Privacy Policy & Cookie Disclosures

01. Public Government Transportation Records (FOIA & 49 U.S.C. § 13902)

Motor carriers operating in interstate commerce are required by federal law (49 U.S.C. § 13902 and 49 CFR Part 385) to register with the FMCSA. This includes company legal names, DBA names, USDOT/MC docket numbers, registered business addresses, power unit counts, driver counts, and roadside inspection violation records.

These records are public domain documents accessible under the federal Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). We publish these public filings to promote highway safety, assist freight brokers in vetting carriers, and help shippers eliminate cargo theft and fraudulent double-brokering.

02. Information We Collect From Website Visitors

When you browse CarrierSafetyData, we may collect standard non-personally identifiable technical data through server logs and Cloudflare edge monitoring:

• Browser type, operating system version, and device screen dimensions.
• Truncated IP addresses (collected strictly for DDoS mitigation, firewall filtering, and rate-limiting abuse).
• Referring URLs, pages viewed, search queries, and access timestamps.
• Information voluntarily submitted via our contact forms (such as your email address, name, and inquiry details).

We use this technical data solely to maintain website stability, prevent malicious automated scraping, and improve search speeds.

03. Cookies and Google Advertising Disclosures (Google AdSense)

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to store user preferences (such as recently searched carriers) and optimize server response times across our global edge network.

Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies (including the DoubleClick DART cookie) enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visits to our site and other internet locations.

Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings or through the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) opt-out page.

04. Strict Zero Pay-to-Remove Policy

CarrierSafetyData enforces a strict, non-negotiable Zero Pay-to-Remove policy. Many low-reputation directory websites extort businesses by demanding removal fees to hide negative safety records or citations.

We never accept payment to delete, bury, or modify public government safety records. If an inspection citation or crash was overturned through a formal DataQ dispute with the state police or FMCSA, we update the profile 100% free of charge within 24 hours of receiving proof.

05. California Consumer Privacy Rights (CCPA / CPRA)

Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), California residents have specific statutory rights:

• Right to Know: Request disclosure of personal information collected about you as an individual website visitor.
• Right to Delete: Request deletion of personal information collected from you (subject to federal public record retention exceptions).
• Right to Non-Discrimination: We do not discriminate against users who exercise privacy rights.
• Zero Sale of Personal Data: We do not sell personal consumer data.

Please note that public commercial motor carrier records registered with federal and state agencies are exempt from CCPA deletion mandates under statutory public record provisions.

06. Data Security & Infrastructure Protection

We implement industry-standard administrative, technical, and physical security measures to safeguard server data and visitor browsing privacy.

All web traffic is encrypted in transit using Transport Layer Security (TLS 1.3). Our global Content Delivery Network (Cloudflare edge) provides automated Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation and firewall filtering.