Shared commutes, not monitoring.

In Germany, works councils have a say when a company introduces technical systems that are able to monitor the behaviour or performance of employees (§ 87(1) no. 6 of the Works Constitution Act, BetrVG). Other countries often have similar rules for employee representatives. A carpooling app handles commuting data, so a close look is right. We built Comrido so that this data stays with the people it belongs to.

• No location tracking. Comrido never follows where someone is. People enter a starting point once.
• Approximate starting points. A postcode, a street without house number or a rough point on the map is enough. A full address is optional and only the person themselves sees it.
• Nothing about individuals for the employer. Your company receives no rides, routes, times or messages of any person. There is no employer dashboard with personal data. Your company can receive a monthly summary with totals only (from 5 people up). It never contains names, routes, times or messages.
• Voluntary. Nobody is signed up automatically. Each person decides whether to use Comrido and can delete their account at any time.
• People stay in control. Everyone chooses whether colleagues can find them, whether people from other companies nearby can match with them, and whether their employer is shown. Anyone can be blocked without giving a reason.

• Sign-in: name, work e-mail and company from the Microsoft work account. Comrido has no access to mail, calendar, files or chats.
• Commute: workplace, approximate starting point, office days, time windows, whether someone drives or rides, offered seats.
• Other members see only what a ride needs: display name, approximate meeting points and times, and the employer only if the person allows it. Colleagues also see only a total of how many people at their office use Comrido, and only from 5 people up. Colleagues who see someone in their suggestions also see whether that person's commute for tomorrow is confirmed; a usual office day confirms itself, and anyone can undo that.
• Where: on a server in Germany (Leipzig). Address suggestions and drive times use TomTom (Netherlands) when switched on; the weather forecast uses only coordinates rounded to about 10 km.
• Alert about new matches: when someone new fits a person's route, that person gets one short message by push or, if they switched it on, by e-mail. It names nobody and shows no places or times; at most once a day, never at night, and it can be switched off at any time. Only the details used for suggestions are compared. Your company learns nothing about it.
• Ask my company: anyone can tell us with one tap that they would like the company to support Comrido. The company only ever learns the total, from 5 requests up, never who asked.

In the settings, everyone can download all their data and delete their account themselves. Profile, starting point, routine, messages and sign-in data are deleted straight away. Safety reports and the record of accepting the terms of use are kept for two years, so that abuse can be dealt with. All details are in the privacy policy.