Privacy Policy

What we collect

• Account information — your email and basic profile when you sign in with Google.
• What you check — the identifiers you submit (a licence plate, a finca number, or a map coordinate).
• Transaction details — information needed to coordinate a safe close (parties, price, and the email or phone of a buyer or seller you enter).
• Communications — SMS/WhatsApp and support messages you send us.
• Technical data — device, usage, and analytics data and cookies.

How we use it

• To run registry checks against official Costa Rican sources and return a verdict.
• To coordinate escrow and the notarial closing of a transaction you start.
• To communicate with you about your checks and deals.
• To operate, secure, and improve the service and meet legal obligations.

Legal basis

We process personal data on the basis of your consent (which you may withdraw), the performance of the service you request, our legitimate interests in operating and securing the platform, and compliance with law. Under Costa Rica’s Ley N° 8968 we process data only for the purposes stated here and apply the principles of data quality, consent, and purpose limitation.

Registry data & privacy

Verification draws on public and official registry sources. For vehicle checks we show the title-status verdict— never the registered owner’s name or cédula. Owner-of-record information, where available, is handled only within an authorized, gated lookup.

Text messaging (SMS & WhatsApp)

If you give us your phone number and opt in, Carros506 sends SMS and WhatsApp messages about your inquiry, verification, or transaction — for example replies from a specialist, lead and status updates, and appointment or closing coordination. Message frequency varies. Message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out or HELP for help at any time.

We do not sell, rent, or share your mobile phone number or your SMS/text-messaging opt-in consent with any third parties or affiliates for their own marketing or promotional purposes. Your phone number is used only to send the messages you requested and to coordinate the transaction you started.

Who we share with

We do not sell your information. We share it only as needed to complete a transaction you initiate — with the regulated escrow provider (Escrow.com, a US-licensed service that holds funds and performs its own KYC; we never custody funds ourselves) and with the Costa Rican notary executing a transfer. We use standard service providers (hosting, analytics, email/messaging) under their own terms, and we disclose data to authorities where required by law.

International data transfers

We operate across the United States and Costa Rica, so your data may be processed in both countries and by the providers above. We rely on your consent and appropriate safeguards for these transfers.

Retention

We keep personal data only as long as needed for the purposes above or as required by law (including transaction, tax, and anti-money-laundering recordkeeping), then delete or anonymize it.

Your rights

Costa Rica (Ley 8968): you have the rights of access, rectification, and deletion (supresión) of your data, and to object to or limit certain processing. Exercise them by emailing us; you may escalate to the Agencia de Protección de Datos de los Habitantes (PRODHAB).

United States (California — CCPA/CPRA): California residents have the rights to know what we collect, to delete, to correct, to opt out of sale/sharing (we do not sell or share for cross-context advertising), and to non-discrimination for exercising these rights. We verify requests before acting.

You can also revoke Google sign-in access from your Google account at any time.

Cookies & analytics

We use essential cookies to run the service and analytics to understand usage. You can control cookies in your browser; some features may not work without essential cookies.

Security & children

We protect data with industry-standard measures and will notify affected users and authorities of a breach where the law requires. The service is not directed to children and we do not knowingly collect their data.

Contact

Questions or requests: privacy@carros506.com.