Privacy policy

What we collect, why, and how to delete it.

Last updated October 22, 2026

California DMV Prep 2026 (california-dmv.chowchowlabs.com) is run by ChowChow Labs (Ontario, Canada). This policy explains how we handle your personal information, in line with Canada’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). Questions: chowchowbuy@gmail.com.

What we collect

  • Your email address, to create your account and send sign-in codes.
  • Your study data: mock exam answers, scores, times, flagged questions and per-question stats.
  • Your settings: light or dark mode and color theme (kept on your device), and reminder preferences.
  • Subscription status: whether you have Premium, when it renews or ends, and Paddle’s customer and subscription IDs. We never see or store your card or PayPal details.
  • Basic technical logs (such as IP address, browser and error messages), kept briefly by our hosting provider for security and troubleshooting.

How we use it

Only to run the site: sign you in, save your progress across devices, show your stats, give Premium to subscribers, answer support emails and keep the site secure. We don’t sell your information. Your email and study data are never shared with advertisers.

Who helps us run the site

  • Supabase stores accounts and study data (servers in Canada).
  • Cloudflare hosts the website.
  • Resend sends sign-in emails.
  • Paddle processes payments as Merchant of Record and handles receipts, taxes and refunds under its own privacy policy.
  • Google AdSense shows ads on some free pages (see “Ads” below).
  • Adsterra shows banner ads on some free pages when Google has none (see “Ads” below).

Some of these providers may process data outside Canada, such as in the United States.

Cookies and storage

We use our own cookies to keep you signed in and remember your theme, and your browser’s storage to save an exam in progress. On pages that show ads, Google, Adsterra and their partners also use cookies (see below).

Ads

To keep Mock Exams 1–7 free, we show ads from Google AdSense and Adsterra on some pages for free users. Adsterra may also use cookies to show and measure ads (see its privacy policy). Exams, practice questions and Premium accounts are ad-free.

Visit statistics

To see which pages help people, we count visits with our own statistics service, run on Cloudflare. It records the page address (never anything you type or your answers), the site that sent you, your approximate country and region, your browser and device type, time on the page and a few actions, such as starting or finishing a practice test. A random ID kept in this browser tells new and returning visits apart on this site only; it isn’t linked to your account or shared with our other sites. We never store your IP address. If your browser sends Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control, or you’re in Quebec, no ID is kept. Records are deleted after 13 months. Turn off visit statistics on this site (turn them back on).

How long we keep it

We keep your data while your account is open. Delete your exam history or your whole account any time in Settings; deleting your account removes your data from our database right away. Paddle keeps payment records as tax law requires.

Your rights

You can ask to see, correct or delete your personal information, or withdraw consent, by emailing chowchowbuy@gmail.com. If you live in a U.S. state with its own privacy law, such as California, you have these rights too, and we never sell your personal information. If you’re not satisfied with our answer, you can contact the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, where we are based.

Young users

Many permit students are teenagers. We collect only what’s needed to run the site. If you’re under 16, please use the site with a parent or guardian’s permission.

Changes

If we change this policy, we’ll update the date above and email you about important changes.