This policy applies to all Chofur users and to all Chofur platforms and services, including our apps, websites, features, and other services (collectively, the “Chofur Platform”). 

 

The Information We Collect

When you use the Chofur, we collect the information you provide, usage information, and information about your device. We also collect information about you from other sources like third party services, and optional programs in which you participate, which we may combine with other information we have about you. Here are the types of information we collect about you:

A. Information You Provide to Us

Account Registration. When you create an account with Chofur, we collect the information you provide us, such as your name, email address, phone number,ID, profile photo and payment information. You may choose to share additional info with us for your Rider profile, like saved addresses (e.g., home or work).

At Chofur, we’re always working on making our community as secure as possible for everyone. That’s why, before booking a ride , we may ask for a government ID or have you confirm your legal name and add your address.

This information helps us keep Chofur secure, fight fraud, and more—and it’s something you’ll only have to do once.

Your profile photo must match the photo on your ID, and your ID must be valid. If your photos don’t match or your ID doesn’t appear to be valid, you won’t be able to create an account.

Types of ID

Depending on your location and what country you’re from, you may be able to add one of the following types of government ID:

• Driver’s license
• Passport
• National identity card

Your ID needs to be an official government-issued ID (not an ID for a school, library, gym, etc.) that includes a photo of you.

If you add a driver’s license, you’ll be asked for two photos—one of the front of the license and one of the back.

If you add a passport, make sure the photo includes the numbers located at the bottom of the page with your picture.

For residents of Singapore, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Japan, and Korea: No matter which type of ID you add, be sure the image of your ID doesn’t show your identification or registration number. If you take a new photo of your ID, cover the number with tape or your finger when you take the photo, making sure all other info is visible. If you upload an existing photo of your ID, edit it first so that your identification number can’t be seen.

Ratings and Feedback. When you rate and provide feedback about Riders or Drivers, we collect all of the information you provide in your feedback.

Communications. When you contact us or we contact you, we collect any information that you provide, including the contents of the messages or attachments you send us.

 

B. Information We Collect When You Use the Chofur Platform

Location Information. Great rides start with an easy and accurate pickup. The Chofur Platform collects location information (including GPS and WiFi data) differently depending on your Chofur app settings and device permissions as well as whether you are using the platform as a Rider or Driver:

• Riders: We collect your device’s precise location when you open and use the Chofur app, including while the app is running in the background from the time you request a ride until it ends. Chofur also tracks the precise location of scooters and e-bikes at all times.
• Drivers: We collect your device’s precise location when you open and use the app, including while the app is running in the background when it is in driver mode. We also collect precise location for a limited time after you exit driver mode in order to detect ride incidents, and continue collecting it until a reported or detected incident is no longer active.

Usage Information. We collect information about your use of the Chofur Platform, including ride information like the date, time, destination, distance, route, payment, and whether you used a promotional or referral code. We also collect information about your interactions with the Chofur Platform like our apps and websites, including the pages and content you view and the dates and times of your use.

Device Information. We collect information about the devices you use to access the Chofur Platform, including device model, IP address, type of browser, version of operating system, identity of carrier and manufacturer, radio type (such as 4G), preferences and settings (such as preferred language), application installations, device identifiers, advertising identifiers, and push notification tokens. If you are a Driver, we also collect mobile sensor data from your device (such as speed, direction, height, acceleration, deceleration, and other technical data).

Cookies, Analytics, and Third Party Technologies. We collect information through the use of “cookies”, tracking pixels, data analytics tools like Google Analytics, SDKs, and other third party technologies to understand how you navigate through the Chofur Platform and interact with Chofur advertisements, to make your Chofur experience safer, to learn what content is popular, to improve your site experience, to serve you better ads on other sites, and to save your preferences. Cookies are small text files that web servers place on your device; they are designed to store basic information and to help websites and apps recognize your browser. We may use both session cookies and persistent cookies. A session cookie disappears after you close your browser. A persistent cookie remains after you close your browser and may be accessed every time you use the Chofur Platform. You should consult your web browser(s) to modify your cookie settings. Please note that if you delete or choose not to accept cookies from us, you may miss out on certain features of the Chofur Platform.

C. Information We Collect from Third Parties

Third Party Services. Third party services provide us with information needed for core aspects of the Chofur Platform, as well as for additional services, programs, loyalty benefits, and promotions that can enhance your Chofur experience. These third party services include background check providers, insurance partners, financial service providers, marketing providers, and other businesses. We obtain the following information about you from these third party services:

• Information to make the Chofur Platform safer, like background check information for drivers;
• Information about your participation in third party programs that provide things like insurance coverage and financial instruments, such as insurance, payment, transaction, and fraud detection information;
• Information to operationalize loyalty and promotional programs, such as information about your use of such programs; and
• Information about you provided by specific services, such as demographic and market segment information.

Enterprise Programs. If you use Chofur through your employer or other organization that participates in one of our Chofur Business enterprise programs, we will collect information about you from those parties, such as your name and contact information.

Concierge Service. Sometimes another business or entity may order you a Chofur ride. If an organization has ordered a ride for you using our Concierge service, they will provide us your contact information and the pickup and drop-off location of your ride.

Referral Programs. Friends help friends use the Chofur Platform. If someone refers you to Chofur, we will collect information about you from that referral including your name and contact information.

Other Users and Sources. Other users or public or third-party sources such as law enforcement, insurers, media, or pedestrians may provide us information about you, for example as part of an investigation into an incident or to provide you support.

How We Use Your Information

We use your personal information to:

• Provide the Chofur Platform;
• Maintain the security and safety of the Chofur Platform and its users;
• Build and maintain the Chofur community;
• Provide customer support;
• Improve the Chofur Platform; and
• Respond to legal proceedings and obligations.

Providing the Chofur Platform. We use your personal information to provide an intuitive, useful, efficient, and worthwhile experience on our platform. To do this, we use your personal information to:

• Verify your identity and maintain your account, settings, and preferences;
• Connect you to your rides and track their progress;
• Calculate prices and process payments;
• Allow Riders and Drivers to connect regarding their ride and to choose to share their location with others;
• Communicate with you about your rides and experience;
• Collect feedback regarding your experience;
• Facilitate additional services and programs with third parties; and
• Operate contests, sweepstakes, and other promotions.

Maintaining the Security and Safety of the Chofur Platform and its Users. Providing you a secure and safe experience drives our platform, both on the road and on our apps. To do this, we use your personal information to:

• Authenticate users;
• Verify that Drivers and their vehicles meet safety requirements;
• Investigate and resolve incidents, accidents, and insurance claims;
• Encourage safe driving behavior and avoid unsafe activities;
• Find and prevent fraud; and
• Block and remove unsafe or fraudulent users from the Chofur Platform.

Building and Maintaining the Chofur Community. Chofur works to be a positive part of the community. We use your personal information to:

• Communicate with you about events, promotions, elections, and campaigns;
• Personalize and provide content, experiences, communications, and advertising to promote and grow the Chofur Platform; and
• Help facilitate donations you choose to make through the Chofur Platform.

Providing Customer Support. We work hard to provide the best experience possible, including supporting you when you need it. To do this, we use your personal information to:

• Investigate and assist you in resolving questions or issues you have regarding the Chofur Platform; and
• Provide you support or respond to you.

Improving the Chofur Platform. We are always working to improve your experience and provide you with new and helpful features. To do this, we use your personal information to:

• Perform research, testing, and analysis;
• Develop new products, features, partnerships, and services;
• Prevent, find, and resolve software or hardware bugs and issues; and
• Monitor and improve our operations and processes, including security practices, algorithms, and other modeling.

Responding to Legal Proceedings and Requirements. Sometimes the law, government entities, or other regulatory bodies impose demands and obligations on us with respect to the services we seek to provide. In such a circumstance, we may use your personal information to respond to those demands or obligations.

How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal information. To make the Chofur Platform work, we may need to share your personal information with other users, third parties, and service providers. This section explains when and why we share your information.

A.Sharing Between Chofur Users

Riders and Drivers.

Rider information shared with Driver: Upon receiving a ride request, we share with the Driver the Rider’s pickup location, name, profile photo, rating, Rider statistics (like approximate number of rides and years as a Rider), and information the Rider includes in their Rider profile (like preferred pronouns). Upon pickup and during the ride, we share with the Driver the Rider’s destination and any additional stops the Rider inputs into the Chofur app. Once the ride is finished, we also eventually share the Rider’s rating and feedback with the Driver. (We remove the Rider’s identity associated with ratings and feedback when we share it with Drivers, but a Driver may be able to identify the Rider that provided the rating or feedback.)

Driver information shared with Rider: Upon a Driver accepting a requested ride, we will share with the Rider the Driver’s name, profile photo, preferred pronouns, rating, real-time location, and the vehicle make, model, color, and license plate, as well as other information in the Driver’s Chofur profile, such as information Drivers choose to add (like country flag and why you drive) and Driver statistics (like approximate number of rides and years as a Driver).

Although we help Riders and Drivers communicate with one another to arrange a pickup, we do not share your actual phone number or other contact information with other users. If you report a lost or found item to us, we will seek to connect you with the relevant Rider or Driver, including sharing actual contact information with your consent.

Shared Ride Riders. When Riders use a Chofur Shared ride, we share each Rider’s name and profile picture to ensure safety. Riders may also see each other’s pickup and drop-off locations as part of knowing the route while sharing the ride.

Rides Requested or Paid For by Others. Some rides you take may be requested or paid for by others. If you take one of those rides using your Chofur Business Profile account, a code or coupon, a corporate credit card linked to another account, or another user otherwise requests a ride for you, we may share some or all of your ride details with that other party, including the date, time, charge, rating given, region of trip, and pick up and drop off location of your ride.

Referral Programs. If you refer someone to the Chofur Platform, we will let them know that you generated the referral. If another user referred you, we may share information about your use of the Chofur Platform with that user. For example, a referral source may receive a bonus when you join the Chofur Platform or complete a certain number of rides and would receive such information.

B. Sharing With Third-Party Service Providers for Business Purposes

Depending on whether you’re a Rider or a Driver, Chofur may share the following categories of your personal information for a business purpose (as we have done for the preceding 12 months) to provide you with a variety of the Chofur Platform’s features and services:

• Personal identifiers, such as your name, address, email address, date of birth, government identification number, driver’s license information, vehicle information, and car insurance information;
• Financial information, such as bank routing numbers, tax information, and any other payment information you provide us;
• Commercial information, such as ride information, Driver/Rider statistics and feedback, and Driver/Rider transaction history;
• Internet or other electronic network activity information, such as your IP address, type of browser, version of operating system, carrier and/or manufacturer, device identifiers, and mobile advertising identifiers; and
• Location data.

We disclose those categories of personal information to service providers to fulfill the following business purposes:

• Maintaining and servicing your Chofur account;
• Processing or fulfilling rides;
• Providing you customer service;
• Processing Rider transactions;
• Processing Driver applications and payments;
• Verifying the identity of users;
• Detecting and preventing fraud;
• Processing insurance claims;
• Providing Driver loyalty and promotional programs;
• Providing marketing and advertising services to Chofur;
• Providing financing;
• Providing requested emergency services;
• Providing analytics services to Chofur; and
• Undertaking internal research to develop the Chofur Platform.

C. For Legal Reasons and to Protect the Chofur Platform

We may share your personal information in response to a legal obligation, or if we have determined that sharing your personal information is reasonably necessary or appropriate to:

• Comply with any applicable federal, state, or local law or regulation, civil, criminal or regulatory inquiry, investigation or legal process, or enforceable governmental request;
• Respond to legal process (such as a search warrant, subpoena, summons, or court order);
• Enforce our Terms of Service;
• Cooperate with law enforcement agencies concerning conduct or activity that we reasonably and in good faith believe may violate federal, state, or local law; or
• Exercise or defend legal claims, protect against harm to our rights, property, interests, or safety or the rights, property, interests, or safety of you, third-parties, or the public as required or permitted by law.

D. In Connection with Sale or Merger

We may share your personal information while negotiating or in relation to a change of corporate control such as a restructuring, merger, or sale of our assets.

E. Upon Your Further Direction

With your permission or upon your direction, we may disclose your personal information to interact with a third party or for other purposes.

How We Store and Protect Your Information

We retain your information for as long as necessary to provide you and our other users the Chofur Platform. This means we keep your profile information for as long as you maintain an account. We retain transactional information such as rides and payments for at least seven years to ensure we can perform legitimate business functions, such as accounting for tax obligations. If you request account deletion, we will delete your information as set forth in the “Deleting Your Account” section below.

We take reasonable and appropriate measures designed to protect your personal information. But no security measures can be 100% effective, and we cannot guarantee the security of your information, including against unauthorized intrusions or acts by third parties.

Your Rights And Choices Regarding Your Data

All Users

Email Subscriptions. You can always unsubscribe from our commercial or promotional emails by clicking unsubscribe in those messages. We will still send you transactional and relational emails about your use of the Chofur Platform.

Profile Information. You can review and edit certain account information you have chosen to add to your profile by logging in to your account settings and profile.

Location Information. You can prevent your device from sharing location information through your device’s system settings. But if you do, this may impact Chofur’s ability to provide you our full range of features and services.

Cookie Tracking. You can modify your cookie settings on your browser, but if you delete or choose not to accept our cookies, you may be missing out on certain features of the Chofur Platform.

Do Not Track. Your browser may offer you a “Do Not Track” option, which allows you to signal to operators of websites and web applications and services that you do not want them to track your online activities. The Chofur Platform does not currently support Do Not Track requests at this time.

Deleting Your Account. If you would like to delete your Chofur account,. In some cases, we will be unable to delete your account, such as if there is an issue with your account related to trust, safety, or fraud. When we delete your account, we may retain certain information for legitimate business purposes or to comply with legal or regulatory obligations. For example, we may retain your information to resolve open insurance claims, or we may be obligated to retain your information as part of an open legal claim. When we retain such data, we do so in ways designed to prevent its use for other purposes.

 

Links to Third Party Websites

The Chofur Platform may contain links to third-party websites. Those websites may have privacy policies that differ from ours. We are not responsible for those websites, and we recommend that you review their policies. Please contact those websites directly if you have any questions about their privacy policies.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy from time to time as the Chofur Platform changes and privacy law evolves. If we update it, we will do so online, and if we make material changes, we will let you know through the Chofur Platform or by some other method of communication like email. When you use Chofur, you are agreeing to the most recent terms of this policy.