Privacy Policy

YoRIDE ("we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use the YoRIDE application.

Account Information:

• Email address and name (provided at registration)
• Username, bio, location, and profile photo (optional, user-provided)

Vehicle & Maintenance Data:

• Vehicles you add to your garage (make, model, year, mileage, VIN, color, notes)
• Maintenance logs you create (service type, date, mileage, cost, shop, notes)
• Notification preferences for maintenance reminders

User-Generated Content:

• Photos and videos you upload to The Lot
• Post captions, comments, questions, and answers

Usage Data:

• Feature usage analytics (e.g., which sections of the app you use) to improve the Service
• Device type and general technical information

• To provide and operate the YoRIDE Service
• To personalize your experience (garage, maintenance history, community profile)
• To send maintenance reminder emails you've opted into
• To moderate community content and enforce our Terms of Service
• To improve the Service through aggregated, anonymized analytics
• To communicate important updates about the Service

YoRIDE participates in affiliate advertising programs. This means we may earn a commission when you click on links to products or services and make a purchase — at no additional cost to you. Affiliate partners may use cookies or tracking technologies to attribute purchases.

Google AdSense:

We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on this site. Google and its partners may use cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this website or other websites. This allows Google to show you personalized ads.

• Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
• You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings.
• You can also opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

We use the following additional third-party services that may process your data:

• Affiliate Networks — When you click affiliate links, third-party tracking cookies may be set by our affiliate partners to track referrals and commissions.
• AI Services — Vehicle specification lookups may use AI language models to generate data. No personal information is shared with these services.

We do not sell your personal data to any third parties.

Your data is stored securely on the Base44 platform with industry-standard security practices. We use encryption in transit (HTTPS) and restrict access to user data to authorized systems only.

While we take reasonable measures to protect your data, no system is 100% secure. We encourage you to use a strong, unique password for your account.

Photos and videos you upload to The Lot are stored and publicly visible within the app. All uploaded media is scanned for prohibited content (including explicit material) before being published. Do not upload content you do not have rights to share.

• Access: You can view all data you've entered in the app at any time
• Edit: You can update your profile, vehicles, and maintenance logs
• Delete: You can delete your account data via Settings → Delete Account Data
• Opt-out: You can disable maintenance email reminders at any time in your notification settings

YoRIDE is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify users of significant changes via the app or email. Continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

For privacy-related questions or data requests, please use the Settings > Suggestions feature within the app.