vehicles, builders, garages, events, and content;
• Improve search and discovery;
• Personalize your experience;
• Detect spam, fraud, fake accounts, or suspicious activity;
• Assist with moderation and enforcement of our Community Guidelines;
• Improve platform safety and security;
• Generate summaries, captions, insights, or other user-facing features;
• Improve our products and Services.

AI-generated recommendations or content are intended to assist users and should not be considered professional advice, legal determinations, or guarantees of accuracy.

We may use information you provide through the Services to improve our AI-powered features, subject to this Privacy Policy and applicable law.

13. Vehicle Data & Community Contributions

TopCar is designed to celebrate, document, and preserve automotive culture.

Vehicle information, build details, photographs, comments, reviews, competition results, verification status, event participation, and other community-contributed information may be publicly displayed within the Services.

Because the platform is intended to create a historical record of vehicles and their stories, certain information associated with vehicles, garages, competitions, and events may continue to appear publicly even if ownership of a vehicle changes or a user account is modified, unless removal is required by applicable law or approved by TopCar.

Our goal is to preserve an accurate historical record of vehicles while respecting user privacy and applicable law.

14. Children's Privacy

The Services are not directed to children under 13 years of age.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected such information, we will promptly delete it as required by law.

15. Third-Party Services

The Services may contain links to third-party websites, applications, products, or services.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third parties. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any third-party services you choose to use.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

When material changes are made, we will update the Effective Date above and may provide additional notice through the Services where appropriate.

Your continued use of the Services after the revised Privacy Policy becomes effective constitutes your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

17. Contact Us

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us:

TopCar Media LLC

Website: https://top.car

Email: [email protected]

Mailing Address:

TopCar Media LLC 34300 Woodward Avenue, Suite 200 Birmingham, MI 48009