Uber Eats now exhibits you ways a lot of your data is shared with supply individuals • TechCrunch

Uber Eats is introducing a new feature that exhibits customers how a lot of their private data is shared with their supply individual after they place an order on the app. The function, which is named “View as Supply Particular person,” is designed so as to add a degree of transparency when ordering meals by way of the app.

The function will present how a lot of your data is shared along with your courier at each stage of the supply. As an example, if you request a supply, the courier will see your approximate supply location. When the courier accepts the supply, they are going to see your first title and final preliminary, alongside along with your precise supply location and any buyer notes you will have added concerning your order. As soon as the supply is full, the courier will see your supply location, however not your own home quantity or unit quantity.

The function additionally exhibits you what data the app deletes after particular orders. Should you order alcohol, the supply individual is required to confirm your age by scanning your ID, however Uber notes that your ID data just isn’t viewable by the courier after supply and that the scan of your ID is deleted after 72 hours. As well as, if you select the “Go away at Door” possibility, the courier takes an image of the order at your door to substantiate the supply. Uber notes that the supply individual can’t entry the photograph after supply, and that this photograph isn’t saved, and is deleted when the supply individual closes their app.

The brand new function additionally tells you what data of yours Uber by no means exhibits your supply individual. For instance, your supply individual by no means will get entry to your fee methodology, telephone quantity, the ranking you give them, your profile photograph or your final title (except it’s required for alcohol purchases).

Uber launched an analogous function for its rideshare app in 2020 known as “View as Driver.” The brand new View as Supply Particular person function is now accessible in Canada and the US.