Effective Date: January 5, 2026

Introduction

Welcome to Mityvacstore.com (“we,” “our,” or “us”). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how Mityvac, a trusted leader in precision vacuum and pressure testing solutions since 1971, collects, uses, discloses, and safeguards your information when you visit our website at https://mityvacstore.com/ or purchase our professional-grade automotive tools, including brake bleeders, vacuum pumps, fluid evacuators, and oil extractors.

We understand that when you choose Mityvac products for your automotive maintenance and diagnostic needs, you trust us not only with delivering reliable, accurate, and durable tools but also with handling your personal information responsibly. This Privacy Policy applies to all users of our website, whether you are a professional automotive technician, HVAC specialist, industrial professional, or DIY mechanic browsing our comprehensive range of specialized equipment.

By accessing or using our website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our website. We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time, and we encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.

What Information We Collect

We collect several types of information from and about users of our website to provide you with the best possible experience when shopping for Mityvac brake bleeding systems, fluid evacuation tools, diagnostic testers, and other precision-engineered automotive equipment.

Personal Information: When you make a purchase, create an account, subscribe to our newsletter, or contact our customer support team at Support@Mityvacstore.com or (314) 679-4200, we may collect personal information including your name, email address, mailing address, phone number, and payment information. This information is necessary to process your orders for products such as the Mityvac 7201 Fluid Evacuator, MV8500 Silverline Elite Brake Bleeding Kit, MV8000 Tune-up and Brake Bleeder Kit, MV7300 Pneumatic Vacuum Pump, MV6840 Hydraulic Pressure Bleeding System, and MV7400 Fluid Evacuator Pump.

Technical Information: We automatically collect certain technical information when you visit our website, including your IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access our site. This helps us optimize your experience when browsing our product categories for brake bleeding tools, vacuum and hand pumps, and fluid evacuators and oil extractors.

Usage Data: We collect information about how you interact with our website, including the pages you visit, the products you view (such as our manual hand pumps for precision control or air/mechanical vacuum equipment for higher volume operations), the time and date of your visit, the time spent on pages, and other diagnostic data. This helps us understand which products and features are most valuable to our customers across professional repair shops and home garages.

Cookie Information: As detailed in our cookie notice, we use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and hold certain information. These help us remember your preferences, understand which product information is most helpful (whether you’re researching brake bleeding procedures, fluid extraction methods, or vacuum testing applications), and improve our overall service delivery.

Communication Information: When you contact us through email, phone, or our contact forms with questions about using products like the Mityvac compression tester, oil extractor, transmission filler, or any of our replacement parts and accessories, we collect the content of your communications and any additional information you choose to provide.

Use of Information

We use the collected information for various purposes that enhance your experience and enable us to provide professional-grade automotive tools and exceptional customer service.

Order Processing and Fulfillment: We use your personal information to process and deliver your orders for Mityvac products, including managing payments, arranging shipping to your address at Hanley Rd., St. Louis, MO 63134, USA or your specified location, and providing order confirmations and updates. This ensures you receive your brake bleeders, vacuum pumps, or other tools promptly and accurately.

Customer Service: Your information helps us respond to your inquiries, provide technical support for using Mityvac tools (such as how to bleed brakes with a Mityvac vacuum pump or hand pump, how to use the Mityvac 7201, or how to clean your Mityvac equipment), process returns or exchanges, and resolve any issues you may encounter with our precision-engineered products.

Product Improvement: We analyze usage data and customer feedback to improve our existing products and develop new solutions that meet the demanding needs of modern diagnostics and maintenance. Your interactions help us understand whether our tools are accessible to garage enthusiasts while maintaining the quality demanded by professionals.

Marketing Communications: With your consent, we may send you promotional emails about new products, special offers on our comprehensive range of brake bleeding systems and fluid evacuation tools, educational content about automotive maintenance procedures, and other information we think may interest you. You can opt out of these communications at any time.

Website Optimization: We use technical and usage data to monitor and analyze trends, administer the website, track user navigation through different sections (such as our Brake Bleeder, Pump, Fluid Evacuator, Parts, and Products pages), and gather demographic information to improve our website’s functionality and user experience.

Security and Fraud Prevention: We process your information to maintain the security of our website, prevent fraud, and protect both our business interests and your personal information from unauthorized access or malicious activities.

Legal Compliance: We may use your information to comply with applicable laws, regulations, legal processes, or enforceable governmental requests, and to enforce our Terms & Conditions and other agreements.

Third-Party Disclosure

We respect your privacy and do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information to third parties. However, we may share your information with trusted third parties under specific circumstances to operate our business effectively and serve you better.

Service Providers: We engage carefully selected third-party companies and individuals to perform services on our behalf, including payment processing, order fulfillment and shipping, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance. These service providers have access to your personal information only to perform specific tasks and are obligated to protect your information and use it solely for the purposes we specify.

Business Transfers: If Mityvac is involved in a merger, acquisition, asset sale, or other business transaction, your personal information may be transferred as part of that transaction. We will provide notice before your information is transferred and becomes subject to a different privacy policy.

Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities, such as to meet national security or law enforcement requirements, to protect our rights and property, to investigate fraud, or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.

Analytics Partners: We work with analytics providers like Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website. These partners may combine the information we provide with other information they have collected, but they are prohibited from using our data for their own independent purposes.

Advertising Partners: We may share information with advertising partners who help us deliver relevant ads about our professional automotive vacuum tools and brake bleeding equipment to potential customers who may benefit from our products. However, we do not share personally identifiable information for these purposes without your explicit consent.

Cookie Usage

Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience, remember your preferences, and gather information about how you interact with our content. As indicated in our cookie consent banner, we use several categories of cookies.

Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for our website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation, access to secure areas of the website, and the ability to add products to your shopping cart. Without these cookies, services you have requested (such as purchasing a Mityvac brake bleeder or accessing your account) cannot be provided.

Analytics and Performance Cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. We use this data to analyze which product pages are most visited, how long users spend learning about different brake bleeding methods or fluid evacuation techniques, and where improvements can be made to enhance user experience.

Marketing Cookies: These cookies track visitors across websites to display ads that are relevant and engaging. For example, if you browse our selection of vacuum pumps or fluid evacuators, you may see related advertisements on other websites you visit. These cookies help us measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns and ensure our advertising budget is used efficiently.

You have control over cookie usage through your browser settings. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. However, if you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our website may become inaccessible or not function properly. Our cookie consent tool allows you to customize your preferences for different cookie categories while still accessing our website.

External Links

Our website may contain links to external websites, including retailers where you can purchase Mityvac products (such as Amazon, O’Reilly Auto Parts, Advance Auto Parts, NAPA Auto Parts, Harbor Freight Tools, Northern Tool, Grainger, eBay, Snap-on, Mac Tools, Matco Tools, Home Depot, and Lowe’s), social media platforms, and informational resources about automotive maintenance.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these external websites. When you click on links to other sites, you leave our website and are subject to the privacy policies and terms of those external sites. We encourage you to read the privacy statements of every website you visit that collects personal information, as their practices may differ significantly from ours.

The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by Mityvac of the external site or any association with its operators. We provide these links as a convenience to help you locate retailers, access product reviews, or find additional information about automotive maintenance and diagnostic procedures relevant to using our precision vacuum and pressure testing solutions.

Security Measures

We take the security of your personal information seriously and implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect it against unauthorized or unlawful processing, accidental loss, destruction, or damage.

Data Encryption: We use industry-standard SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption technology to protect sensitive information transmitted online, including payment card details when you purchase Mityvac products through our website. This encryption ensures that your data is securely transmitted between your browser and our servers.

Secure Storage: Personal information is stored on secure servers with restricted access. Our databases are protected by firewalls and other security technologies to prevent unauthorized access from external threats.

Access Controls: We limit access to your personal information to employees, contractors, and agents who have a legitimate business need to access it. These individuals are bound by confidentiality obligations and may face disciplinary action or contract termination if they fail to meet these obligations.

Payment Security: We do not store complete payment card information on our servers. Payment processing is handled by PCI DSS compliant third-party payment processors who specialize in secure payment handling and maintain the highest standards of payment security.

Regular Security Assessments: We regularly review and update our security measures to address new threats and vulnerabilities, ensuring that our systems remain secure as technology and threat landscapes evolve.

Incident Response: In the unlikely event of a data breach affecting your personal information, we have procedures in place to respond quickly, mitigate damage, and notify affected individuals in accordance with applicable laws.

While we strive to protect your personal information using commercially acceptable means, please remember that no method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security but remain committed to protecting your information to the best of our ability.

User Rights and Choices

You have certain rights regarding your personal information, and we are committed to facilitating the exercise of these rights.

Access and Portability: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you and to receive a copy of this information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format. This allows you to verify the information we process and check that we are doing so lawfully.

Correction: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information we hold about you. If you have an account with us, you can update some information directly through your account settings. For other corrections, please contact us at Support@Mityvacstore.com.

Deletion: You have the right to request deletion of your personal information in certain circumstances, such as when the information is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, when you withdraw consent (where applicable), or when you object to processing and there are no overriding legitimate grounds for processing.

Restriction: You have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal information in certain circumstances, such as when you contest the accuracy of the information or object to processing.

Objection: You have the right to object to processing of your personal information based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes. If you object to marketing communications, we will stop sending them to you.

Marketing Preferences: You can opt out of receiving promotional emails from us by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in any marketing email we send you, or by contacting us directly at Support@Mityvacstore.com. Please note that even if you opt out of marketing communications, we may still send you non-promotional emails related to your orders, account, or our ongoing business relationship.

Cookie Preferences: You can manage your cookie preferences through our cookie consent tool or through your browser settings. Refer to the Cookie Usage section above for more details.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information provided at the end of this Privacy Policy. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe and in accordance with applicable laws. Please note that we may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.

Protection of Minors

Our website and services are not directed to individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided us with personal information without your consent, please contact us immediately at Support@Mityvacstore.com or (314) 679-4200.

If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under age 18 without verification of parental consent, we will take steps to delete that information from our servers promptly. Our products, including professional-grade brake bleeders, vacuum pumps, and fluid evacuators, are intended for use by adults, professional automotive technicians, and experienced DIY mechanics who understand proper safety procedures and automotive maintenance practices.

CCPA Compliance

For residents of California, we comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and provide additional rights and protections regarding your personal information.

Right to Know: California residents have the right to request information about the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected about them, the categories of sources from which the information is collected, the business or commercial purpose for collecting the information, and the categories of third parties with whom we share the information.

Right to Delete: California residents have the right to request deletion of their personal information, subject to certain exceptions.

Right to Opt-Out: We do not sell personal information as defined by the CCPA. However, California residents have the right to opt out if we were to engage in such practices in the future.

Right to Non-Discrimination: We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of your CCPA rights, including by denying goods or services, charging different prices or rates, providing a different level of quality, or suggesting that you will receive different prices or quality.

To exercise your CCPA rights, please contact us at Support@Mityvacstore.com or call (314) 679-4200. We will verify your identity before processing your request and respond within the timeframes required by law.

GDPR Compliance

For residents of the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom, and Switzerland, we comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and provide additional protections for your personal data.

Legal Basis for Processing: We process personal data based on the following legal grounds: (a) consent you have given for specific purposes; (b) necessity to perform a contract with you; (c) compliance with legal obligations; and (d) legitimate interests pursued by us or a third party, provided these interests are not overridden by your rights and interests.

Data Transfers: If we transfer your personal data outside the EEA, UK, or Switzerland, we ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission or other legally recognized transfer mechanisms.

Additional Rights: In addition to the rights described in the User Rights and Choices section, GDPR provides you with the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if you believe our processing of your personal data violates GDPR.

Data Protection Officer: For GDPR-related inquiries or to exercise your rights, you may contact our privacy team at Support@Mityvacstore.com with “GDPR Request” in the subject line.

How Long We Keep Your Information

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, provide our services, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

Account Information: If you create an account with us, we retain your account information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services. If you request account deletion, we will delete or anonymize your information within a reasonable timeframe, subject to legal retention requirements.

Order Information: We retain order and transaction information for as long as necessary for tax, accounting, and legal compliance purposes, typically for seven years after the transaction, or as required by applicable law.

Marketing Information: We retain information used for marketing purposes until you unsubscribe or request deletion, or until it is no longer relevant for marketing purposes.

Technical Information: We retain technical and usage data for a limited period, typically up to two years, to analyze trends and improve our website and services.

When personal information is no longer needed, we securely delete or anonymize it in accordance with our data retention and deletion policies. If deletion is not possible (for example, because information has been stored in backup archives), we will securely store your information and isolate it from further processing until deletion is possible.

Policy Updates

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, legal requirements, or other factors. When we make changes, we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this Privacy Policy and post the revised version on our website.

If we make material changes to how we collect, use, or share your personal information, we will notify you by posting a prominent notice on our website or, where appropriate, by sending you an email notification to the email address specified in your account. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.

Your continued use of our website after we post changes to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of those changes. If you do not agree with the updated Privacy Policy, please discontinue use of our website and contact us to close your account or request deletion of your information.

Privacy Questions

If you have any questions, concerns, or comments about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, we encourage you to contact us. We are committed to addressing your privacy concerns and resolving any issues promptly.

Contact Information:

When contacting us about privacy matters, please include your full name, contact information, and a detailed description of your question or concern. If you are exercising specific rights (such as access, correction, or deletion), please clearly state which right you are exercising and provide any information necessary to verify your identity.

We will respond to your inquiry within a reasonable timeframe, typically within 30 days, and will work with you to address your concerns. If we need additional time to respond, we will inform you of the reason and the extended timeframe.

At Mityvac, we value your trust and are dedicated to protecting your privacy while providing you with professional-grade automotive tools that combine reliability, accuracy, and durability. Our commitment to privacy is an integral part of our decades of engineering excellence and our mission to empower professionals and enthusiasts across automotive, industrial, and technical sectors.