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Privacy Policy

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DC Driver is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

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Scope

DC Driver app takes your privacy seriously. This policy explains how DC Driver collects, uses, and protects personal data.

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The policy only applies to personal data processing or collection

Personal Data means any information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household.

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Role as Controller

This Privacy Policy describes our role as a ‘controller’ of Personal Data (the party that decides the purpose and means of the processing of Personal Data).

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Role as Processor

We do not process Personal Data in the role of a ‘processor’ (service provider) on behalf of any other organizations. By downloading and installing our DC Driver mobile application you are accepting and consenting to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

 

Personal Data We Collect Directly from You

We collect your driving style and habits, such as location, speed, acceleration, braking, and cornering, along with weather, traffic, time of day, and other contextual data.

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Purpose of Collection of Data

We process your Personal Data to analyze driving trends.

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Disclosure and Sharing

DC Driver does not sell or share your Personal Data.

 

Our Affiliates

DC Driver is affiliated with Howard University Transportation Research and Data Center (HUTRC) and  Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT)  who are involved in data analysis.

 

Your Rights Relating to Your Personal Data

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A. Your Rights

You may have certain rights relating to your Personal Data, subject to data protection laws that apply to you based on your residency. Depending on the applicable laws these rights may include the right to:

  • Access your Personal Data held by us;

  • Know more about how we process your Personal Data;

  • Erase or delete your Personal Data;

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Delete your Personal Data

To delete the personal data associated with your account,  you can make a delete request in the DC Driver settings option.

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Google Permissions Declarations

This Privacy Policy together with our Mobile App License Agreement, and any other documents referred to, sets out the basis on which DC Driver collects Personal Data from users, or which users provide when using the DC Driver.

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