JP Sheet is a service for car buyers. It is not designed for, marketed to, or directed at children or teenagers. This page explains how we handle minors' data and what parents and guardians can do.
Last updated: 19 September 2026JP Sheet is intended for adults purchasing or researching vehicles. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18 years of age. If we learn that we have collected such data, we delete it promptly.
To use JP Sheet (browse, purchase a report, contact support, post a review), you must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority in your jurisdiction โ whichever is higher.
This applies to:
If you are under 18, please do not use JP Sheet without parental supervision. A parent or legal guardian may use the service on your behalf, but the account and data ownership will be theirs.
Several jurisdictions have specific laws about collecting personal data from minors. We respect all of them as a baseline, and apply the highest standard globally:
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act prohibits operators of online services directed at children under 13 from collecting personal information without verifiable parental consent. JP Sheet is not directed at children โ we do not knowingly collect data from anyone under 13.
GDPR sets a default minimum age of 16 for consent to data processing, with member states permitted to lower it to 13. Practical thresholds: Germany 16, France 15, Italy 14, UK 13. We treat 16 as the EU baseline.
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office expects services that may be accessed by under-18s to apply specific protections (data minimisation, no profiling, no nudging). While JP Sheet is not directed at minors, we apply these principles by default.. Several US states have since introduced their own versions — California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code among them — and we apply the strictest of them to everyone rather than trying to work out which applies where
California law requires opt-in consent for the sale or sharing of personal information of minors under 16 (and verifiable parental consent for under 13). We do not knowingly sell or share data from anyone in these age groups.
The UAE Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 treats the personal data of minors with heightened protections. Our age policy aligns with this.
No, and the rule is the same: you must be 18 or over to buy. Our US and Canada VIN check is sold on the same terms as every other service here.
It is worth saying plainly what a VIN report contains, because people assume otherwise. It returns vehicle records only — title history, odometer readings, brands, auction and sale records. It never returns an owner’s name, address or contact details. We neither hold nor supply that information, about an adult or a child.
That means a VIN report cannot be used to find or identify a young person, and we would refuse any request that tried. Using our service to research an individual is prohibited whatever their age.
If a parent believes a child bought a report, email us at [email protected]. We will refund it and delete the order, and we will not ask for proof of anything beyond enough to find the order.
If we learn โ through a report, an account audit, a payment dispute, or any other source โ that personal information has been collected from someone under the relevant age threshold, we take the following steps within 30 days:
We treat these reports seriously and act on them quickly. There is no penalty for the minor or family for telling us.
If you are a parent or legal guardian and you believe your child has provided personal information to JP Sheet without your consent, please contact us right away. We will respond within 30 days, usually faster.
Email us with the subject line "Children's Privacy" and any relevant details (account email, date of activity, screenshots if helpful). We will verify, investigate and respond.
Email [email protected]What we will need from you:
What we will do:
No. Even where data is collected with consent, we do not direct advertising at anyone we know to be under 18. Specifically:
Some of our blog posts and educational content (auction sheet guides, damage code explanations, import guides) may be used by automotive students, journalism researchers, or technical school courses. This is fine โ reading published content does not require providing any personal information to us.
If you are a teacher or instructor who wants to use JP Sheet content in a classroom setting where students may be minors, you may:
If your students need to actually use the verification service for coursework, please use a single teacher- or institution-owned account rather than having minors create personal accounts.
This Children's Privacy Policy was last updated on the date shown at the top of this page. We review it at least once a year.
If we make material changes โ for example, if we ever decide to offer a feature specifically for minors (we don't currently plan to) โ we will:
Email us โ we treat children's privacy reports with priority and respond within 30 days.
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