Cookie Policy
Last updated: September 2026 · Effective: September 2026
We Use Cookies — Including Advertising Cookies
CarCostBreakdown.com uses essential session cookies, Google Analytics cookies, and advertiser platform advertising cookies. We display ads served by third-party advertiser platforms to help fund the free tools and data on this site. Google and its partners may use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. You can manage your ad preferences at any time.
3. Advertiser Platforms & Advertising
CarCostBreakdown.com participates in third-party advertiser platform programmes. We display ads to help fund the free car cost tools and global data we provide. Advertiser platforms use cookies and web beacons to collect data about your browsing behaviour in order to serve relevant advertisements.
How our ad partners use your data: Advertising partners may use the data collected through advertising cookies to personalise the ads you see on this site and across other websites. For full details, see Google's Advertising Policies and Google's Privacy Policy.
Opt out of personalised ads: Visit Google Ads Settings or the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out page. Note: opting out of personalised ads does not remove ads from the site — it means ads will be less relevant to your interests.
4. How to Control Cookies
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already on your device and set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. However, if you do this, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site. Note: disabling essential cookies will prevent the calculator from remembering your currency and country selections between pages.
Browser Cookie Settings:
- •Chrome: Settings → Privacy and Security → Cookies and other site data
- •Firefox: Settings → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data
- •Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data
- •Edge: Settings → Cookies and site permissions → Cookies and site data
Google Analytics Opt-Out: Install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on to prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about your visits.
Advertising Opt-Out: Visit Google Ads Settings to manage or opt out of personalised advertising.
5. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we use cookies from the following third-party services:
- •Advertiser Platforms — serves display advertisements. Our advertising partners place advertising cookies to serve relevant ads and measure performance. See Google's ad technology policies.
- •Google Analytics — provides aggregate website analytics. See Google's Privacy Policy.
Our data providers (U.S. EIA, World Bank, NHTSA, BLS) are accessed server-side via automated pipelines and do not set any cookies on your device.
6. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time, including when we add new advertising partners or change how we use cookies. We will notify you of material changes by updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. Your continued use of the Site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
7. Contact
For questions about our use of cookies or advertising: [email protected]