Last updated: September 27, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how FuelPriceScout (“we,” “us”) handles information when you visit fuelpricescout.com. FuelPriceScout is an independent information website operated from the Netherlands. If you have questions, email us at contact@fuelpricescout.com.
Summary
- We don’t ask you to create an account and we don’t sell your personal information for money.
- Our calculators run in your browser. We don’t store the numbers, states or ZIP codes you enter.
- We may show ads from Google AdSense. Google and its partners may use cookies to show ads, but only with your consent where the law requires it.
- You can change your cookie choices at any time.
Information we collect
Information you send us
If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you include in your message. We use it only to reply to you and keep it for as long as needed to handle your request.
Information collected automatically
Like almost every website, our hosting provider automatically records basic technical data when you visit, such as your IP address, browser type, device type, the pages you view and the time of your visit. These server logs are used for security, to prevent abuse and to keep the site working. They are kept for a limited time.
Cookies and similar technologies
We use cookies that are necessary for the site to work (for example, to remember your cookie choice) and, with your consent where required, cookies for advertising and measuring how the site is used. Details are in our Cookie Policy.
How our tools work
Some tools on FuelPriceScout send limited information to trusted third-party services so they can work. We don’t add your name or email to these requests.
- Gas station map: when you search for stations, the ZIP code or city you type is sent to Zippopotam.us (for ZIP codes) or OpenStreetMap Nominatim (for place names) to find its location. Nearby stations are then found with OpenStreetMap Nominatim, and the map images come from OpenStreetMap. If you tap “Use my location,” your browser asks for permission first; your location is used only to run that search and is not stored by us.
- Gas trip cost calculator: when you choose a car, the year, make and model are sent to FuelEconomy.gov, a U.S. government service, to get its official gas mileage.
- Map library: the map software (Leaflet) is loaded from cdnjs.
- Links to Google Maps: if you tap “Directions,” you leave our site and Google’s privacy policy applies.
Each of these services receives your IP address, as with any website request, and handles it under its own privacy policy.
Advertising (Google AdSense)
We may use Google AdSense to show ads. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this and other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
- You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
- You can also opt out of some third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising at www.aboutads.info.
- Learn more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services.
Visitors in the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland are asked for consent before advertising cookies are used. You can change your choice at any time using the cookie settings on our site.
How we use information
- To run, secure and improve the website.
- To answer your messages and correction requests.
- To show ads that help keep the site free, with your consent where required.
- To understand, in aggregate, which pages are useful.
We do not sell your personal information for money, and we don’t use it to make decisions that have legal or similarly significant effects on you.
Your privacy rights
U.S. residents
Depending on your state (for example California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia and others), you may have the right to know what personal information we have about you, to ask us to delete or correct it, and to opt out of “sharing” for cross-context behavioral advertising or “targeted advertising.” You can opt out of advertising cookies at any time through our cookie settings. To make any other request, email contact@fuelpricescout.com. We will not discriminate against you for using these rights.
Visitors from the EEA and the UK
Under the GDPR and UK GDPR, you have the right to access, correct, delete or restrict the use of your personal data, to object to its use, to data portability, and to withdraw consent at any time. Our legal bases are your consent (for non-essential cookies and ads) and our legitimate interest in running a secure website (for server logs). You can also complain to your local data protection authority. In the Netherlands, this is the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens.
Children’s privacy
FuelPriceScout is intended for adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (or under 16 in the EEA). If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
Data security and retention
We use HTTPS encryption on every page and keep the information we hold to a minimum. Emails are kept only as long as needed to handle your request, and server logs are deleted on a regular schedule. No method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure.
Links to other websites
Our pages link to official sources, retailers and rewards programs. We aren’t responsible for their privacy practices, so please read their policies.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when our site or the law changes. We’ll change the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.
Contact
Questions or privacy requests: contact@fuelpricescout.com.