Delivery apps track your location constantly, build detailed profiles of your habits, and share data extensively with advertisers. For drivers, surveillance is even more pervasive. These are among the most privacy-invasive apps in common use.
Gig delivery apps are surveillance machines. They track customer location history, ordering patterns, and dietary preferences. For drivers, they monitor location continuously, track driving behavior, and analyze delivery performance. This data fuels advertising, pricing algorithms, and is shared with numerous third parties.
Extensive location tracking, order history profiling, and advertising data sharing. Dashers face continuous surveillance during active deliveries.
Combines with Uber rideshare data for comprehensive tracking. Cross-platform surveillance creates detailed movement profiles.
Grocery purchase data reveals dietary preferences, health conditions, household composition. Valuable for advertisers and data brokers.
History of deceptive data practices. Shares with Just Eat's European network. FTC found systematic privacy violations.