Privacy Policy

We value your personal information as if it is our own. We want your experience on our site to be of value and importance to you as well as provide you with fun products. We make every effort to protect data privacy and confidentiality. We use the personal information you provide us in some areas of this site to provide you with the best customer experience. The amount and type of information you provide depends on how you use this site. Information may be stored and used to enhance your experience.

In all cases, your use of the Kyte web or mobile site(s) and/or mobile app(s) (“Apps”) implies your agreement to the terms of this privacy policy. You also grant Kyte permission to collect information about the pages served to you as an anonymous user for the purpose of calculating aggregate site statistics.

A. The Data We Collect

Kyte collects data:

  • provided by users to Kyte, such as during account creation
  • created during use of our services, such as location, app usage, and device data
  • from other sources, such as other users or account owners, business partners, vendors, insurance and financial solution providers, and governmental authorities

Kyte collects the following data:

  1. Data provided by users. This includes:

    • User profile information: We collect data when users create or update their Kyte accounts, or place orders via guest checkout features. This may include their name, email, phone number, login name and password, address, profile picture, payment or banking information (including related payment verification information), driver's license and other government issued documents (which may include identification numbers as well as birth date, gender, and photo). Background check information (delivery persons): This includes information submitted during the delivery person application process, such as driver history or criminal record (where permitted by law), license status, known aliases, prior addresses, and right to work. This information may be collected by an authorized vendor on Kyte's behalf.
    • Identity verification photos: This includes photos of users (such as, selfies) and/or their government issued identifications (such as, driver's license or passports). Such photos may be used to verify a user's identity, such as through facial verification technologies. Please see the section titled “How we use personal data” for more information regarding how user photos are used for safety and security purposes, including identity verification.
    • Demographic data: We may collect demographic data about users, such as birth date/age, gender or occupation, when required for certain Kyte services or programs, such as deliveries for vapes, tobacco, and/or alcohol. We may also collect demographic data, such as age group and household composition, through user surveys, and use this information to offer Kyte products and services that are likely to be of interest to you.
    • We may also infer demographic data from other data collected from users. For example, we may infer a user's gender based on their first name to enable safety features or to display personalized ads for third party products or services. See the section titled “How we use personal data” below for more information.
    • User content: We collect the data submitted by users when they contact Kyte customer support or provide ratings or feedback. This may include photographs, or audio or video recordings submitted by users in connection with a customer support request. This also includes metadata relating to the method you use to communicate with Kyte.
  2. Data created during use of our services. This includes:

    • Location data (delivery person): We collect precise or approximate location data from delivery persons' mobile devices when the Kyte Apps are running in the foreground (app open and on-screen) or background (app open but not on-screen).
    • Location data (order recipients). We collect precise or approximate location information from order recipients' mobile devices if they enable us to do so via their device settings.

Kyte collects such data from the time an order is requested until it is finished, and any time the Apps are running in the foreground (app open and on-screen). Order recipients may use the Kyte Apps without enabling collection of location data from their mobile devices. However, this may affect certain features in the Kyte apps. For example, a customer who has not enabled precise location data will have to manually enter their delivery address.

  • Transaction information: We collect transaction information related to the use of our services, including the type of services requested or provided; order details (such as date and time, requested drop off addresses, and items ordered); and payment transaction information (such as amount charged and payment method). We also associate a user's name with that of anyone who uses their promotion code.
  • Usage data: We collect data about how users interact with our services. This includes access dates and times, app features or pages viewed, browser type, and app crashes and other system activity.
  • Device data: We collect data about the devices used to access our services, including the hardware models, device IP address or other unique device identifiers, operating systems and versions, software, preferred languages, advertising identifiers, device motion data, and mobile network data.
  • Communications data: We collect data regarding phone, text or in-app communications between users that are enabled through the Kyte Apps. This includes date and time, as well as the content of text or in-app messages. We may also collect the content of phone calls solely where users are notified in advance that the call may be recorded.
  1. Data from other sources. These include:

    • Users participating in our referral programs. For example, when a user refers another person, we receive the referred person's data from that user.
    • Kyte business partners through which users create or access their Kyte account, such as payment providers or social media services.
    • Kyte business partners in connection with debit or credit cards issued by a financial institution in partnership with Kyte to the extent disclosed in the terms and conditions for the card.
    • Vendors who help us verify users' identity, background information, and eligibility to work, or who screen users in connection with sanctions, anti-money laundering, or know-your-customer requirements.
    • Insurance, vehicle, or financial services providers for drivers and/or delivery persons.
    • Publicly available sources.
    • Marketing service providers or data resellers whose data Kyte uses for marketing or research.
    • Law enforcement officials, public health officials, and other government authorities.
B. How we use personal data

Kyte uses data to enable reliable and convenient transportation, delivery, and other products and services. We also use such data:

  • to enhance the safety and security of our users and services
  • for customer support
  • for research and development
  • for marketing and advertising
  • to send non-marketing communications to users
  • in connection with legal proceedings

We use the data we collect:

  1. To provide our services. Kyte uses data to provide, personalize, maintain, and improve our services. This includes using data to:

    • create/update accounts.
    • enable delivery and other services/features, such as:

      • using location data to navigate order drop-offs, calculate ETAs, and track the progress of deliveries.
      • match available drivers and delivery persons to users requesting services. Users can be matched based on availability, location/proximity, user settings/preferences and other factors such as likelihood to accept a trip based on their past behavior or preferences.
    • process payments.
    • personalize users' accounts. For example, we may present order recipients with personalized recommendations based on their prior orders.
    • facilitate insurance, vehicle, invoicing, or financing solutions.
    • provide users with delivery updates, generate receipts, and inform them of changes to our terms, services, or policies.
    • perform necessary operations to maintain our services, including to troubleshoot software bugs and operational problems.

Kyte performs the above activities on the grounds that they are necessary to fulfill the terms of our agreements with users, are compatible with such uses, or on the grounds that they are necessary for purposes of Kyte's and its users' legitimate interests.

  1. Safety and security. We use data to help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of our services and users. This includes:

    • verifying users' identity and eligibility to provide deliveries, including through reviews of background checks, to help prevent use of our services by unsafe drivers and/or riders.
    • Similarly, order recipients may be required to provide their age and an image of their government issued identification to verify their eligibility to order and receive alcohol deliveries.
    • using device, location, user profile, usage, and other data to prevent, detect, and combat other types of fraud. This includes identifying fraudulent accounts or uses of our services, preventing use of our services by unauthorized delivery persons, verifying user identities in connection with certain payment methods, and preventing and combating unauthorized access to users' accounts. In some cases, such as when a user is determined to be abusing Kyte's referral program or has submitted fraudulent documents, such behavior may result in automatic deactivation or deactivation after human review. To object to such a deactivation, please contact Kyte customer support.
    • sharing user name, location, phone number, vehicle details and other relevant information with third-party companies that support the management and de-escalation of interpersonal conflicts that may occur between users while in the process of making a delivery.

Kyte performs the above activities on the grounds that they are necessary to fulfill the terms of our agreements with users, and/or for purposes of the legitimate safety and security interests of Kyte, our users and members of the general public.

  1. Customer support. Kyte uses the information we collect (which may include call recordings) to provide customer support, including to investigate and address user concerns and to monitor and improve our customer support responses and processes.

Kyte performs the above activities on the grounds that they are necessary to fulfill the terms of our agreements with users or for purposes of Kyte's legitimate interest in monitoring and improving its customer support services.

  1. Research and development. We use data for testing, research, analysis, product development, and machine learning to improve the user experience. This helps us make our services more convenient and easy-to-use, enhance the safety and security of our services, and develop new services and features.

Kyte performs the above activities on the grounds that they are necessary for purposes of Kyte's legitimate interests in improving and developing new services and features.

  1. Enabling communications between users. For example, a delivery person may contact an order recipient with information about their order.

Kyte performs the above activities on the grounds that they are necessary to fulfill the terms of our agreements with users.

  1. Marketing and Advertising. Kyte uses data to market its services. This may include:

    • Sending emails, text messages, push notification, and in-app messages or other communications marketing or advertising Kyte products, services, features, offers, promotions, sweepstakes, news and events.
    • Displaying Kyte advertising on third party apps or websites. Measuring the effectiveness of Kyte's ads, and of third party ads displayed in Kyte's apps or in connection with our services.
    • Kyte performs the above activities on the grounds that they are necessary for purposes of Kyte's legitimate interests in informing users about Kyte services and features or those offered by Kyte partners.
  1. Non-marketing communications. Kyte may use data to send surveys and other communications that are not for the purpose of marketing the services or products of Kyte.

Kyte performs the above activities on the grounds that they are necessary to fulfill the terms of our agreements with users, or for purposes of Kyte's and its users' legitimate interests in informing users about events that may have an impact on their use of Kyte services.

  1. Legal proceedings and requirements. We use data to investigate or address claims or disputes relating to use of Kyte's services, to satisfy requirements under applicable laws, regulations, or operating licenses or agreements, or pursuant to legal process or governmental request, including from law enforcement.

Kyte performs the above activities on the grounds that they are necessary for purposes of Kyte's legitimate interests in investigating and responding to claims and disputes relating to use of Kyte's services and features, and/or necessary for compliance with applicable legal requirements.

C. Cookies, IP address, and other technologies

When you visit kyte.city, Kyte.com, or kytedelivery.com (collectively, the “Site”), we automatically assign you a permanent “cookie” (a small text file) that is stored on your hard drive. The purpose of this cookie is to identify you when you visit the Site so that we can enhance and customize your online shopping experience.

You can choose to browse the Site without cookies. However, without these identifier files you will not be able to complete a purchase or take advantage of certain features of the Site. These features include storing your shopping cart for later use and providing a more personalized shopping experience.

Each browser is different, so check your browser's “Help” menu to learn how to change your cookie preferences. We also collect certain technical information from your computer each time you request a page during a visit to the Site. This information may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your computer's operating system, browser type and the address of a referring website, if any. We collect this information to enhance the quality of your experience during your visit to the Site and do not sell or rent this information to any third parties.

D. Data sharing and disclosure

We do not sell or rent your personal information to any third parties under any circumstances. We share personal customer information and/or purchase history only with our agents, representatives, service providers and contractors for limited purposes, including but not limited to: fulfilling customer orders; offering certain products and services in connection with this Site; communicating to customers; providing customer service; enhancing and improving customers' shopping experience; administering or facilitating surveys, contests or sweepstakes; offering targeted marketing communications to users that opted-in to receive such communications; enabling access to our partners' websites; providing a personalized shopping experience; preventing fraud; and completing payment method processing.

Aside from the purposes described above, we do not share your personal information with any other third parties unless we have your express permission or under special circumstances, such as when we believe in good faith that the disclosure is required to prevent harm or injury (such as product recalls, fraud, claims or other liability), or to comply with legal processes and orders (subpoenas, warrants, and etc.). This includes sharing data with law enforcement officials, public health officials, other government authorities or other third parties as necessary to enforce our Terms of Service, user agreements, or other policies; to protect Kyte's rights or property or the rights, safety, or property of others; or in the event of a claim or dispute relating to the use of our services. In the event of a dispute relating to use of another person's credit card, we may be required by law to share your data, including order information, with the owner of that credit card.

We may share aggregated demographic and statistical information with our partners, but this is not linked to any personal information that can identify you or any individual person.

In addition to the information you provide to us, we obtain the following information from third parties: data collection and reporting services regarding our customers' activities on the Site; tracking and measuring performance of our marketing efforts and your response to our marketing efforts; and the delivery of relevant marketing messages. These third parties may use cookies and Web beacons (1 x 1 pixels), and may receive anonymous information about your browsing and buying activity on the Site. None of your personally identifiable information (such as your name, address, email address, credit card number, etc.) will be received by or shared with these third parties. If you do not want your non-personal information used to serve ads to you, you can change the settings of your browser to reject cookies. Each browser is different, so check your browser's “Help” menu to learn how to change your cookie preferences. You can further disable targeted advertising by opting out of tracking by a number of advertising companies by using the portal provided by the Digital Advertising Alliance here.

E. Data retention and deletion

Kyte retains user data for as long as necessary for the purposes described above, including to provide its services and comply with legal obligations. The period for which we retain user data is determined by the type of data, the category of user to whom the data relates, and the purposes for which we collected the data.

The length for which Kyte retains user data may further be determined by legal and regulatory requirements, purposes of safety, security, and fraud prevention, or by issues relating to the user's account such as an outstanding credit or an unresolved claim or dispute.

For example, we retain data:

  • for the life of users' accounts if such data is necessary to provide our services. E.g., user profile information and credentials.
  • for 7 years if necessary to comply with tax requirements. E.g., delivery persons' trip or delivery location information.
  • for defined periods as necessary for purposes of safety or fraud prevention. E.g., we retain incomplete driver applications for 1 year, and rejected driver applications for 7 years.
  • after requests for account deletion if necessary for purposes of safety, security, fraud prevention or compliance with legal requirements, or because of issues relating to the user's account (such as an outstanding credit or an unresolved claim or dispute).

Users may request deletion of their accounts at any time. Kyte may retain user data after a deletion request due to legal or regulatory requirements or for reasons stated in this policy.

Users may request deletion of their account at any time by contacting us at privacy@kyte.aero.

Following an account deletion request, Kyte will delete the user's account and data, unless they must be retained due to legal or regulatory requirements, for purposes of safety, security, and fraud prevention, or because of an issue relating to the user's account such as an outstanding credit or an unresolved claim or dispute. Because we are subject to legal and regulatory requirements relating to delivery persons, this generally means that we retain their account and data for the applicable statutory retention period after a deletion request. For order recipients, their data is generally deleted within 90 days of a deletion request, except where retention is necessary for the above reasons.

F. Security

We understand the importance of information security and take reasonable measures to protect the security and confidentiality of your information in line with industry standards. We use SSL (Secure Sockets Layer), an industry-standard encryption method. We do NOT keep your credit card information on file. While we realize this is potentially less convenient for future ordering, we feel that the safest way to protect your credit card information is not to store it, but request it each time you purchase.

Please note that email is not encrypted and not considered a secure way to transmit your credit card information. We will never ask you for your credit card information by email.

G. Children

We do not solicit or knowingly collect personal information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and discover that your child has been using our systems, please inform us using the contact information below and we will remove it from our systems. We have no knowledge that we sell the data of minors under 16 years of age.

H. California Data Rights

If you are a California resident, you have the following rights:

  • Right to Access. You have the right to request a copy of your personal information maintained by us.
  • Right to Deletion. You have the right to request that we delete any personal information about you in our possession.
  • Right to Information. You have the right to request information about what categories of personal information we have about you, what we use them for, who they have been shared with.

We will comply with your request to access a copy of your personal information unless:

  • You have already received a copy of your personal information at least twice in the last twelve months;
  • Disclosing your personal information would interfere with our performance of a greater legal obligation.

Please note however that we may be barred by law from disclosing certain sensitive information in response to your request.

We will comply with your request to delete your personal information unless we must maintain it to:

  • Complete a transaction with you, provide goods/services to you that you requested, and/or perform a contract between you and us;
  • Detect security incidents or enable the technical repair of our systems;
  • Comply with our legal obligations;
  • Protect us against malicious, deceptive, fraudulent, or illegal activity and/or assist in the prosecution of a crime or civil case;
  • Enable other internal uses that are aligned with your expectations and your relationship with us.

The process for requesting these rights is as follows:

  1. File a Request. You can submit a request using the following email address: privacy@kyte.aero
  2. After you submit a request, we will promptly take steps to determine whether we can verify that you are who you say you are and, if you are seeking deletion, that your request is genuine. Our process for doing so is as follows:
  3. We will ask you to provide various pieces of information as follows:

    • If you are requesting the Right to Information, we will ask you to provide at least two pieces of information about yourself. If it matches our records, we will verify and proceed with your request.
    • If you are requesting the Right to Access, we will ask you to provide at least three pieces of information about yourself. If it matches our records, we will verify and proceed with your request.
    • If you are requesting the Right to Deletion, we will ask you to provide at least two pieces of information about yourself. If it matches our records, we will verify and proceed with your request. We may also ask you via email to verify your request to delete a second time.
  4. We will fulfill your request, either disclosing and delivering a copy of your personal information or information about our privacy practices, both free of charge; or deleting your personal information, within 45 days of receiving your verifiable request. If necessary, we will extend the time period to provide the required information once by an additional 45 days, and will provide you with notice of the extension within the first 45-day period. The disclosure shall cover the 12-month period preceding our receipt of the verifiable request.

Authorized Agent. You have the right to designate an authorized agent to submit an access or deletion request on your behalf. Agents can submit requests as if they were the person they are representing, using the above methods. If you use an authorized agent to submit such a request, we will require that you:

  • Provide the authorized agent written permission to act on your behalf; and
  • Detect security incidents or enable the technical repair of our systems;

No Discrimination. We will not discriminate against a California resident because the California resident exercised any of the rights described above.

I. Changes to our privacy policy

This Web site Privacy Policy is effective as of July 21, 2023. It may be necessary to make modifications or amendments to this Policy. We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notification. However, changes will not be applied retroactively and will not alter the management of previously collected information. If changes are made to this Policy, we will post the revised version on this site so you may want to periodically review this section for the most current version of our Privacy Policy.

Contact
privacy@kyte.aero

382 N. Lemon Ave. #1033

Walnut, CA 91789

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