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Privacy Policy
Privacy Notice
Effective: January 1, 2020
At Besto EPV (collectively “we,” “us,” or “our”) we are strongly
committed to transparency, and we want you (“you” or “your”) to
understand how we collect, use, share and protect your information.
This Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) describes how BestoEPV
handles information in connection with Lime’s our websites and related
mobile applications and services (collectively, the “Services”), and
when you otherwise interact with us. When specified, this policy also
describes our data practices related to users. Please also read our
Terms of Service which set out the terms governing the Services.
We reserve the right to change this Privacy Notice from time to time. If
BestoEPV makes changes to this Privacy Notice, the updated Privacy
Notice will be made available through our Services and if we make any
material changes to this Privacy Notice, we will provide a prominent
notice and may also contact you directly by email or another method.
The Types of Information We Collect
We collect or receive information in different ways. The types of
information we collect or receive depends on how you use and interact
with our Services. In many cases, you can choose the information you
provide to us, although certain information is required for us to provide
the Services. We use and disclose this information for the purposes
described further below. The types of information we collect include:
Account Information such as your name, e-mail address,
telephone number and payment information such as your credit
card details. In order to use certain products, we may also require
you to provide a copy of your driving license. To avail of BestoEPV
Access, we also collect government-issued ID and proof of low
income status for verification purposes.
We collect and process location data when you sign up and use
the Services. For example, to show you BestoEPV bikes or
scooters near your location, it is necessary to collect and record
the physical location of your device. Data such as the location of
the bike or scooter, the routes taken by the bike or scooter, and its
rental status are also necessary to provide the Services. We also
collects location data directly from BestoEPV bikes or scooters
including when a BestoEPV user is riding, such as journey
information.
If you link, connect, or login to BestoEPV with a third party
service (e.g. Facebook), the third party service may send us
information such as your profile information or friends list from that
service.
When you ask for customer service, support or other assistance,
you can choose to provide us with your contact information so
we can better respond to your requests and we may keep
information about your engagement with our support services.
BestoEPV collects information from your browser, computer, or
mobile device, which provides us with technical information such
as your device’s source IP address and when you access or use
the Services. We use cookies and similar technologies (like pixels
and tags) to provide our Services, including to remember your
settings and to gather analytics information about you. You can
learn more about how we use cookies and similar technologies in
our Cookies Policy.
We collect information you share on the Services such as when
you participate in communities or other forums, or comment on
blog entries. Depending on your camera or photo settings,
BestoEPV will receive information you choose to send us such as
photos of parked BestoEPV bikes or scooters.
We receive information about you when we use third party
partners such as marketing and advertising partners.
To help you introduce people to our Services, you can choose to
use our referral service to tell a friend about our Services for a
discount. When you choose to use our referral service we will ask
for your contact’s name and email address and automatically send
your contact a one-time email on your behalf inviting him or her to
use our Services.
In addition, if you are an Employee who helps BestoEPV collect and
charge Bikes and scooters, we collect additional information:
submitted as part of your application to work as an employee such
as government issued identification;
details of the work you carry out for BestoEPV such as information
about the Bikes and Scooters you charge for BestoEPV;
your bank account details so we can pay you; and
that which is required by law such as social security number, tax
number or work visa.
How We Use Information
We use your information, including information about your location, to:
provide the Services to you at your request including to manage
your account and ride history;
monitor, track and service the BestoEPV bikes and scooters,
including when they are in use by you;
process payments, subscriptions or donations and any discounts
or special offers such as free unlocks;
communicate with you about your account, interactions or
transactions including service- related announcements such as
changes to our policies. As allowed by local law, we may also
send to you surveys or marketing communications, including
information about features and enhancements to our Services;
optimize, develop and improve our Services. To do this we may
use third party analytics providers to understand how the Service
is being used and to help us to improve the Services;
where necessary, to comply with our legal obligations including to
meet regulatory or local law requirements;
detect, investigate, and prevent activities that may violate Lime’s
policies or Terms of Service or be illegal which may include
sharing information with government agencies outside of your
home country, such as law enforcement agencies;
collaborate with third parties such as universities and local
government authorities, as described below in the “Who Do We
Share Your Information With?” section; and
In addition, if you are a Employee, we use your information to:
calculate your pay and to pay you; and
to monitor the work which you do for BestoEPV and to track
BestoEPV bikes and scooters.
Who Do We Share Your Information With?
Our service providers and partners: We share your information
with our trusted service providers and partners who provide
services to BestoEPV such as hosting data and our infrastructure,
processing payments and donations, supporting and improving the
Services, performing customer service, or providing marketing and
advertising services. For example, we share information with credit
card issuers in order to process your payments and refunds.
Government, regulatory and law enforcement agencies: We
may share your information if we believe in good faith that it is
reasonably necessary to do so for legal reasons, including to meet
federal, state, regulatory or local law requirements or as part of a
judicial process or to detect, investigate, prevent, and address
fraud and other illegal activity, security, or technical issues or to
prevent harm or injury to you, members of the public, our staff,
other third parties, or ourselves; or if we need to do so to defend
our legal rights or property, to take action regarding illegal
activities or traffic offences, or to enforce our contracts, such as
our Terms of Service.
BestoEPV affiliates: We may share your information with
BestoEPV affiliate companies to help provide, maintain and
improve the Services. As we grow, we may expand our corporate
family by establishing local subsidiaries or other affiliates as
needed, to help us provide or market the Services.
Business re-organisation: We may also share your information
as part of a sale, merger, change in control, or in preparation for
any of these events.
We may also share aggregated, depersonalized, or de-identified
information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you with third
parties, including the types of third parties listed above.
We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties for
their direct marketing, except with your consent.
Our Legal Basis for Using Your Information
BestoEPV relies on a number of legal bases to collect, use, share, and
otherwise process your information for the purposes described in this
Privacy Notice, including where:
it is necessary to provide the Services and perform our obligations
in accordance with the Terms of Service. For example, we cannot
provide the Service unless we collect and process basic
information about you and your location;
you have provided your consent to us processing your information
(in which case you may revoke your consent at any time);
necessary to comply with a legal obligation, including, for
example, responding to government agency or law enforcement
information requests or to establish, exercise or defend legal
claims;
to protect vital interests of our users, staff, and members of the
public both on and off the Services;
it is permitted by law, we may process data in the public interest;
and/or
the processing is necessary for the purposes of BestoEPV’s or a
third parties legitimate interests, provided that we have balanced
these against your fundamental rights and interests.
How We Transfer Your Information
As we offer our Services in many locations globally, we may transfer
your information to or from these locations for the purposes of providing
you Services.
If you are habitually resident in the European Economic Area (“EEA”),
Switzerland or the United Kingdom, we will transfer or transmit your
information to the United States and other countries outside of where
you live for storage, processing and the other purposes described in this
Privacy Notice. The transfer of information is necessary to provide our
Services as set out in the Terms of Service. BestoEPV relies on
Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission
and European Commission's adequacy decisions about certain
countries, as applicable, to transfer data from the EEA, Switzerland and
the UK to the United States and other countries outside of where you
live.
How Long We Keep Information
We keep your information for as long as is reasonably necessary to
provide the Services to you or until your account is deleted, whichever
is longer, subject to any longer period as may be required by applicable
law or notified to you.
We may ask for a copy of your driver license before you can use certain
Services. When we ask for a copy of your driver’s license, we conduct
verification checks to ensure the license is valid and we retain only
limited verification information in order for you to use the Services.
When you delete your account, it may take us additional time to fully
delete your information from our databases and system logs. We may
also retain information from deleted accounts to prevent fraud, collect
fees, enforce the Terms of Service , to comply with our legal obligations
or enforce our legal rights.
EEA/Swiss/UK Rights
If you are habitually located in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK, you
benefit from a number of rights in relation to your information. While
some of these rights apply generally, certain rights apply only in limited
cases. These rights do not necessarily apply to you if you are based
outside these regions.
Right to object – Where we process your information based on
legitimate interests, you can object to this processing in certain
circumstances. Unless we have compelling legitimate grounds or where
it is needed for legal reasons, we will cease processing your information
when you object.
Right of access – You can access much of your information by logging
into your account. You can also request a copy of the information we
have about you and information explaining how the information is used.
Right of rectification – You have the right to request that we rectify
inaccurate information about you.
Right of erasure – You have the right, in certain cases, to request that
we delete your information, provided there are valid grounds for doing
so and subject to applicable law.
Right to restrict processing – You have the right, in certain cases, to
temporarily restrict the processing of your information by us, provided
there are valid grounds for doing so.
Right to data portability – You may have the right to receive certain of
your information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable
format and to transmit such information to another controller.
Right to withdraw consent – Where you have previously provided your
consent, such as to send you direct marketing, you have the right to
withdraw consent at any time. However, this will not affect the
lawfulness of the processing based on consent before its withdrawal.
Furthermore, even in case of a withdrawal, we may continue to use your
information as permitted or required by law.