Last updated: September 1, 2026
Pl8Link ("we," "us," "our") operates the Pl8Link mobile and web application, which lets people link a vehicle's license plate to a personal profile so other members can find and connect with them. This policy explains what information we collect, why, and how you can control it.
Account information. When you sign up, we collect your email address and a display name. Your password is stored by our authentication provider (Supabase) in hashed form — we never see or store your plain-text password.
Vehicle and plate information. Your license plate and issuing state are never stored in readable form. We run them through a one-way cryptographic transformation before storing anything — the original plate characters cannot be recovered from what we store, even by us. We do keep the last four characters and the state in plain text, since that's needed for you and admins to identify your own vehicles.
Verification. To make your profile discoverable, you submit either a photo of your vehicle showing its plate, or a government-issued vehicle registration document. These are manually reviewed by an admin, and the file is permanently deleted the moment that review is complete — we do not keep a copy of your verification photo or document afterward.
Profile content you choose to add. Bio, city/region, profile photo, a decorative theme/track selection, an optional profile song (uploaded file or a link to Spotify/Apple Music), social media links, and your preferred app language.
Business information (optional). If you list a business, we store its name, role, tagline, city, services, logo, and (if you use the quote feature) an intake form or invoice template you upload yourself, plus a contact email — used only to route quote-related emails to you.
Social activity. Connection requests and their status, messages you send to connections you've mutually accepted, guestbook entries left on profiles, and reports you file about other members.
Vehicoin. A spend-only, in-app-only virtual currency (never redeemable for cash) used for small in-app gifts between connected members. If you buy Vehicoin with real money, the payment itself is handled entirely by Stripe — we receive confirmation that a payment succeeded and the amount, but we never see or store your card number.
What we do NOT collect. We do not collect your physical location, your device's contacts, or any information beyond what's described above. We do not currently use third-party analytics or advertising trackers.
To create and operate your account and profile. To let other members find your profile if and only if you choose to make it discoverable (you control this per-vehicle, with options ranging from fully public to fully hidden). To enforce the app's core rule: nothing from another member — a connection request, a message, a gift — ever reaches you until you've accepted it. To review vehicle verification submissions and respond to reports of misconduct. To process Vehicoin purchases and gifts. To send you account-related and quote-related emails.
We share information only with the service providers that make the app work, and never sell your data: Supabase (our database, authentication, and file storage provider), Stripe (processes real-money Vehicoin purchases; Stripe never shares your card number with us), and Resend (sends transactional emails, e.g., quote-related messages).
Visibility. Each vehicle you register has its own visibility setting — public, connections-only, anonymous (discoverable but identity hidden), or fully hidden — changeable at any time.
Blocking and reporting. You can block another member at any time, which immediately and permanently prevents them from contacting or finding you. You can report a member for review.
Access and correction. You can view and edit your own profile information at any time from within the app.
Deletion. You can permanently delete your account and all associated data from the app's Settings screen. This is a hard, permanent deletion — your profile, vehicles, messages, guestbook entries, and gift history are removed and cannot be recovered.
We keep your information for as long as your account is active. Verification photos and documents are deleted immediately after admin review, regardless of the outcome. If you delete your account, your data is removed as described above.
Pl8Link is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 13 (or the applicable minimum age in your region).
If we make material changes to this policy, we'll update the "last updated" date above.
Questions about this policy or your data can be sent to privacy@pl8link.com.