Privacy Policy – Updated April 4, 2025

Your privacy is very important to us. At Commute Options, we follow a few fundamental principles:

• We don’t ask for personal information unless we truly need it. (We avoid services that ask for unnecessary details, like gender or income level, with no clear purpose.)
• We don’t share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law, develop our products, or protect our rights.
• We don’t store personal information on our servers unless required for the ongoing operation of our site.
• It is Commute Options’ policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, Commute Options collects non-personally-identifying information typically made available by web browsers and servers, such as browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. This information is collected to understand how visitors use our website. From time to time, we may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing reports on website usage trends.

We also collect potentially personally-identifying information, such as Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, for logged-in users and those leaving comments on our blogs. We disclose these IP addresses under the same circumstances that we disclose personally-identifying information, except that blog commenter IP addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to Commute Options’ websites choose to interact with us in ways that require us to gather personally-identifying information. The type of information collected depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who comment on our blog to provide a username and email address. Visitors who wish to receive updates via email must provide their email addresses. In each case, we collect only the information necessary or appropriate to fulfill the visitor’s purpose.

We do not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below, and visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information. However, refusing to provide such information may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

Commute Options may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites, such as the most popular pages on the site. We may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, personally-identifying information is not disclosed in these reports.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

Commute Options discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations that:

• Need to know that information in order to process it on Commute Options’ behalf or to provide services available at Commute Options’ websites.
• Have agreed not to disclose it to others.

Some of those employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations may be located outside your home country. By using Commute Options’ websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. We will not rent or sell personally-identifying or potentially personally-identifying information to anyone.

Other than to employees, contractors, and affiliated organizations, we disclose personal information only in response to a subpoena, court order, or other governmental request, or when we believe disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Commute Options, third parties, or the public. If you are a registered user of Commute Options and have provided an email address, we may occasionally send you emails about new features, solicit your feedback, or keep you updated on what’s happening with Commute Options. We primarily use our product blogs for such communications, so emails will be kept to a minimum. You can unsubscribe at any time.

If you send us a request (e.g., via a support email or feedback form), we may publish it to help clarify or respond to your request or support other users.

We take all reasonable measures to protect against unauthorized access, use, alteration, or destruction of your personal information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, which the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Commute Options uses cookies to identify and track visitors, their usage of our website, and their website access preferences. Visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Commute Options’ websites, with the caveat that certain features may not function properly without cookies.

Business Transfers

If Commute Options, or substantially all of its assets, is acquired, or in the unlikely event that Commute Options goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of Commute Options may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads

Ads on our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an advertisement, compiling information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by Commute Options and does not cover the use of cookies by advertisers.

Comments

Comments and other content submitted are not saved on our servers unless marked as false positives, in which case we store them long enough to improve our service and avoid future false positives.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, Commute Options may change its Privacy Policy from time to time. We encourage visitors to check this page regularly for updates. Your continued use of this site after any change will constitute your acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

User Rights

If you are located in certain jurisdictions (such as the European Union or California), you may have specific legal rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:

• Access or correct the personal information we hold about you.
• Request the deletion of your personal information.
• Object to or restrict the processing of your personal information.
• Withdraw your consent at any time (if consent is the basis for processing).

To exercise any of these rights, or for more information, please contact us at [contact details].

For California residents, please see our [CCPA Privacy Notice] for more information on your rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act.

International Data Transfers

If you are located outside of the United States, please be aware that your personal information may be transferred to, and processed in, countries other than your country of residence. By using our website, you consent to the transfer of your personal information to the United States or other jurisdictions in accordance with this Privacy Policy.