Privacy Policy

Vehicle Info by Plate Number · Effective date: September 29, 2026 · Last updated: September 29, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how IVKApps handles information when you use Vehicle Info by Plate Number (the “App”). We designed the App to minimize data collection. You do not need to create an account or provide your name, email address, phone number, or precise location to use the App.

1. Vehicle searches

When you enter or scan an Israeli license plate number, the App sends the plate number to the external vehicle-data service required to perform the lookup. The returned vehicle information is displayed in the App and may be stored locally on your device as part of search history and favorites.

IVKApps does not store a server-side history of the license plates you search and does not maintain counters showing how many users searched a particular plate, model, or engine.

2. Information stored locally

The App stores search history, favorites, vehicle data needed for those features, and App preferences in local storage on your device. This information is used to provide App functionality and is not uploaded by IVKApps as a user search-history database. You can clear search history using the App's controls, clear the App's data through Android settings, or uninstall the App.

Android or your device manufacturer may provide system backup or device-transfer features that can include locally stored App data, depending on your device and backup settings.

3. Camera permission

The App may request camera access so you can scan a license plate instead of typing it. Camera frames are analyzed for plate text. IVKApps does not intentionally store or upload camera photos or video as part of the plate-scanning feature.

4. No microphone or voice recording

The App does not request microphone permission and does not provide a voice-search feature.

5. Community price reports

If you voluntarily submit a community price, the App sends the reported price to Firebase Realtime Database together with a timestamp and a grouping based on vehicle brand, model, and year so that a community price estimate can be calculated. The report does not include your name, email address, Firebase user ID, or license plate number. The App does not require an account to submit a report, and repeated reports are permitted.

Community price reports and resulting summaries may be retained while the community-price feature is operated. Because reports are not associated with an IVKApps user account, IVKApps generally cannot identify which report belongs to a particular person.

6. Firebase services

The App uses Google Firebase services for limited operational purposes, including Remote Config, Realtime Database for community-price reports, and Firestore for vehicle-image metadata caching. The App does not use Firebase Authentication or Firebase Analytics.

Vehicle-image cache records are organized by vehicle brand, model, and year and contain image URLs, attribution/license metadata, and a cache timestamp; they are not keyed by a license plate or user account. Firebase itself may process technical information required to operate its services. Google states, for example, that Remote Config uses Firebase installation IDs and that Realtime Database may process IP addresses and user-agent information.

7. Advertising

The App uses Google Mobile Ads (AdMob) to display advertising. Google states that the Mobile Ads SDK may automatically collect and share information including IP address, user interactions, diagnostic information, and device/account identifiers for advertising, analytics, and fraud-prevention purposes. This processing is performed by Google under its own terms and privacy practices and may depend on your device, region, consent choices, and Android advertising settings.

8. Vehicle data and images

Vehicle information is retrieved from external/public data sources, including Israeli government open-data services. Vehicle images may be retrieved from Wikimedia Commons. To improve image loading, image URLs and attribution/license metadata may be cached in Firebase Firestore by vehicle brand, model, and year. IVKApps does not create the underlying government records and cannot guarantee that third-party/public-source information is complete, current, or error-free.

9. Location

The App does not request Android precise or approximate location permission. Third-party services, particularly advertising services, may use an IP address to estimate a general location as part of their own processing.

10. Data we intentionally do not collect

IVKApps does not require or maintain a user account for the App. We do not ask for your name, email address, phone number, contacts, precise location, microphone recordings, or a personal profile. We do not operate our own analytics system that records your App launches or license-plate search history.

11. Third-party services

The App relies on third-party services that have their own privacy practices, including Google Firebase, Google Mobile Ads (AdMob), Israeli government open-data services, and Wikimedia Commons.

Google Privacy Policy · Firebase Privacy & Security · Wikimedia privacy information

12. Security

IVKApps uses established service providers and reasonable technical measures appropriate to the App. No internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

13. Children

The App is a general vehicle-information utility and is not designed to request a child's name, contact information, or personal profile. If you believe personal information relating to a child has been provided directly to IVKApps, please contact us.

14. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy if App features, service providers, or legal requirements change. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page will reflect revisions.

15. Contact

For privacy questions concerning the App, contact:
IVKApps
support@ivkapps.com