We built this Site to collect as little about you as possible — no advertising cookies, no analytics trackers, no tracking pixels. Here is exactly what we do and don’t do with your data.
Last updated: May 23, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how The Auto Engine ("The Auto Engine", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and protects information when you visit theautoengine.com (the "Site") or get in touch with us. We build AI agents and automations for our clients; this policy covers our own marketing website and the people who visit it or contact us — not the bespoke systems we operate under contract for clients, which are governed by the agreements and data-processing terms in those engagements.
We designed this Site to collect as little personal information as possible. We do not use advertising cookies, analytics trackers, or third-party tracking pixels.
You can use almost all of this Site without giving us any personal information. You choose to share information with us when you:
Please don’t send us sensitive personal information (such as government IDs, or health or financial account details) through these channels — we don’t need it to talk with you.
When you visit any website, some technical information is exchanged automatically so pages can load. Our hosting and infrastructure providers record standard server logs that may include your IP address, browser and device type, referring page, and the pages you request. We use this to operate, secure, and troubleshoot the Site. We do not use it to build advertising profiles or track you across other websites.
Our Site loads an interactive 3D scene from a third-party provider (Spline). When that component loads, your browser connects to the provider’s servers, which may receive your IP address and basic request information as part of delivering the content. Fonts, by contrast, are served directly from our own infrastructure, so loading the Site does not send requests to outside font providers.
We use a single entry in your browser’s local storage to remember one preference: whether you have muted the Site’s ambient audio. This stays on your device, is not transmitted to us, and is not used to identify or track you. You can clear it at any time through your browser settings. We do not use cookies for analytics or advertising.
The AI Readiness Assessment is designed to keep you in control. It runs entirely in your browser: your answers are scored on your device, and we do not automatically receive or store them. Your results are shared with us only if you choose to — for example, by using the email button, which opens your own email application with a pre-filled summary you can review, edit, or discard before sending, or by copying the summary yourself.
If you do send us your results, we receive whatever you included (your profile details and scores) by email and use it to follow up with you, as described below.
We use the information you provide to:
We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use it for automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects about you.
If you are in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, we process your personal information on the following legal bases:
We keep personal information only for as long as we need it for the purposes described in this policy — for example, to maintain our correspondence with you and any client relationship that results — and then delete or anonymize it, unless a longer period is required by law. Server logs are retained for a limited period for security and operational purposes. You can ask us to delete information you’ve sent us at any time (see “Your Privacy Rights”).
We take the protection of personal information seriously and apply administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards appropriate to the data we handle, including encryption in transit. You can read more about our broader security and compliance practices on our Security page. No method of transmission or storage is ever completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
We and our service providers may process and store information in countries other than where you live, including the United States. Where personal information is transferred internationally, we rely on appropriate safeguards (such as standard contractual clauses) where required by applicable law.
Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the following rights over your personal information:
To exercise any of these rights, email us at hello@theautoengine.com. We’ll respond as required by applicable law and may need to verify your identity first. If you are in the EEA or UK, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
We do not sell or “share” personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising as those terms are defined under California law, and we have not done so in the preceding 12 months. California and other US state residents may exercise applicable rights — including the rights to know, delete, correct, and not be discriminated against for exercising them — by contacting us at the address above.
The Site is intended for businesses and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 16. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.
The Site may link to third-party websites or load third-party content (such as the embedded 3D scene). We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third parties, and we encourage you to review their privacy policies.
The Auto Engine is based in the United States, and this Privacy Policy and any dispute relating to it are governed by the laws of the State of California, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. This does not deprive you of any protection you are entitled to under the mandatory data-protection laws of your country of residence.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal reasons. When we do, we revise the “Last updated” date shown at the top of this page. That date is generated automatically from our version history, so it always reflects when this policy’s content last changed. For material changes, we’ll take additional steps to notify you where appropriate. Your continued use of the Site after an update means you accept the revised policy.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your information, contact us at hello@theautoengine.com.