RideShark Website Privacy Statement
1. Collection: RideShark Corporation and/or RideShark Corporation (“we” or
“us”) gathers various information about users of the rideshare Website
and the rideshare program available on that site (the “Website”). This
information includes: (a) personal information, provided through voluntary
registration; (b) personal information regarding your use of the Website,
including but not limited to the identity of people who you are matched with by
the Website and the content of any messages that you send to another person
using the Website; (c) personal information, provided to us by you through any
other method (including without limitation correspondence and discussions); (d)
personal information collected by us through click tracking in relation to your
use of the Website, including the content you access; (e) aggregated data,
which tracks traffic to the Website; and (f) cookies, which are pieces of
information transferred to your computer hard drive for record keeping. You
further authorize us to collect personal information about you from any public
source. The personal information collected will be held by us or on our behalf
by such other agent as we may appoint from time to time.
2. Purposes: The
personal information you provide will be used for the following purposes: (a)
verification of your identity and assisting you in case you forget your
password or login details for use of the Website; (b) to allow you to use the
Website and to match you with potential rideshare partners; (c) to provide you
with further information about the Website or other services offered by us or
which we consider may be of interest to you; (d) to keep the Website relevant
and of interest to users; (e) to respond to any requests for information made
by your employer; (f) to investigate any complaints relating to misuse of the
Website or misconduct in relation to rideshares organized directly or
indirectly through the Website and to take any action we deem necessary to
protect the safety of yourself and others in relation to those complaints; and
(g) analysis in aggregate form (identifiable characteristics removed so that
you will remain anonymous).
3. Disclosure: You
agree that RideShark Corporation or RideShark Corporation may disclose:
(a) the following personal information to potential rideshare partners to enable you to
contact each other;
a. first name
b. email
c. phone number(s)
d. gender
e. whether or not you are a smoker
f. your commuting origin, destination and schedule for the trip for which you have requested a rideshare.
(b) personal information about you to your employer by giving them access to your account;
(c) your personal information to your employer where you have been misusing the Website;
(d) personal informationabout you to your employer, the police or other government authorities where we
believe it is reasonably necessary to protect your safety or the safety of
other people you have been ridesharing with where these rideshares have been
organized directly or indirectly through the Website.
(e) your personal information to third parties when we believe in good faith that we are
required to do so by law; and
(f) aggregate information and other information that does not personally identify you to such
third parties as we may see fit.
With the
exception of disclosures listed in 3(a)-(f) above RideShark Corporation or RideShark Corp. will not share or sell any personal
information about you to outside entities.
4. Consequences of
non-provision of information: Failure to provide necessary personal
information requested at the time of registration for or use of the Website may
result in certain services not being available to you.
5. Security:
We are committed to your privacy and strive to protect the personal and
confidential information of those who use our Website. However, as no data
transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure, we
cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit or
receive through the Website. These activities are conducted at your own risk.