To power DoublePark and your experience, we need to collect, use, and share some of your personal information. This Privacy Policy is meant to help you understand how DoublePark does that and how to exercise the choices and rights you have in your information.
The Scope of This Policy
This policy applies to all DoublePark users and to all DoublePark platforms and services, including our applications and websites. This policy applies to personal information, not to aggregate information or information that does not identify you. Please remember that your use of the DoublePark Platform is also subject to our Terms of Service.
The Information We Collect
When you use the DoublePark Platform, we collect the information you provide, usage information, and information about your device. We also collect information about you from other sources, like service providers. Here are the types of information we collect about you:
Information You Provide to Us
Your Account. When you create an account with DoublePark, we collect the information you provide us, such as your name, email address, profile photo, and payment information. You may choose to share additional information with us for your profile, like payout method details (e.g., your Venmo handle).
Vehicle Information. When you find or leave a parking spot with DoublePark, we will collect the information you provide to us describing your vehicle, including the make, model, color, and license plate number.
User Content. When you rate, report, or provide feedback about other users or the DoublePark Platform, we collect all of the information you provide in your feedback. When you message another user on the DoublePark Platform or write a note when marking a parking spot, we collect the contents of what you send. When you contact us or we contact you, we collect any information you provide us, including the contents of the messages or attachments you send us.
Information We Collect When You Use the DoublePark Platform
Location Information. The DoublePark Platform collects location information. This includes precise location through GPS and any other location information you choose to share with us, such as the location of a parking spot or your destination. Our processing of this information differs depending on your device permissions and whether you are finding or leaving a parking spot:
- Finding a parking spot: We collect your device's precise location when you open and use the DoublePark app, including while the app is running in the background from the time you start looking for a parking spot until the handoff ends.
- Leaving a parking spot: We collect your device's precise location when you open and use the DoublePark app, including while the app is running in the background from the time you indicate you are leaving a parking spot until the handoff ends.
We also collect precise location for a limited time after a handoff is confirmed in order to help resolve disputes.
Usage Information. We collect information about your use of the DoublePark Platform, including handoff information like date, time, parking spot location, distance, route, arrival times, payment, and whether you used a promotional or redemption code. We also collect information about your interactions with the DoublePark Platform, like our apps and websites, including the dates and times of your use.
Device Information. We collect information about the devices you use to access the DoublePark Platform, including device model, device name, IP address, version of operating system, identity of manufacturer, app version, device identifiers, and push notification tokens. While we collect your location information, we also collect mobile sensor data from your device, such as speed, direction, altitude, activity type (such as walking or driving), and battery level.
Third-Party Technologies. We use SDKs from service providers to operate the DoublePark Platform, such as maps and payments. These providers may collect information about your device and your use of their features. We do not use advertising or analytics tools.
Inferences. We may infer certain information from your interactions with the DoublePark Platform and other information available to us. For example, we may infer your estimated time of arrival, your distance from a parking spot, and whether you have arrived at or left a parking spot from your precise location.
Information We Collect From Other Sources
Service Providers and Other Parties. Service providers and other parties provide us with information needed for core aspects of the DoublePark Platform. These service providers and other parties include sign-in providers, payment processors, and mapping providers. We obtain the following information about you from these parties:
- Information to create and access your account, like your email address and account identifier when you sign in with Apple or Google;
- Information about your payments, such as payment method details, transaction, and fraud detection information; and
- Information about places, such as the name and location of a destination you search for.
Other Users and Sources. Other users may provide us information about you, for example as part of a rating or report, or when contacting us for support.
How We Use Your Information
We use your personal information to:
- Provide the DoublePark Platform;
- Maintain the security and safety of the DoublePark Platform and its users;
- Provide customer support;
- Improve the DoublePark Platform; and
- Respond to legal proceedings and obligations.
Providing the DoublePark 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 with other users finding or leaving a parking spot and track the progress of your handoff;
- Calculate prices and earnings, process payments, and send payouts;
- Allow users to connect regarding their handoff, including by sharing their location, vehicle information, and messages with each other;
- Communicate with you about your use of the DoublePark Platform and experience, including notifications and promotions;
- Collect feedback regarding your experience; and
- Operate promotions and redemption codes.
Maintaining the Security and Safety of the DoublePark Platform and its Users. Providing you a secure and safe experience drives our platform. To do this, we use your personal information to:
- Authenticate and verify users;
- Prevent, investigate, and resolve disputes, misuse of the Platform, and incidents between users;
- Find and prevent fraud; and
- Block and remove unsafe or fraudulent users from the DoublePark 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 in resolving questions or issues regarding the DoublePark Platform, including disputes about a handoff; and
- Provide support or respond to requests and issues.
Improving the DoublePark Platform. We are always working to improve the DoublePark Platform and provide new and helpful features. To do this, we use your personal information to:
- Perform research, testing, and analysis;
- Develop new products, features, 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.
Automated Processes. We use personal information in connection with certain automated processes to operate the DoublePark Platform, for example, to match users finding and leaving parking spots, estimate arrival times, cancel requests that have waited too long, and enforce our Terms of Service.
How We Disclose Your Information
We do not sell your personal information to third parties. No one can buy the personal information we collect from and about you, and we do not act as a data broker. We do not share your personal information for advertising. This section explains when, why, and with whom we disclose your information.
Sharing Between DoublePark Users
Users Finding and Leaving a Parking Spot
Information shared when a handoff is offered: As part of offering a handoff, we share with the user leaving a parking spot the finding user’s name, profile photo, rating, vehicle information, estimated arrival time, and real-time location.
Information shared once matched: Once a handoff is accepted, we share with each user the other user’s name, profile photo, rating, approximate number of handoffs completed, real-time location, estimated arrival time, and vehicle make, model, color, and license plate. We also share any note the leaving user added about the parking spot with the finding user, and any messages you send each other in the app.
Ratings are shared as an average and we do not tell users who rated them. We do not share your email address, payment information, or other contact information with other users.
Disclosures to Service Providers to Provide the DoublePark Platform
We use service providers to operate the DoublePark Platform, and we disclose your personal information to them only as needed for the services they provide to us. These service providers include:
- Hosting providers, which store and process the information we collect, including your account, vehicle information, location, and handoff information;
- Storage providers, which store your profile photo;
- Real-time messaging providers, which deliver live handoff updates between you and the other user, including the information described in Sharing Between DoublePark Users above;
- Payment processors, which process your payment information and transactions and help detect fraud;
- Mapping and place search providers, which provide maps and return places when you search for a destination;
- Sign-in providers, which let you sign in with Apple or Google; and
- Push notification providers, which deliver notifications to your device.
For Legal Reasons and to Protect the DoublePark Platform
We may disclose your personal information in response to a legal obligation, or if we have determined that disclosing 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.
In Connection with Sale or Merger
We may disclose your personal information while negotiating or in relation to a change of control such as restructuring, merger, bankruptcy, or sale of our assets.
Upon Your Further Direction
With your permission or at 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 DoublePark Platform. This means we keep your profile information for as long as you maintain an account. We retain handoff, location, message, and transaction information, such as handoffs and payments, after a handoff ends and after your account is deleted, so that we can resolve disputes, prevent fraud, meet our accounting and tax obligations, and improve the DoublePark Platform. We also retain your information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our terms and policies. 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
DoublePark provides ways for you to access and delete your personal information, as well as exercise applicable data rights that give you certain control over your personal information.
All Users
Push Notifications. You can opt out of receiving push notifications through your device settings. Please note that opting out of receiving push notifications may impact your use of the DoublePark Platform (such as receiving a notification that you have been matched or that the other user has arrived).
Profile Information. You can review and edit your account information, including your name, profile photo, vehicle information, and payout method, in your account settings.
Location Information. You can prevent your device from sharing location information through your device’s system settings. But if you do, you will not be able to find or leave a parking spot with DoublePark.
Accessing Your Information. You can see information we have about you by logging into your account and viewing your profile, settings, handoff and transaction history, and payment information. To request a copy of your personal information, contact us at gabe@doublepark.dev.
Deleting Your Account. You can delete your DoublePark account at any time in your account settings. You cannot delete your account while you are finding or leaving a parking spot or in the middle of a handoff. Any available balance will be paid out to your payout method before your account is deleted. When we delete your account, we delete your profile, sign-in information, devices, profile photo, push notification tokens, and saved payment methods. We retain other information, such as handoff, location, message, rating, report, and transaction information, for the purposes described in How We Store and Protect Your Information. This information is no longer associated with your name or contact information. We may also retain limited payment card information to prevent fraud.
Jurisdiction-Specific Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights regarding your personal information. To exercise any of these rights, contact us at gabe@doublepark.dev.
Children's Data
DoublePark is not directed to children under the age of 16, and you must be at least 16 years old to use the DoublePark Platform. If we find out that a child under 16 has given us personal information, we will take steps to delete that information. If you believe that a child under the age of 16 has given us personal information, please contact us at gabe@doublepark.dev.
DoublePark may process the personal information of users between the ages of 16 and 17. Where DoublePark processes such personal information, it will do so in accordance with this policy, our Terms of Service, and applicable law.
Links to Third-Party Websites
The DoublePark Platform may contain links or references to third-party websites, products, or services. Those third parties may have privacy policies that differ from ours. We are not responsible for those third parties and their websites, products, or services, and we recommend that you review their policies.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this policy from time to time as the DoublePark 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 DoublePark Platform or by some other method of communication. When you use DoublePark, you are agreeing to the most recent terms of this policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about your privacy or anything in this policy, contact us at gabe@doublepark.dev.