Future Taxi Driver – Privacy Policy
This policy explains what information the Future Taxi Driver app (the "App") collects about drivers, why, who it is shared with, and the choices you have. The App is provided by Marandy Data Communications ("Marandy", "we", "us") to taxi and transport companies ("Companies"). You use the App to work for a Company; that Company decides how your information is used for dispatching and its business, and we process it for them and to run the App.
1. Information we collect
- Account: your name, email address, phone number and password (stored only as a secure hash).
- Driver profile: date of birth, driver's licence, badge/permit and insurance details with their expiry dates, emergency contact, and your photo — as you enter them.
- Vehicle: make, model, colour, plate number and vehicle photos.
- Location: your device's precise location while you are signed in, including in the background while your shift is on, so the Company can dispatch nearby jobs, place you in its zone queues, show your position to its dispatchers, and for your safety (the PANIC button sends your position). The meter uses location to measure the trip's distance. Location is not collected when you are signed out.
- Jobs and trips: the jobs offered to you and your answers, trip times, distance, waiting time, fares, extras, tolls, tips and how the passenger paid; for account trips, the passenger's signature.
- Payments: card payments are processed by Stripe. Card numbers are entered into Stripe's own systems and are not stored by the App or by us; we keep the payment reference, amount and result.
- Messages and calls: messages you exchange with the Company's dispatchers and requests such as "call me". Calls to passengers made through the Company's phone system may be connected without showing either party's number.
- Device information: a push-notification token (Firebase Cloud Messaging) to send you job offers, the app's settings on your device, and basic technical logs needed to keep the service working and secure.
2. How we use it
- to create and secure your account and verify your email address;
- to let the Company dispatch jobs to you, manage its fleet and queues, and contact you;
- to measure trips, calculate and record fares and payments, and keep the records the Company needs for accounting, tax and regulators;
- for safety, to handle disputes and complaints, and to prevent fraud and misuse;
- to operate, support and improve the App.
We do not sell your personal information and do not use it for advertising.
3. Who we share it with
- The Company you drive for — its dispatchers and managers see your profile, vehicle, location while signed in, and your jobs and payments.
- Passengers — limited details needed for the trip (for example your name, vehicle and plate) may be shared by the Company with the passenger.
- Service providers working for us or the Company: Stripe (card payments), Google Firebase (push notifications), hosting and telephony providers. They may use the information only to provide their service.
- Authorities when the law requires it, or to protect someone's safety.
4. How long we keep it
We keep your account information while your account is open. Trip, fare and payment records are kept by the Company for as long as it needs them for its business and legal obligations (often several years), even after you delete your account; they are then kept without your personal details (see section 5).
5. Deleting your account
You can delete your account in the App at any time: Menu → My profile → Delete my account, and confirm with your password. This deletes your sign-in and removes your personal details (name, contact details, documents, photos, push-notification token) from your driver record. Records of past trips and payments stay with the Company without those details. You can also ask the Company or us to delete your information (see section 9).
6. Your choices and rights
- You can see and correct your profile in the App (My profile → Edit).
- You can turn off location permission in your phone's settings, but the App cannot dispatch jobs to you without it.
- Depending on where you live (for example California or the European Union) you may have the right to access, correct, delete or receive a copy of your information, and to object to some uses. Contact us to make a request; we will not treat you differently for doing so.
7. Security
Information is sent over encrypted connections (HTTPS), passwords are stored as hashes, and access to the Company's records is limited to its authorised staff. No system is completely secure; tell us at once if you think your account has been misused.
8. Children
The App is for licensed drivers aged 18 or over and is not meant for children.
9. Contact
Marandy Data Communications · Email: mdc.goods@gmail.com. For questions about how the Company you drive for uses your information, you can also contact that Company directly.
10. Changes
We may update this policy. We will show the new date above and, for important changes, tell you in the App.