jerrycarinsurance.com · Last updated: 23 Oct 2026
1. Introduction and Scope
This Privacy Policy explains what personal information jerrycarinsurance.com (the “Website”, “we”, “us” or “our”) collects, how we use and share it, and the choices and rights you have. By using the Website, you acknowledge that you have read this policy. If you do not agree with it, please stop using the Website.
Jerry Car Insurance is an informational website that publishes articles, guides and comparisons about car insurance. We are not an insurance company, broker, agent or carrier, and we do not sell, underwrite or bind insurance policies. Content on the Website is for general information only and is not insurance, financial or legal advice.
This policy applies to all pages of jerrycarinsurance.com and its subdomains. It does not apply to third-party websites, apps or services that you reach through links or advertisements on the Website; those are governed by their own privacy policies.
2. Information We Collect
We collect only the information needed to run, secure, improve and fund the Website. The table below summarizes the categories.
| Category | Examples | How we get it |
|---|---|---|
| Information you give us | Name, email address, message content, newsletter sign-up, comments | When you contact us, subscribe, or post a comment |
| Device and technical data | IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device type, screen size, language, time zone | Automatically, when your browser requests a page |
| Usage data | Pages viewed, time on page, scroll depth, clicks, links followed, search terms, date and time of visit | Automatically, through server logs, cookies and analytics tools |
| Referral data | The page or site that sent you to us, such as a Facebook post, group or page, a search engine or another site | Automatically, from the referring URL and campaign parameters |
| Approximate location | Country, region or city inferred from your IP address | Automatically; we do not collect precise GPS location |
| Cookie and advertising identifiers | Cookie IDs, mobile advertising IDs, ad interaction data, inferred interests | Cookies, pixels, SDKs and similar technologies from us and our advertising partners |
| Consent records | Your cookie choices, consent string, timestamp | Our cookie consent banner |
Information you provide
If you email us, use a contact form, subscribe to updates or leave a comment, we receive the details you choose to submit. Please do not send us sensitive information such as your driver’s licence number, policy number, Social Security number, bank or payment card details, or health information. We do not need it and do not ask for it.
Information collected automatically
When you visit the Website, our servers, analytics tools and partners automatically record technical and usage data using cookies, web beacons, pixels, local storage and log files. This data is generally not used to identify you by name, but identifiers such as IP addresses and cookie IDs can be personal data under laws like the GDPR and certain US state laws.
Information from third parties
We may receive limited information from analytics providers, advertising partners and social media platforms (for example, aggregated audience data when you arrive from a Facebook link). We do not buy lists of personal data about you.
Information we do not intentionally collect
We do not knowingly collect sensitive personal information (such as government identifiers, financial account numbers, precise geolocation, or data about health, race, religion or sexual orientation), and we do not intentionally collect personal information from children (see Section 16).
3. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Operate, maintain and deliver the Website and its content
- Understand how visitors find and use the Website, so we can improve content, design, speed and navigation
- Show advertising on the Website, which funds our free content, including measuring ad delivery, preventing invalid traffic and fraud, and, where permitted, personalizing ads
- Respond to your messages, questions and requests
- Send newsletters or updates, if you have subscribed (you can unsubscribe at any time)
- Moderate comments and enforce our terms and policies
- Protect the Website, our users and our partners against spam, abuse, bots, security incidents and other harmful activity
- Comply with legal obligations and respond to lawful requests
- Keep records of your consent and privacy choices
We do not sell your personal information for money. However, sharing identifiers and browsing data with advertising partners for ad purposes may count as a “sale” or “sharing” under some US state laws. Section 7 and Section 14 explain this and your choices.
4. Legal Bases for Processing (EEA, UK and Similar Regions)
If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom or Switzerland, we process personal data only where we have a legal basis under the GDPR or the UK GDPR:
| Purpose | Legal basis |
|---|---|
| Providing and securing the Website, preventing fraud and abuse | Legitimate interests (running a safe, working website) |
| Responding to your enquiries | Legitimate interests, or steps taken at your request |
| Newsletters and subscriber emails | Consent |
| Non-essential cookies, advertising and personalized ads, advertising identifiers | Consent, collected through our cookie banner |
| Analytics and measuring audience and ad performance | Consent where required; otherwise legitimate interests |
| Legal compliance and record-keeping | Legal obligation |
Where we rely on consent, you can withdraw it at any time through the cookie settings link on the Website or by contacting us. Withdrawal does not affect processing carried out before you withdrew. Where we rely on legitimate interests, you have the right to object (see Section 13).
5. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device. We also use similar technologies such as pixels, web beacons, local storage and software development kits (SDKs). We and our partners use them for the following purposes:
| Type | Purpose | Consent needed? |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly necessary | Security, load balancing, remembering your cookie choices, basic site function | No |
| Preferences | Remembering settings such as display or language preferences | Where required by law |
| Analytics / performance | Counting visits, understanding how pages are used, measuring speed and errors | Where required by law |
| Advertising / targeting | Serving, personalizing, capping and measuring ads; fraud and invalid-traffic detection | Yes, in the EEA, UK and similar regions |
Cookies may be “session” cookies, which expire when you close your browser, or “persistent” cookies, which stay until they expire or you delete them. Some are set by us (first-party) and some by our partners (third-party).
In the EEA, UK and other regions where consent is required, we show a cookie banner and do not set non-essential cookies until you agree. You can change your choices at any time using the cookie settings link in the footer of the Website. You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings, but parts of the Website may not work properly if you block strictly necessary cookies.
6. Analytics
We use analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to understand how visitors use the Website: which pages are popular, how people arrive, and how long they stay. These services use cookies and similar identifiers and may receive your IP address and device information. We use the results in aggregate to improve the Website.
Google’s use of data from sites that use its services is described at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
7. Advertising and Third-Party Ad Partners
The Website is supported by advertising. We work with advertising networks, supply-side platforms, ad exchanges and other ad technology partners (for example, Google AdSense or Google Ad Manager and programmatic demand partners) to display ads on our pages. These partners may use cookies, advertising identifiers, pixels and similar technologies to:
- Serve ads, limit how often you see an ad, and measure whether ads were delivered and viewed
- Show ads based on your visit to this Website, your visits to other websites, your approximate location and inferred interests (interest-based or personalized advertising)
- Detect fraud, invalid traffic and abuse
In doing so, these partners may collect and process information such as your IP address, cookie IDs, advertising IDs, device and browser details, pages visited, and ad interaction data. Their use of that information is governed by their own privacy policies, not this one. We do not control third-party cookies and recommend reviewing the relevant partner policies.
Google. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies, including the DoubleClick cookie, to serve ads on the Website. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this and other sites on the internet. You can learn how Google uses data at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites and opt out of personalized advertising at https://adssettings.google.com.
Industry frameworks. Where we use a consent management platform, it may operate under the IAB Europe Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) and pass your consent choices to participating vendors in the form of a consent string. A list of vendors and their purposes is available through the cookie settings link on the Website.
Non-personalized and contextual ads. If you decline personalized advertising, you may still see ads, but they are based on the content of the page and general information such as your approximate location, rather than your browsing history.
8. Your Choices for Cookies and Advertising
- Cookie settings: use the cookie settings link in the Website footer to accept, reject or customize cookies.
- Browser controls: most browsers let you block or delete cookies and send a Global Privacy Control or Do Not Track signal (see Section 18).
- Ad choice tools: Digital Advertising Alliance (US) at https://optout.aboutads.info, Network Advertising Initiative at https://optout.networkadvertising.org, European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance at https://www.youronlinechoices.com, Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada at https://youradchoices.ca.
- Device settings: on mobile devices you can reset or limit your advertising identifier in your device privacy settings.
- Platform settings: if you came from Facebook or another social platform, you can manage ad preferences in that platform’s account settings.
Opting out of personalized ads does not remove ads from the Website; it only changes how they are selected.
9. How We Share Information
We share personal information only as described below.
- Advertising and analytics partners: identifiers, device data and usage data, as explained in Sections 5 to 7.
- Service providers: hosting, content delivery, security, email delivery, comment moderation and similar vendors that process data on our behalf under contractual confidentiality and data protection obligations.
- Legal and safety reasons: where we believe disclosure is required by law, court order or legal process, or necessary to protect the rights, property or safety of us, our users or the public, or to investigate fraud or abuse.
- Business transfers: if we merge with, are acquired by, or sell part or all of our assets to another business, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will require the new owner to honor this policy or give you notice of changes.
- With your consent: in any other case where you ask or authorize us to share it.
We do not sell your information in exchange for money, and we do not share your email address or message content with advertisers.
10. International Data Transfers
We and our service providers and partners operate in several countries, including the United States and other countries outside your own. Your information may be transferred to, stored and processed in places whose data protection laws differ from those where you live.
Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards for transfers of personal data from the EEA, UK or Switzerland, such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses, the UK International Data Transfer Addendum, adequacy decisions, or participation of the recipient in the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. You can contact us for more information about the safeguards used.
11. Data Retention
We keep personal information only as long as needed for the purposes in this policy, unless a longer period is required or permitted by law. As a general guide:
| Data | Typical retention |
|---|---|
| Server and security logs | Up to 90 days |
| Analytics data | Up to 26 months, or as configured in our analytics tool |
| Emails and messages you send us | Up to 24 months after our last communication |
| Newsletter subscription data | Until you unsubscribe, then a minimal record to honor your opt-out |
| Comments | For as long as the related content is published, unless you ask us to remove them |
| Consent records | Up to 24 months, or until you change your choices |
| Cookies | Per the cookie’s lifespan; see your cookie settings for details |
Retention by third-party advertising and analytics partners follows their own policies. When data is no longer needed, we delete or anonymize it.
12. Data Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal information, including HTTPS encryption in transit, access controls, regular software updates, malware and firewall protection, and backups. No method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security. You are responsible for keeping any account or device you use secure.
If a data breach affects your personal information in a way that creates a legal notification obligation, we will notify you and the relevant authorities as required by law.
13. Your Rights Under the GDPR and UK GDPR
If you are in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland, you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you and receive a copy
- Rectify inaccurate or incomplete data
- Erase your data (the “right to be forgotten”) in certain circumstances
- Restrict our processing in certain circumstances
- Data portability: receive your data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format and have it transmitted to another controller where technically feasible
- Object to processing based on legitimate interests, and to direct marketing at any time
- Withdraw consent at any time, where processing is based on consent
- Not be subject to solely automated decisions with legal or similarly significant effects (we do not make such decisions)
- Lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority, such as your national data protection authority in the EEA, or the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK
To exercise these rights, contact us using the details in Section 20. We may need to verify your identity first, and we will respond within one month (extendable by up to two further months for complex requests, where the law allows).
14. Your Rights Under US State Privacy Laws
Residents of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida (where applicable), Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and other states with comprehensive privacy laws may have some or all of the following rights, subject to each law’s conditions and exceptions:
- Know and access the categories and specific pieces of personal information we collect, use, disclose, sell or share
- Delete personal information we have collected from you
- Correct inaccurate personal information
- Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information, and of targeted advertising and certain profiling
- Limit the use of sensitive personal information (we do not collect or use it beyond what the law allows)
- Data portability, where the law provides it
- Non-discrimination: we will not deny you service, charge different prices or give a different quality of service because you exercised your rights
- Appeal our decision on a request, where your state’s law provides that right
Categories of personal information in the last 12 months. Depending on how you use the Website, we may have collected: identifiers (IP address, cookie IDs, advertising IDs, email address if you contact us); internet or network activity (pages viewed, interactions with the Website and ads); device and browser information; approximate geolocation; and inferences drawn from the above for advertising purposes. We have disclosed identifiers, internet activity, device data and approximate location to advertising partners, analytics providers and service providers for business and commercial purposes as described in Sections 3, 7 and 9.
Sale and sharing. We do not sell personal information for money. However, our use of third-party advertising cookies may be considered a “sale” of personal information or “sharing” for cross-context behavioral advertising or “targeted advertising” under some state laws. To opt out, use the cookie settings link in the Website footer, or the “Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information” link where displayed, or send a Global Privacy Control signal (see Section 18). We honor opt-out preference signals as required by law. We do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of anyone under 16.
How to submit a request. Contact us using the details in Section 20 with the subject line “Privacy Request”, tell us your state and the right you wish to exercise. We will verify your request by matching the information you provide to information we hold, and we will respond within 45 days (extendable once by a further 45 days where the law allows). You may use an authorized agent to submit a request on your behalf, and we may require proof of their authority. If we deny a request, you may appeal by replying to our decision with the subject “Appeal”, and we will respond within the time your state’s law requires. California residents may also request information about disclosures of personal information to third parties for direct marketing purposes (“Shine the Light”, Cal. Civ. Code Section 1798.83).
15. Residents of Canada, Australia, Brazil and Other Regions
If you live in Canada, Australia, Brazil (LGPD), South Africa (POPIA), New Zealand, Singapore, India, or another country with a data protection law, you have the rights that law gives you, which generally include access, correction, deletion, withdrawal of consent, and the right to complain to your local privacy regulator. Contact us using the details in Section 20 to exercise them. Where local law requires a specific legal basis for processing or for international transfers, we rely on your consent or another basis recognized by that law.
16. Children’s Privacy
The Website is intended for adults and is not directed to children under 13 (or under 16 in the EEA and UK, where a higher age of digital consent applies). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has given us personal information, contact us and we will delete it promptly.
17. Third-Party Links, Social Media and Embedded Content
The Website may contain links to third-party websites, advertisements, and embedded content such as social media buttons, videos or widgets. We do not control and are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third parties. When you follow a link or interact with embedded content, the third party may collect information about you under its own policy, so please read it.
Many visitors reach the Website through links shared on Facebook or other social platforms. Those platforms collect and use your data under their own policies, and we do not receive your Facebook profile or account details. We may see aggregated or technical information (such as the referring link) when you click through to the Website.
18. Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track
We treat a valid Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal sent by your browser or extension as a request to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information and of targeted advertising, as required by applicable law. Because there is no common standard for “Do Not Track” browser signals, we do not currently respond to them, except where a signal is also a recognized legal opt-out mechanism.
19. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology or legal requirements. The “Last updated” date at the top shows when it was last revised. If we make material changes, we will post a notice on the Website or, where required, ask for your consent again. Please review this page regularly. Your continued use of the Website after an update means you accept the revised policy, where permitted by law.
20. Contact Us
For questions about this policy, to exercise your privacy rights, or to make a complaint, contact us:
- Email: info@jerrycarinsurance.com
- Website: https://jerrycarinsurance.com
We aim to respond to all privacy enquiries within 30 days. If you are in the EEA or UK and are not satisfied with our response, you have the right to complain to your local data protection authority.