Privacy Policy

MercedesGuide.com uses Google Analytics 4 (measurement ID G-Q5SQMJ9J3P) only after you select “Allow analytics.” GA4 can use cookies and online identifiers to report visits and interactions. If you decline, its script is not loaded by this site. You can reopen Privacy choices from the footer and change your selection. A change to decline stops further analytics loading on subsequent page visits; previously transmitted data cannot be withdrawn by that control.

We store your analytics choice and language preference in your browser’s local storage. The ZIP search and comparison controls operate in the browser and link to external resources; they do not submit the ZIP or comparison to a MercedesGuide.com database. The commercial inquiry form opens your configured email app with a prefilled message. Details you enter, including your name, company, email, budget and message, reach our mailbox only if you send it; your email provider may process the draft. We use correspondence to respond and manage inquiries.

My Garage can store a vehicle family, year, trim, market and optional nickname or mileage locally in your browser when you choose Save my car. This is device-local storage, not a cloud account or a shared vehicle database. Clear removes this saved entry from that browser. Garage inquiries open a draft in your email app containing the vehicle and contact details you choose to include. We receive it only if you send it. We ask for separate permission before sharing your contact details with a dealer or service provider. If you submit Ask MercedesGuide, the model, year, trim, market, language and question are sent through our server to OpenAI to generate an answer; saved nickname and mileage are not included automatically. Do not place sensitive information in the question. With analytics consent, garage events contain model, year and intent category; form names, emails, locations, nicknames and mileage are not sent by those events.

Our hosting provider may process ordinary request data such as IP address, browser details, requested URL and time in server or security logs. Fonts use locally available browser fallbacks; no Google Fonts stylesheet is requested by this site. Links to YouTube, retailers, dealerships, official sources and other third parties take you to services governed by their own privacy policies; this site does not embed a YouTube player in the inspected pages.

We do not intentionally request sensitive personal information in the inquiry form. Please do not send payment information or government identifiers. For access, deletion, privacy questions or a request relating to your correspondence, email thebenzmenz@gmail.com. We will review requests under applicable law. Google’s own practices are explained in its Privacy Policy.

This policy reflects the website implementation reviewed for this update and will be revised if new advertising pixels, email collection, embeds or tracking services are introduced.