Uber Eats is introducing a new feature that exhibits customers how a lot of their private info is shared with their supply particular person once they place an order on the app. The function, which known as “View as Supply Individual,” is designed so as to add a stage of transparency when ordering meals through the app.
The function will present how a lot of your info is shared along with your courier at each stage of the supply. As an illustration, while you request a supply, the courier will see your approximate supply location. When the courier accepts the supply, they may see your first title and final preliminary, alongside along with your actual supply location and any buyer notes you could have added relating to 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 info the app deletes after particular orders. In the event you order alcohol, the supply particular person is required to confirm your age by scanning your ID, however Uber notes that your ID info isn’t viewable by the courier after supply and that the scan of your ID is deleted after 72 hours. As well as, while you select the “Depart at Door” possibility, the courier takes an image of the order at your door to verify the supply. Uber notes that the supply particular person can’t entry the picture after supply, and that this picture isn’t saved, and is deleted when the supply particular person closes their app.
The brand new function additionally tells you what info of yours Uber by no means exhibits your supply particular person. For instance, your supply particular person by no means will get entry to your fee methodology, telephone quantity, the ranking you give them, your profile picture or your final title (except it’s required for alcohol purchases).
Uber launched an analogous function for its rideshare app in 2020 referred to as “View as Driver.” The brand new View as Supply Individual function is now accessible in Canada and america.
