This Privacy Policy describes how freeteslacharging.com ("we", "us", or "the site") collects and uses information when you visit. We aim to be straightforward: we run an informational site about the Tesla referral program, we use standard analytics tools, and we don't sell personal data.
Information we collect
When you load a page on freeteslacharging.com, our hosting provider and the third-party services we use may automatically receive certain information, including:
- Server log data: IP address, user agent (browser and OS), referring URL, the page you requested, and the time of the request. This is standard for any website.
- Analytics data: aggregated, pseudonymous information about page views, time on page, country/region, device type, and which links you click (including outbound clicks to Tesla.com).
We do not ask you to create an account, and we do not collect names, phone numbers, or payment information. The one place we collect an email address is the community referral code listing, if you choose to list your own code. That is covered in its own section below.
Cookies and similar technologies
Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device to remember preferences and measure traffic. The cookies on this site fall into a few categories:
- Analytics cookies set by Google Analytics to help us understand which pages are useful and which need improvement.
- A listing cookie (
ftc_manage), only if you open the link to your own referral code listing. It lets the listing page know which listing is yours, is limited to that page, and expires after two hours. That page loads no analytics.
You can clear cookies, block cookies, or set your browser to ask before accepting them. If you block all cookies, parts of this site (and many others) may behave differently.
Third-party services we use
We rely on the following third parties. Each operates under its own privacy policy:
- Cloudflare hosts the site (Cloudflare Workers) and may keep brief security and performance logs. For the referral code listing it also stores the listing data (D1, created with Cloudflare's United States data jurisdiction, so it is kept at rest in the US), runs our checks on it (Queues), sends our emails (Email Service), and may show a bot check on the form (Turnstile). See Cloudflare's Privacy Policy.
- Google Analytics measures aggregate site usage. See Google's Privacy Policy.
- Tesla, Inc. When you click a referral link on this site, you are taken to tesla.com. Anything you do on Tesla's site is governed by Tesla's own privacy practices.
How we use information
The pseudonymous data we collect is used to:
- Understand which guides and pages are useful so we can improve them.
- Measure how often visitors click through to Tesla using a referral link.
- Detect abuse, scraping, and security issues.
We do not sell, rent, or trade personal information to third parties for marketing.
If you list a referral code
Listing your own Tesla referral code on our community page is optional. If you do:
- What we collect: your referral code, the country it is for, your email address, and keyed hashes of the network your IP address belongs to (its /24 block, or its /64 and /48 blocks for IPv6, never the address itself).
- How it is checked: automated checks on the code and the address, and a look-up of your code on tesla.com (only the code is sent there, never your email). A code that passes every check and that tesla.com answers like a working code can be approved automatically. A request that fails a basic check (a throwaway inbox, an offensive word, a flood of requests from one network) is declined automatically, and you are emailed. A request nobody has reviewed within 30 days is closed. Anything else is decided by a person.
- What is published: your referral code, its country, and the month it was listed. Tesla often builds a code from the owner's first name, so publishing it may reveal yours; you agree to this when you submit. Your email address is never published.
- Why: to list your code, which you ask us to do; to email you a confirmation link, your mytesla.io reward code once your listing is approved, and a reminder before it ends; and to prevent abuse (one reward per person, limits on how often one network can submit or report). We do not use your email for marketing, and we do not share it with anyone, including mytesla.io. The reward code comes from mytesla.io, but your address does not go there; you choose whether to use the code there.
- How long we keep it: a request you never confirm is deleted after 48 hours. Your email address is deleted 30 days after your listing ends (or is declined). The network hash is deleted after 7 days, and "this code did not work" reports after 14. We keep the listing record (code, dates, decisions) and a keyed hash of your email address for 24 months after it ends, and then delete those too. The one-reward record (the rewarded code and that keyed hash) is kept until 24 months after your last listing ends, so that the one-reward-per-person rule holds. Our database provider keeps point-in-time backups for up to 30 days, so deleted data is fully gone within about 30 days of deletion.
- Your control: you can remove your listing at any time from the link in our emails; it leaves the page within a minute. To ask for a copy of your data, or for it to be deleted sooner, email support@freeteslacharging.com. If a code of yours was listed by someone else, tell us at the same address and we will take it down.
- Where: codes can be listed for most countries where Tesla sells cars (not mainland China). Wherever you are, the listing data is stored in the United States. Your request to submit or report a code is first handled by the Cloudflare data center nearest you (which may be outside the US) and then written to that US database. We and Cloudflare process it under Cloudflare's data processing terms.
Your choices
You can:
- Block or clear cookies in your browser settings.
- Use a private/incognito window.
- Install a tracking-protection extension or use a browser with tracking protection built in.
Children
This site is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, email support@freeteslacharging.com and we will take appropriate steps to address it.
International visitors
Our hosting provider operates globally. If you visit from outside the United States, you should be aware that aggregate analytics data may be processed in the United States or other countries. Where applicable laws (such as the GDPR or UK GDPR) provide additional rights — for example, the right to request access, deletion, or to object to certain processing — you may exercise those rights by contacting us.
California residents
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and CPRA, California residents have specific rights regarding personal information. We do not sell or share personal information. To exercise your rights, email support@freeteslacharging.com.
Changes to this policy
If we make material changes to this policy, we will update the "last updated" date above and, when appropriate, post a more visible notice on the site.
Contact
freeteslacharging.com is operated by Embay, LLC, which also operates mytesla.io. For anything about your data, email support@freeteslacharging.com.
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