Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 9, 2026

Golden State Emissions Testing (“we,” “us,” or “our”) operates gsemissions.com. This policy explains how we handle information collected through our website, customer inquiries, and emissions-testing services.

Information we collect

When you contact us, request a quote, or arrange service, we collect information you provide, such as your name, company name, email address, telephone number, service location, vehicle details, preferred appointment time, and message.

For emissions-testing services, we may also collect vehicle identification numbers, license plates, registration information, engine information, test results, and related compliance records needed to perform and document the service.

Our website and hosting systems may record technical information, including IP addresses, browser and device information, pages requested, timestamps, and security or error logs. Please do not submit passwords, Social Security numbers, or payment-card details through contact forms.

How we use information

We use information to respond to inquiries, prepare quotes, schedule and perform services, communicate with customers, maintain business records, protect our website, and meet applicable reporting and legal obligations.

Where required for an authorized testing service, we submit vehicle and testing information to the California Air Resources Board or the systems used to administer its programs.

Website email and Google authorization

Our website uses FluentSMTP and the Gmail API to send website notifications and business correspondence through our authorized business Gmail account.

The business account owner authorizes this connection. Website visitors do not need to connect their Google accounts or provide Google credentials.

The connection requests permission to send email. It is not configured to read customers’ Gmail inboxes. Information processed for sending includes sender and recipient addresses, message contents, and delivery information.

The website stores authorization tokens and connection credentials to maintain the connection. FluentSMTP encrypts saved secrets and tokens using the website’s WordPress security keys. Authorized administrators can manage the connection, and the account owner can revoke access through Google Account settings.

We use information obtained through the Gmail API connection only to provide the authorized email functionality, consistent with the Google API Services User Data Policy, including its Limited Use requirements. We do not use that information for advertising or to train generalized artificial-intelligence models.

Service providers and disclosures

Information may be processed by providers that support website hosting, form submissions, email delivery, security, and business operations. These include GoDaddy, our WordPress form software, FluentSMTP, and Google.

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with law, respond to lawful requests, protect rights and safety, or complete a business transfer subject to appropriate safeguards.

Email and text communications

Contacting us allows us to respond to your inquiry and communicate about requested services. It does not automatically enroll you in promotional email or text campaigns.

Where we offer marketing subscriptions, we obtain any required consent separately. You can unsubscribe from promotional emails using the provided instructions or request that we stop marketing messages by contacting us. For text programs, follow the opt-out instructions provided with those messages. Service-related communications may continue when necessary.

Cookies and third-party content

Website functions and third-party content may use cookies or similar technologies. Browser settings can limit cookies, although some functions may be affected. Links to other websites are governed by those websites’ privacy practices.

Google advertising and conversion measurement

Our website uses Google tags and Google Ads conversion tracking to measure advertising performance, including whether a visitor takes an action such as submitting an inquiry after interacting with an advertisement. This helps us understand which advertisements lead to inquiries and improve our advertising.

These technologies may use cookies and similar identifiers and send Google information such as pages visited, page and referring URLs, browser and device details, IP addresses, advertising click identifiers, and conversion events and timestamps. Google may associate this information with other information it holds, depending on your settings and its policies, and may collect information about activity across websites and over time.

Learn more at How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and Google’s Privacy Policy. You can manage Google ad-personalization preferences through My Ad Center and manage or delete cookies through your browser. Turning off personalized ads does not necessarily stop advertising measurement or all information collection.

The Google Ads website tags are separate from our Gmail email-delivery connection. Submitting a contact form does not itself subscribe you to promotional email or text messages.

Do Not Track

A browser’s “Do Not Track” setting does not, by itself, disable the Google advertising tags on this website. Google may collect information about activity across websites and over time as described above. You can use the Google advertising controls and browser cookie settings described in this policy. This statement does not limit any privacy rights or opt-out requests that applicable law requires us to honor.

Storage and security

Form submissions may be stored in WordPress and delivered to our business email account. We retain information as reasonably needed for customer service, business records, compliance obligations, security, and dispute resolution.

We use reasonable safeguards, but no website, storage system, or transmission method is completely secure.

Your choices and requests

You may contact us to request access to, correction of, or deletion of information you provided. We may verify your identity before responding. Legal obligations and legitimate recordkeeping needs may limit deletion. We will honor rights that apply under applicable law.

Children

Our services are directed to vehicle owners and businesses, not children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information, please contact us.

Policy changes

We will post revisions on this page and update the date above. When legally required, we will provide additional notice or obtain consent before making material changes.

Contact us

Golden State Emissions Testing
2115 Bridgeport Loop
Discovery Bay, CA 94505

Email: gsemissions@gmail.com
Telephone: (925) 354-4370 or (925) 818-1831