Last updated: September 2026
Who Operates This Site
This website is operated by IPNOVA SYSTEMS LTD, a company registered in Cyprus (Reg. No. HE 479674, VAT CY60202277Z), with its registered office at 36 Aigyptou, 6030 Larnaca, Cyprus. IPNOVA SYSTEMS LTD is the data controller responsible for personal data processed through this site. Company details: ipnova.com.
The short version
We never store which VINs you check, and we never connect a VIN to a person. Structural validation runs entirely in your browser.
VIN handling
The check digit, model year and manufacturer decoding happen on your device. When you request a full decode, the VIN is sent once to the official US government database (NHTSA vPIC) and the result is cached by vehicle so future lookups of the same VIN need no upstream call. We keep no record linking any lookup to any visitor: responses carry no-store headers and the VIN API is excluded from our web server access logs. A VIN by itself identifies a vehicle's build, not a person, and we never combine it with owner information.
Coverage improvement
When a decode returns no data (for example a brand-new model our sources have not caught up with), we record only the non-identifying build-spec characters: the three-character manufacturer code, the model-year character and the five-character vehicle descriptor. Thousands of identical vehicles share those characters; the serial number - the part that singles out one vehicle - is never written anywhere. This tells us which models or manufacturers our data is missing, nothing about you or your car.
Rate limiting
Standard web-server logs record IP addresses and request timing for rate limiting and abuse prevention, retained briefly and rotated automatically.
Analytics and cookies
With your permission, we use Google Analytics to understand aggregate traffic (pages visited, country, device type). It loads only after you choose "Allow analytics" in the cookie banner, and only then sets its cookies (names starting with _ga, kept for up to two years). If you choose "No thanks", or make no choice, no analytics code runs and the site works exactly the same. You can change your mind at any time with "Cookie settings" at the bottom of every page. The legal basis is your consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)). Analytics data is processed by Google Ireland Limited under its data processing terms and may be transferred to the United States under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. Your cookie choice itself is stored in your browser (localStorage) and never transmitted. No account system, no marketing cookies, no data sales. The theme preference is stored in your browser's localStorage and never transmitted.
Contact
Questions or corrections: [email protected]. VinDecoderCheck.com is operated by IPNOVA SYSTEMS LTD, Cyprus.