RideShark Privacy Policy

RideShark Corporation (“RideShark”, “we”, “us” or “our”) provides various ridesharing products and services, including the RideShark commute management online service, the gobyRIDE ridesharing platform made available through the gobyRIDE.com website (the “Website”), and our mobile application(s) (the “App”) (collectively, the “Services")

This privacy policy (the “Policy”) outlines how we collect, use, disclose, manage and safeguard your personal information.

For the purposes of this Policy, “personal information” means information about an identified or identifiable individual, excluding business contact information.

We will collect personal information from you when you access and use the Services. By accessing or using the Services, you are agreeing to the terms of this Policy.

We take the privacy of our users seriously and are committed to safeguarding your personal information. If you have any questions about the Policy or our privacy practices, please contact our Privacy Administrator with your questions at info@rideshark.com or by telephone at (613) 226-9845.

1. Information We Collect

   We will collect information from you when you access or use the Services, including when you register for an account (“Account”) with us. We will also collect personal information that you provide to us in connection with the Services and in correspondence with us.

   Registration and Account Information

   When you create an Account with us we will collect certain information from you, including:

   • first and last name
   • mailing address (including city, province/state and post code)
   • origin address
   • destination address
   • email address
   • phone number
   • mobile number
   • demographic information (gender, etc.)
   • Travel schedule
   • Travel mode preferences
   • smoking status
   
   

   You may decide to integrate your Account with a social media service. In connection with such integration, you authorize us to collect certain information that you have provided to the social media service, including your profile information, as well as any information that you make publicly available on or through the social media service. By using these social media services to interact with the Services, we are not given access to your login credentials, user name, password, or any information you may provide directly to these applications. You are strongly advised to review the privacy policies of any third-party applications you use to interact with the Services.

   Payment Information (if available)

   When you make or receive a payment through the Services, we will collect your credit card, debit card or banking information and other financial data. However, we do not store this payment information. We use a third-party payment processor (e.g., Stripe or PayPal, etc.) to process all payments. The use and storage of payment information is governed by the payment processor’s applicable terms of service and privacy policy.

   Third-Party Information

   When you use the Services, we may collect information of third-parties that you provide to us or authorize us to collect, including the personal information of your friends or colleagues (“Third-Party Data”). You are responsible for obtaining the necessary consent for the collection and use of Third-Party Data and for the disclosure of this data to us.

   Log and Website Information

   When you access and use the Services, we may automatically collect certain technical information about your visit, including the date, time, browser type, your internet service provider, your IP address, device information (including device identifiers), geo-location information, computer and network performance data, the URL that you are coming from and your navigation history in order to customize and personalize your experience on the Services, improve the Services and for statistical research purposes.

   Location Information

   The Services will collect geo-location information, including your commuting origin and destination, and will access and use the precise geo-location of mobile devices running the App. This location information is used to facilitate ridesharing on the Services. The App will only access and use your mobile device’s location information if you give the App permission through your device settings or the App.

2. Use and Disclosure of Your Information

   We will use your personal information to provide, maintain, and improve the Services, to learn about our user base and for marketing and advertising purposes.

   Identification and Verification

   We will use your personal information to verify your identity and the information that you provide to us.

   Account Administration

   We may use your personal information to communicate with you about the Services and your Account and to provide you with technical support.

   Marketing and Advertising

   We may use and disclose your personal information for advertising and marketing purposes, including interest-based advertising.

   Rideshare Partners

   We will disclose the following personal information to potential rideshare partners to enable you to connect with each other:

   • first name
   • gender
   • whether or not you are a smoker
   • publicly available social media content
   • your commuting origin, destination and schedule for a trip that you have requested on the Services.

   The commuting origin and destination will be displayed on a map with zoom levels adjusted to not allow zoom to the house level. Exact street addresses will not be revealed by the system.

   Reward Partners

   We may disclose your personal information to potential reward partners.

   Employers

   We may disclose your personal information to your employer where your employer facilitates your access to the Services.

   Third-Party Service Providers

   We may transfer your personal information to a third-party service provider for processing and storage. Whenever we engage a third-party service provider, we ensure that the information is properly safeguarded at all times at a comparable level of protection the information would have received if it had not been transferred.

   We may transfer your personal information to a third-party service provider outside of Canada. In the event that your personal information is transferred outside of Canada, the government, courts or law enforcement or regulatory agencies of that jurisdiction may be able to obtain disclosure of your personal information through the laws of that jurisdiction.

   Legal Issues

   We may use your personal information to detect, investigate, address and prevent fraudulent or illegal activities. We reserve the right to disclose your personal information as required by law, when we believe that disclosure is necessary to comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on us and to defend against legal claims. We may also disclose your personal information to investigate the breach of an agreement.

   Corporate Matters

   We may disclose and share your personal information to explore and/or undertake a corporate transaction, including a merger, acquisition, amalgamation, IPO, reorganization or sale of RideShark and/or the Services. Your personal information will be used and disclosed solely for the purposes related to the transaction and will be protected by security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information.

3. Anonymized Information

   We reserve the right to use anonymized and aggregated information for product development, research and advertising and marketing purposes. We may also disclose anonymized and aggregated information to third-parties.

4. Retention of Your Information

   If you want us to permanently delete your personal information from our servers, please send an email to info@rideshark.com. We will ensure your information is deleted in a reasonable time after receiving that request.

   So long as your Account remains active, we will preserve your personal information.

   We will retain any and all personal information that we are required to retain under any applicable laws for the full duration of time required under those laws. We may also retain any anonymized and de-identified information and continue to use this information in accordance with this Policy.

5. Keeping Your Information Secure

   Your personal information will be protected by security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information.

   There is no guarantee against data breaches. In addition, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. However, we have taken reasonable measures to prevent a breach. In the event of a data breach, we will:

   • Notify users at the first reasonable opportunity of the breach; and
   • Immediately apply remedial measures.

6. Cookies

   We use “cookies” to collect information and improve the Services. A cookie is a small data file that we transfer to your computer or mobile device. We may use “persistent cookies” to save your user ID and login password for future logins to the website. We may use “session ID cookies” to enable certain features of the website, to better understand how you interact with the website and to monitor aggregate usage and web traffic routing on the website. You can instruct your browser, by changing its options, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. If you do not accept cookies, however, you may not be able to use all aspects of our Services

   We may use the data collected from “cookies” and web browsers for its own purposes, both related to and unrelated to improving our Services. In the event we disclose this data to any third-party for any purposes, it will be used anonymously and stripped of any and all personal or identifying information.

7. Children and Minors

   We do not knowingly collect, use or disclose personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are the parent or legal guardian of an individual under the age of 13 who may have provided us with personal information, please contact us to have this information removed.

8. Changes To This Privacy Policy

   If we decide to make material changes to our Policy, we will notify you and other users by placing a notice on the Services. You should periodically check the Services for updates.

9. Access to and Changing Your Information

   We respond to requests for access to one’s personal information, and for rectification as necessary.

   Please contact us should you desire an update, correction or other change to your personal information, and we will respond to your request as quickly as possible. See below for contact information.

10. Contact Information

    If you have any questions, comments or concerns please contact our Privacy Administrator electronically at info@rideshark.com or by telephone at (613) 226-9845.

Covoiturage la cité : Déclaration sur la protection des renseignements personnels

1. Collecte : Association étudiante de la cité ou RideShark Corporation (“nous”) recueillons divers renseignements sur les utilisateurs du site Web de covoiturage et du programme de covoiturage disponible sur ce site (le “site Web”). Au nombre de ces renseignements, on compte :(a) des renseignements personnels, fournis par le biais de l'inscription volontaire; (b) des renseignements personnels touchant votre utilisation du site Web, y compris mais non de façon limitative le nom des personnes avec qui vous êtes jumelés par le biais du site Web et le contenu des messages transmis par vous à d'autres personnes à l'aide du site Web; (c) des renseignements personnels, que vous nous aurez fournis par tout autre moyen (y compris mais non de façon limitative par voie de correspondance ou de discussions); (d) des renseignements personnels recueillis par nous par le biais de pistage des clics liés à votre utilisation du site Web, et notamment les contenus auxquels vous accédez; (e) des données globales, qui pistent les accès au site Web; et (f) des témoins (cookies), qui sont des éléments d'information transmis au disque dur de votre ordinateur pour fins de consignation de données. De plus, vous nous autorisez à recueillir, auprès de sources d'information publiques, d'autres renseignements vous concernant. Les renseignements personnels recueillis seront détenus par nous, ou pour notre compte par tout agent qui a été ou qui pourra être désigné par nous.

2. Objectifs : Les renseignements personnels fournis par vous seront utilisés aux fins suivantes :(a) pour valider votre identité, et pour vous aider si vous oubliez votre mot de passe ou une autre procédure d'accès au site Web; (b) pour vous permettre d'utiliser le site Web et pour permettre le jumelage avec d'éventuels partenaires de covoiturage; (c) pour vous fournir des renseignements supplémentaires touchant le site Web ou d'autres services offerts par nous ou que nous croyons susceptibles de vous intéresser; (d) pour faire en sorte que le site Web demeure pertinent et intéressant pour ses utilisateurs; (e) pour répondre à d'éventuelles demandes de renseignement effectuées par votre employeur; (f) pour enquêter sur toute plainte déposée touchant le mauvais usage du site Web ou toute mauvaise conduite liée à un covoiturage organisé directement ou indirectement par le site Web, et pour entreprendre toute action que nous jugeons nécessaire en vue de protéger votre sécurité ou celle d'autre personnes en matière de ces plaintes; et (g) pour l'analyse de données regroupées (desquelles auront été supprimées les caractéristiques pouvant vous identifier, de manière à conserver votre anonymat).

3. Divulgation : Vous consentez à ce que Association étudiante de la cité ou RideShark Corporation puisse divulguer :

(a) à d'éventuels partenaires de covoiturage, les renseignements personnels suivants, afin de permettre la communication entre vous;

(b) à votre employeur, des renseignements personnels vous concernant, en lui accordant l'accès à votre compte;

(c) à votre employeur, vos renseignements personnels, dans le cas où vous auriez fait mauvais usage du site Web;

(d) à votre employeur, à la police ou à d'autres autorités gouvernementales, des renseignements personnels vous concernant, là où nous le croyons raisonnable et nécessaire afin de protéger votre sécurité ou celle de personnes avec qui vous avez pratiqué le covoiturage, dans le cas où ce covoiturage aurait été organisé, directement ou non, via le site Web.

(e) à des tierces parties, vos renseignements personnels, là où nous croyons de bonne foi que nous y sommes tenus par la loi; et

(f) à des tierces parties, comme nous le jugerons opportun, des données regroupées et d'autres renseignements qui ne vous identifient pas personnellement.

À l'exception des divulgations énoncées en 3(a) à (f) ci-dessus, ni Association étudiante de la cité ni RideShark Corporation ne vendra ni ne partagera aucun renseignement personnel vous concernant à des organismes extérieurs.

4. Conséquences de la non-fourniture de renseignements : Faute de fournir les renseignements personnels nécessaires requis au moment de l'inscription au site ou de l'utilisation du site Web, certains services pourraient vous être refusés.

5. Sécurité : La protection de votre vie privée nous tient à coeur, et nous nous efforçons de protéger les renseignements personnels et confidentiels des personnes utilisant notre site Web. Cependant, comme nul ne peut garantir la totale sécurité des transmissions de données via l'Internet, nous ne pouvons assurer ni garantir la sécurité des données que vous transmettez ou recevez via ce site Web. Ces activités sont donc entreprises à vos propres risques.