Privacy
Short version: if you join the newsletter we store your email, the make you picked (if any), when you signed up and which page you signed up on. That's it.
Newsletter signups
When you join The Indie Wrench we store:
- Your email address
- The make you chose, if you chose one
- The date and time you signed up
- The page you signed up from (for example, /blog/)
We don't store your IP address with your signup, and we don't use the form to set tracking cookies. Signups are stored with Cloudflare, which hosts this site. We use your email only to send The Indie Wrench. We don't sell or share the list.
Getting removed
Email [email protected] from the address you signed up with and ask to be removed. We'll delete your entry. Every newsletter will also include a way to unsubscribe.
Price submissions and listing requests
Those forms open your own email app, so you'll see exactly what's sent. If you send us a price, we may publish the price, the job, the general location and the date. We don't publish your name or email.
Anonymous click counts
When you click a Featured shop's website link or call button, your browser sends us a tiny note saying which placement was clicked (for example, the second-opinion box), which page it was on, and whether it was a website click or a call. We add 1 to a daily counter for that. We don't store your IP address, a cookie, a device ID or anything else about you, and the counts can't be tied back to a person. Links to Featured shops also carry standard UTM tags (like utm_source=importrepaircost) so the shop can see in its own analytics that the visit came from us. This is how we show Featured shops that their paid placement is working.
The map
The shop map loads map tiles from OpenStreetMap's servers, so your browser connects to them when you view it. See the OpenStreetMap Foundation privacy policy.
Hosting
This site is hosted on Cloudflare Pages. Cloudflare may process basic request data (like IP addresses) to deliver and protect the site.
Last updated October 22, 2026.