PRIVACY POLICY

MobilitApp

The MobilitApp is being developed by researchers and students of the INRISCO Spanish project, at the Dept. of Telematics Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia under the supervision of prof. Mónica Aguilar and PhD student Silvia Puglisi.
This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their 'Personally Identifiable Information' (PII) is being used online. PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your PII in accordance with our app.

What personal information do we collect from the people that download the MobilitApp?

When registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your email address, weight, age or other details to help you with your experience. Also we use the sensitive information of your device to improve our app and add some characteristics. This information is totally anonymous, we do not track you, we use that info anonymously.

When do we collect information?

We collect information from you when you access in our app and when you are using it. This information is treated anonymously, our app is designed to improve the mobility in Barcelona and we will never access to your PII to know who are you or give to a 3rd parties.

How do we use your information?

We may use the anonymous information we collect from you when you register:

• To improve our app in order to better serve you.
• To allow us to better service you in responding to your customer service requests.
• We collect the parameters of your accelerometer to improve our algorithm detector to know how you are moving aroung Barcelona and report problems to ATM to improve the service of the transport mode. Also to advidse if there is an incident on the road.

How do we protect your information?

We only provide articles and information. We never ask for credit card numbers. We use regular Malware Scanning and an application to advise us if there is many tries to connect to our server.
Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems, and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and Secure SHell (SSH).
We implement a variety of security measures when a user enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information.

Do we use 'cookies'?

We do not use cookies for tracking purposes. You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since browser is a little different, look at your browser's Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies. If you turn cookies off, some features will be disabled. that make your site experience more efficient and may not function properly.

Third-party disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release information when it's release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

Third-party links

Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third-party products or services on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

Google

Google's advertising requirements can be summed up by Google's Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users, Google Adversiting.
We have not enabled Google AdSense on our site but we may do so in the future.