Privacy Policy

Last Updated: August 28, 2026

GeeseTech Enterprises (“GeeseTech”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) operates RidersThread (“RidersThread”, “the App”, or “the Service”).

RidersThread is a riding and travel connectivity application designed to help individuals, friends, groups, and communities plan rides, communicate while travelling, share locations, track participating riders, and coordinate their journeys.

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal information entrusted to us.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, protect, share, and delete information when you use RidersThread.

By using RidersThread, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

Depending on how you use RidersThread and the features you choose to use, we may collect the following categories of information.

1.1 Account and Personal Information

When you create or maintain a RidersThread account, we may collect information such as:

  • Full name
  • Mobile phone number
  • Email address
  • Profile photograph
  • Date of birth or other profile information where provided
  • Account credentials or authentication information
  • Account preferences and settings
  • Information you voluntarily provide through your profile

This information is used to create and manage your RidersThread account and to provide the services you request.

2. Location Information

Location is an important part of RidersThread’s core functionality.

Depending on the features you use and the permissions you grant, RidersThread may collect or process:

  • Current device location
  • GPS coordinates
  • Location during an active ride
  • Ride starting and destination locations
  • Route information
  • Location of participating riders within a ride
  • Location of participating riders within a ride
  • Approximate or precise location information, depending on your device settings and permissions

Location information may be used to:

  • Display your position on a map
  • Enable live rider tracking
  • Share your location with participating riders
  • Help riders remain connected during a group ride
  • Provide navigation and route-related functionality
  • Calculate routes, distances, and estimated arrival times
  • Provide ride coordination features
  • Identify when riders may have fallen behind or deviated from a planned route
  • Improve the reliability and functionality of the Service

Important: Location sharing is primarily intended to support active ride and group coordination functionality. You should only share your location with people or groups with whom you are comfortable sharing it.

3. Ride and Journey Information

When you create, join, or participate in a ride, we may collect information associated with that ride, including:

  • Ride name or description
  • Starting location
  • Destination
  • Route information
  • Selected route or alternate route
  • Ride date and time
  • Ride status
  • Ride participants
  • Lead rider information
  • Ride type, such as solo, group, public, or private
  • Ride invitations
  • Ride membership information
  • Ride completion information
  • Ride transfer or lead-rider information
  • Return ride information
  • Ride-related location information

This information allows RidersThread to create, manage, coordinate, and display rides to the appropriate participants.

4. Public and Private Rides

RidersThread may provide different ride visibility options, including public and private rides.

Public Rides

Information associated with a public ride may be visible to other RidersThread users or community members, depending on the functionality of the App.

Private Rides

Information associated with a private ride is intended to be accessible only to invited or authorized participants.

You are responsible for selecting the appropriate ride visibility option and for the information you choose to share through the Service.

5. Voice Communication

RidersThread may provide real-time group voice communication functionality.

When you use voice communication, audio may be processed and transmitted through the systems required to establish and maintain the voice communication session.

Voice communication may involve:

  • Audio transmitted during a voice session
  • Audio transmitted during a voice session
  • Session participants
  • Connection and technical information necessary to provide the voice service

RidersThread uses voice communication to enable participating users to communicate with each other while riding.

RidersThread does not intend to permanently store voice conversations as recordings unless explicitly stated in the App or otherwise disclosed to you.

Technical information associated with voice sessions may be retained where necessary for security, troubleshooting, service reliability, abuse prevention, or legal compliance.

6. Device and Technical Information

When you use RidersThread, we may automatically receive certain technical information required to operate and secure the Service, such as:

  • Device type
  • Operating system and version
  • App version
  • Device configuration
  • IP address
  • Network information
  • Crash information
  • Performance information
  • Diagnostic information
  • Device identifiers where required for service operation, security, notifications, or analytics

This information helps us:

  • Maintain and improve application performance
  • Diagnose technical problems
  • Detect errors and crashes
  • Improve reliability
  • Protect the Service against abuse and unauthorized activity
  • Provide appropriate notifications and functionality
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