Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 30, 2022

Zigzag car

Our mission at Zigzag Car is to improve the lives of individuals by providing the best transportation possible and a platform to help our users. To do that, we need to collect, use, and share some of your personal information.

Zigzag car (“we” or “us”) take the privacy of your information very seriously. When you use Zigzag car , you trust us with your personal data. We’re committed to keeping that trust. This Privacy Policy is meant to help you understand how Zigzag car does that and how to exercise the choices and rights you have in your information.

This notice describes the personal data we collect, how it’s used and shared, and your choices regarding this data. We recommend that you read this policy, which highlights key points about our privacy practices. Anywhere in the world, including users of Zigzag's apps, websites, features, or other services, this notice is applicable to everyone using the company's services. The collection and processing of personal data by Zigzag Car and its affiliates is explained in this disclaimer.

This notice specifically applies to:

Passengers: individuals who request or receive transportation, including those who receive transportation requested by another individual
Drivers: individuals who provide transportation to passengers either individually or through partner transportation companies

The Information We Collect

INFORMATION YOU PROVIDE TO US

We may ask you to provide us with certain protected information. We may collect this information through various means and in various places through the services. including account registration forms, contact us forms, or when you otherwise interact with us. When you sign up to use the services, you create a user profile. We shall ask you to provide only such Protected Information which is for lawful purpose connected with our Services and necessary to be collected by us for such purpose.

Registration Information:

We collect data when users place orders (including using guest checkout) or create or update their Zigzag car accounts. This may include their name, email, phone number, login name and password, address, profile picture, payment or banking information (including related payment verification information), driver’s licence and other government identification documents (which may indicate document numbers as well as birth date, gender, and photo). This also includes vehicle or insurance information of drivers and delivery persons, emergency contact information, user settings, and evidence of health or fitness to provide services using Zigzag car apps.

If you decide to sign up through your Facebook account, we will also get basic information from your Facebook profile like your name, gender, profile photo, and information regarding your friends.

We may use the photos submitted by users to verify their identities, such as through facial verification technologies and others.

Payment Method:

We will get your card details when you add a credit card or other payment method to your Zigzag Car account. We do not keep a copy of the data from your credit card on our systems in order to protect your financial safety.

Call and Text Information:

User Feedback:

Zigzag car always make sure that the passengers are enjoying quality service. Passengers and Drivers may rate and review each other at the end of each ride. Zigzag car will receive information regarding the ratings and reviews for both the passengers. When you rate and provide feedback about passengers or Drivers, we collect all of the information you provide in your feedback.

Communications:

When you contact us or we contact you, we collect any information that you provide, including the contents of the messages or attachments you send us.

Address Book Contacts:

You can add emergency contact list/number in your Zigzag car app that will be uploaded to the server to maintain the record. You can share your location details with your emergency contact numbers while you are taking the ride. You have to bear standard SMS charge for this service.

Driver Information:

Your name, email address, phone number, birth date, profile photo, physical address, government identification number (such as social security number), information about your driver's licence, details about your vehicle, and details about your auto insurance will all be collected if you apply to be a Driver. We gather the payment data you give us, such as your bank account numbers and routing number. Depending on where you wish to drive, we might also need further details about your driving licence or permit or other documents in order to handle your driving and any programs that are applicable there. After you become a Driver, we might occasionally need more information from you, including such confirmation for your identification (like a photo).

Information We Collect When You Use the Zigzag car Platform

Location Information

Great rides start with an easy and accurate pickup. The zigzag car Platform collects location information (including GPS and WiFi data) differently depending on your Zigzag car app settings and device permissions as well as whether you are using the platform as a Passenger or Driver.

Passengers: While you launch and use the Zigzag app, as well as when the app is active in the background from the time you request a trip until it is finished, we collect your device's precise location. .
Drivers: When you open and use the app, even when it's running in the background while in driver mode, we collect information about your device's specific location. Additionally, we continue to collect precise location information until a reported or detected event is no longer active after you exit driver mode in order to locate ride incidents.

Device Information

Zigzag receives information from Users' devices such as IP address, web browser type, mobile operating system version, phone carrier and manufacturer, application installations, device identifiers, mobile advertising identifiers, push notification tokens, and, if you register with your Facebook account, your Facebook identifier. Vehicle tracking systems (VTS) provide us with vehicle information such as speed, height, direction, acceleration or deceleration to increase location accuracy and evaluate usage patterns.

Usage Information

We collect information about your use of the Zigzag car Platform, including ride information like the date, time, destination, distance, route, payment, and whether you used a promotional or referral code. We also collect information about your interactions with the Zigzag car Platform like our apps and websites, including the pages and content you view and the dates and times of your use.

Communications Between Passengers and Drivers

We receive information about the communications between drivers and passengers including the date and time of the call or SMS message, the parties’ phone numbers, and the content of any SMS messages. For security purposes, we may also monitor or record the contents of phone calls made through the Zigzag Car Platform, but we will always let you know we are about to do so before the call begins. Zigzag may use the information to enable communications between our passengers and drivers. For example, a passenger may get a call/ text from drivers to confirm pickup location or vice versa.

Address Book Contacts

You can add an emergency contact list/number in your Zigzag car app, which will be uploaded to the server to maintain the record, as well as share your location details with your emergency contact numbers while on the journey.

User Feedback

We value your feedback. Zigzag car always ensures that its passengers receive quality service. At the end of each ride, passengers and drivers may rate and review each other. Zigzag car will receive information regarding the ratings and reviews for both the passengers and drivers.

Information We Collect from Third Parties

Third-Party Services

If you choose to register for Zigzag car through third party’s service for example: Facebook, we may receive some information from those services.

Background check providers, insurance partners, financial service providers, marketing providers, and other businesses are examples of third-party services. These third-party services provide us with following information about you:

Information to make the Zigzag Platform safer, such as background check information for drivers. Zigzag may receive information from any government organisation or law enforcement body about a driver’s driving record or criminal history.
Information about your participation in third-party programs that provide insurance coverage and financial instruments, such as insurance, payment, transaction, and fraud detection information;

Other Users and Sources

Other users or public or third-party sources such as law enforcement, insurers, media, or pedestrians may provide us information about you, for example as part of an investigation into an incident or to provide you support

How We Use Your Information

We do not sell, share, rent or trade the information we have collected about you, other than as disclosed within this Privacy Policy or at the time you provide your information. We cooperate with Government and law enforcement officials and private parties to enforce and comply with the law. Zigzag car uses personal data to enable reliable and convenient transportation services. We also use such data:

Provide the zigzag Platform;
Maintain the security and safety of the Zigzag Platform and its users;
Build and maintain the Zigzag community;
Provide customer support;
Improve the Zigzag Platform; and
Respond to legal proceedings and obligations.

Providing the Zigzag Platform

We use your personal information to make our platform more intuitive, useful, efficient, and worthwhile for you. We use your personal information to do this by:

Verify your identity and maintain your account;
Connect you to your rides and track their progress;
Calculate prices and process payments;
Allow Passengers and Drivers to connect regarding their ride and to choose to share their location with others;
Communicate with you about your rides and experience;
Collect feedback regarding your experience;
Facilitate additional services and programs with third parties; and
Operate contests, sweepstakes, and other promotions.

security and safety

Providing you a secure and safe experience drives our platform, both on the road and on our apps. To do this, we use your personal information to:

Authenticate users;
Verify that Drivers and their vehicles meet safety requirements;
Investigate and resolve incidents, accidents, and insurance claims;
Encourage safe driving behaviour and avoid unsafe activities;
Find and prevent fraud; and
Block and remove unsafe or fraudulent users from the Zigzag 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 provide support or respond to you.

Improving the Zigzag Platform

We are always working to improve your experience and provide you with new and helpful features. To do this, we use your personal information to:

We may use some of your information to perform research, testing, and analysis;
To develop new products, features, partnerships, and services;
Monitor and improve our operations and processes, including security practices, algorithms, and other modelling ;
We may use the information we gather from our users about our products, services, surveys related to our services, updates and promotional offers.

Legal Proceedings and Requirements

Law, government entities, and other regulatory bodies may impose demands and obligations on us in respect of services we seek to provide. In such circumstances, we may use your personal information to satisfy such demands or obligations.

Cookies And Third Party Technologies

Zigzag use cookies and related technologies for a variety of purposes, including:

Collecting user preferences and settings
Executing promotional strategies and analysing their effectiveness
Analysing webpage movement and patterns, as well as knowing our target customers' online interests.

How We Share Your Information

Sharing Information with Zigzag User :

If you are a passenger, we may share your name, driver rating, and pickup and/or drop off locations with our drivers. We may exchange information such as your name and photo; your vehicle name, model, colour, licence plate, your valid phone number, your location, and your average rating provided by our passengers if you are a driver. A receipt containing information such as charges, your name, photo, a map of the route you took, and other transaction information will be provided to the passenger recipient.

Sharing With Third-Party Service :

Zigzag car provides individual data with vendors, consultants, marketing partners, research organisations, and other service or business partners. We disclose your personal information to service providers to fulfil the following business purposes::

Maintaining and servicing your Zigzag account
Payment processors and facilitators
Providers of background checks and identity verification
Providers of cloud storage
Google, in connection with the use of Google Maps in Zigzag's app
Insurance and financing partners
Providing requested emergency services
Detecting and preventing fraud
Verifying the identity of users

Your rights and choices regarding your data

Zigzag enables users to access and/or control data that Zigzag collects, including through:

Privacy settings:

The Zigzag app's Privacy Settings menu allows users to choose or update their location and emergency contact list, as well as receive Zigzag notification alerts.

Email :

You can always unsubscribe from our commercial or promotional emails by clicking unsubscribe in those messages. We will still send you transactional and relational emails about your use of the Zigzag Platform.

Location data collection :

You can prevent your device from sharing location information by changing the system settings on your device. However, if you do, Zigzag may not be able to provide you with our full range of features and services.

Push Notifications :

You can disable push notifications in your device's settings. Please keep in mind that opting out of receiving push notifications may have an impact on your use of the Zigzag Platform (such as receiving a notification that your ride has arrived).

Profile Information

You can review and edit certain account information you have chosen to add to your profile by logging in to your account settings and profile.

Device Permissions

Most mobile platforms have specified which sorts of device data apps cannot access without your permission. Before you use the Zigzag app, your devices will notify you of the permissions it needs, and your usage of the app constitutes your approval.

Ratings Look-Up

After every trip, drivers and passengers will be able to rate each other, as well as adding comments about the trip. This rating will be available in the main menu of the Zigzag User app.

Update to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy as the Zigzag Platform develops and privacy laws change. If we update it, we will do so online, and if we make any significant changes, we will notify you via the Zigzag Platform or another way of contact, such as email. By using Zigzag, you agree to the most recent terms of this policy.