Uber Eats is introducing a brand new characteristic that reveals customers how a lot of their private info is shared with their supply individual once they place an order on the app. The characteristic, which known as “View as Supply Individual,” is designed so as to add a degree of transparency when ordering meals by way of the app.
The characteristic will present how a lot of your info 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’ll see your first title and final preliminary, alongside along with your precise supply location and any buyer notes you will have added relating to your order. As soon as the supply is full, the courier will see your supply location, however not your home quantity or unit quantity.
The characteristic additionally reveals you what info the app deletes after particular orders. In the event you order alcohol, the supply individual is required to confirm your age by scanning your ID, however Uber notes that your ID info shouldn’t be 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 “Depart at Door” choice, the courier takes an image of the order at your door to verify the supply. Uber notes that the supply individual can’t entry the picture after supply, and that this picture isn’t saved, and is deleted when the supply individual closes their app.
The brand new characteristic additionally tells you what info of yours Uber by no means reveals your supply individual. For instance, your supply individual by no means will get entry to your cost technique, cellphone quantity, the score you give them, your profile picture or your final title (until it’s required for alcohol purchases).
Uber launched the same characteristic for its rideshare app in 2020 known as “View as Driver.” The brand new View as Supply Individual characteristic is now accessible in Canada and the US.
