Last Updated Date: January 2020

Effective Date: Jan 2020

United Trans LLC (collectively “UT”, “we” or “us”) collects information about you when you use our mobile applications, websites, call-centre and other products and services (collectively, the “Services”) and through other interactions and communications, you have with us. This privacy policy sets out the basis on which any information, including any personal data, we collect from you, or you provide to us, will be processed by Via Transportation, Inc. Each time you access or use the Services or provide us with information, by doing so you are accepting and consenting to the practices described in this privacy policy

Scope and Application

This privacy policy (this “privacy policy”) applies to persons who access or use our Services (“Users”) as well as to drivers, partner transportation companies, or any other persons who use the Bus On-Demand platform.

Collection of Information

Information You Provide to Us

We collect the information you provide directly to us through your access or use of the Services, such as when you create or modify your account, request on-demand services, contact customer support, or otherwise communicate with us. This information may include your name, email address, phone number, profile picture, payment method, financial and credit card information, and other information you choose to provide.

Please note that we do not knowingly collect, keep or maintain personal information from children under the age of 18 through the Services, as we require that all users represent to us that they are at least 18 years old.

Information We Collect Through Your Use of Our Services

When you use our Services, we collect personal information (i.e. information that could be used to contact you directly such as full name, postal address, phone number, credit/debit card information, or email address) (“Personal Information”) and demographic information (i.e. information that you submit, or that we collect, that is not personal information; this may include, but is not limited to, username, device information, including the type of mobile device you use, a unique device identifier (for example, your device’s IMEI number, the machine address of the device’s wireless network interface, or the mobile phone number used by the device), mobile network information, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile browser you use, time zone setting, device location, IP address, SMS data, transaction information, age/birth date, browsing history information, searching history information, and registration history information) (“Demographic Information” and, together with Personal Information, “Personal Data”).

We also use GPS technology to determine your current location. Some of our location-enabled Services require your personal data for the feature to work. If you wish to use the feature, you will be asked to consent to your data being used for this purpose.

Information We Collect from Other Sources

We may also receive information from other sources and combine that with Personal Data we receive from you or collected through our Services. For example:

1. If you choose to link, create, or log in to your Via On-Demand Service account with a payment provider or if you engage with a separate app or website that uses our API (or whose API we use), we may receive information about you or your connections from that site or app.
2. When you request on-demand services, our drivers may provide us with a User rating after providing services to you.
3. If you also interact with our Services in another capacity, for instance as a driver, we may combine or associate that information with Personal Data we have collected from you in your capacity as a User or rider.

Use of Personal Data

We may use Personal Data which you provide to us, or we collect from you to:

1. Provide, maintain, and improve our Services, including, for example, to facilitate payments, send receipts, provide products and services you request (and send related information), develop new features, provide customer support to Users and drivers, develop safety features, authenticate users, and send product updates and administrative messages;
2. Perform internal administration and operations, including, for example, to prevent fraud and abuse of our Services; to troubleshoot software bugs and operational problems; to conduct data analysis, testing, and research; and to monitor and analyze usage and activity trends;
3. Send or facilitate communications (i) between you and a driver, such as estimated times of arrival (ETAs), or (ii) between you and a contact of yours at your direction in connection with your use of features, such as referrals or invites;
4. Send you communications we think will be of interest to you, including information about products, services, promotions, news, and events, where permissible and according to local applicable laws; and to process contest, sweepstake, or other promotion entries and fulfil any related awards;
5. Notify you about changes to our Services;
6. Allow you to participate in interactive features of our Services;
7. Your personal information is only available to internal employees who have a need to know it. It will not be available for public inspection without your consent. Also, no site user information will be shared, sold, or transferred to any third party without your prior consent.
8. Personalize and improve the Services, including to provide or recommend features, content, social connections, referrals, and advertisements.

Storage and Transfer of Personal Data

You agree that we have the right to transfer the Personal Data described in this privacy policy to and from, and process and store it outside of the United Arab Emirates. We will take appropriate measures to protect your Personal Data in accordance with this privacy policy. By submitting your Personal Data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

To preserve the integrity of our databases, to carry out on-going Services on your behalf, for research, analytics and statistics purposes and to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations, we retain Personal Information and Demographic Information submitted by Users and Drivers for a reasonable length of time. Via is not responsible for the accuracy of the information you provide and will modify or update your Personal Information in our databases upon your request. If required by law or at your request, we will erase or archive from active use your Personal Information. By accessing or using the Services, you do hereby represent and warrant that you understand that all information submitted by you through the Services or otherwise to Via may be used by Via in accordance with applicable laws, this privacy policy and our customer terms of use.

Sharing of Personal Data

We may share Personal Data which we collect about you as described in this privacy policy or as described at the time of collection or sharing, including as follows:

Through Our Services

We may share your Personal Data:

1. With drivers to enable them to provide the Services you request. For example, we share your name and pickup and/or drop-off locations with drivers.
2. The marketing team of United Trans & authorized person.
3. With RTA’s subsidiaries, business partners and affiliated entities.

Other Important Sharing

We may share your Personal Data;

1. With vendors, consultants, marketing and advertising partners, and other service providers who need access to such Personal Data to carry out work on our behalf or to perform any contract we enter with them;
2. In response to a request for information by a competent authority if we believe disclosure is in accordance with or is otherwise required by, any applicable law, regulation, or legal process;
3. With law enforcement officials, government authorities, or other third parties to enforce or apply our Terms of Service, to investigate potential breaches or if we believe your actions are inconsistent with our Terms of Service, or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Via or others;
4. With third parties in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, consolidation or restructuring, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by or into another company;
5. If we otherwise notify you and you consent to the sharing; With third parties in an aggregated and/or anonymized form which cannot reasonably be used to identify you.

Your Choices

Marketing and Opting Out

The Bus On Demand provides Users with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from our partners and us at the point where we request information about the visitor. You have the option to ask us not to process your Personal Data for marketing purposes, and to remove it from our database, to not receive future communications or to no longer receive our Services.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may change this privacy policy from time to time. If we make significant changes in the way we treat your Personal Data, or to the privacy policy, we will provide you notice through the Services or by some other means, such as email. Your continued use of the Services after such notice constitutes your consent to the changes. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy policy for the latest information on our privacy practice.

Security Precautions

Your profile is password-protected so that only you and authorized Via employees to have access to your account information. UT staff will never proactively reach out to you and ask for any personal account information, including your password.

Via makes every effort to ensure that your Personal Data is secure on its system. Via has staff dedicated to maintaining our privacy policy as set forth herein and other privacy initiatives, periodically reviewing Web security and making sure that every Via employee is aware of our security practices. Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, Via cannot guarantee the security of any Personal Data you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk. If You have any further questions on this issue, refer to our customer terms of use. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Via expressly disclaims any liability that may arise should any other individuals obtain the Personal Data you submit to Via.

Cookies

Our app uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our apps. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our website and the Services we provide. By accessing and browsing our website, you agree to our use of cookies.

If you are accessing or using products or services provided by RTA, this section applies to you.

Via has been engaged by United Trans (a subsidiary of Al Serkal group) and Dubai Road and Transport Authority to provide this service in support of its business. As a result, UT or RTA may be required to receive, store, generate or otherwise process your personal data on behalf of Via and to enable you to access or use the products or services provided by Via. To the fullest extent permitted under applicable laws, including the applicable data protection laws, Via shall have no liability under or in connection with the receipt, storage or otherwise processing of your personal data.

Each time you access or use the products or services provided by us with information, by doing so, you accept and consent to the practices described in this notice.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments and requests related to this Privacy Statement, or if you have any complaints related to how we process your personal data, please contact us at contact@thebusondemand.com

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