WeeDrive Guidelines for Law Enforcement Authorities

Important Notice: This guide and the accompanying information are not intended to provide legal advice. They also do not create any enforceable rights, and WeeDrive reserves the right to update or change this guide without notice to law enforcement.

WeeDrive is committed to continually improving the safety of our platform and contributing to safety in the communities where we operate. WeeDrive has a specialized team dedicated to working with law enforcement agencies around the world, the Public Safety Response Team ("PSRT"). This team reviews and responds to each law enforcement request WeeDrive receives. The PSRT team has processes in place to assist law enforcement on a 24/7 basis, including emergency requests via email.

WeeDrive is also committed to the privacy of our users' data. WeeDrive stores and maintains user data as described in our Privacy Notice and Terms of Use applicable to each jurisdiction where WeeDrive operates. WeeDrive discloses data to law enforcement in accordance with applicable laws and WeeDrive's core principles.

Up-to-date information about WeeDrive's products and services are available in our Help Center and Newsroom.

PSRT Overview

WeeDrive Technologies, Inc. ("UTI") and WeeDrive LTD are joint data controllers for all user personal data in the European Economic Area ("EEA"), Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, and UTI is the sole data controller for all other data. WeeDrive's PSRT team processes requests from law enforcement worldwide, in accordance with the instructions of the relevant data controller.

Upon receiving legal process, a preservation request, or an emergency disclosure request, WeeDrive may disclose the requested data if doing so would be consistent with:

  • Local law of the requesting authority, and any other applicable laws, such as the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
  • WeeDrive's core principles, as described below
  • WeeDrive's user policies, including the Privacy Notice and applicable Terms of Use
Portal Contact Information

Law enforcement should use the Portal as the primary means for contacting the PSRT. The Portal provides the central point of contact for law enforcement to communicate with PSRT specialists when submitting legal process, preservation requests, or emergency disclosure requests.

Requirements: Only law enforcement and government personnel authorized to obtain evidence in connection with official legal proceedings may use the Portal. Portal accounts should be created using an official law enforcement or government email account. Email requests must include the requesting law enforcement official's name, title, badge number or similar identifier (if applicable), agency, and direct contact information.

Requirements for Legal Process, Preservation Requests, and Emergency Disclosure Requests

When submitting any request to WeeDrive, law enforcement should identify the specific account(s) implicated by the request. When possible, law enforcement should provide a unique identifier associated with the account(s), such as email address, phone number, and/or license plate number. Names alone often are not unique identifiers, nor are dates of birth (to the extent collected).

WeeDrive may also be able to identify accounts that are relevant to a law enforcement investigation by searching for information related to a specific trip. For such requests, information about that trip, such as user identification information named above, and a date, time, trip ID, or pick up or drop off location, should be provided.

Entity Address

Legal process, preservation requests, and emergency disclosure requests must be addressed to the appropriate WeeDrive entity: Requests from Cyprus authorities should be addressed to WeeDrive B.V., Burgerweeshuispad 301, 1076 HR, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Types of Legal Process

Legal Process

All law enforcement requests for data must be supported by legal process (with the exception of emergency requests, discussed below). WeeDrive reserves the right to reject legal process for any reason, including requests that do not have a valid legal basis, are overbroad, vague, or otherwise inappropriate, or if WeeDrive cannot verify the legitimacy of the request.

To be valid, legal process submitted to WeeDrive must generally:

  • Be addressed to the appropriate WeeDrive entity
  • Be issued in compliance with the local law of the requesting authority
  • Be issued by an appropriate authority, such as a judge
  • Be signed by an appropriate authority, such as a judge
  • Be dated
  • Provide a date to return the responsive materials, if applicable
  • Specifically identify the targeted account(s), reasonably identified; the type(s) of information within the account to be disclosed; and any applicable date range
Preservation Requests

Law enforcement may seek the preservation of account records. Upon receipt of such a request, WeeDrive may take steps to preserve any records or other information in its possession regarding the subject of the preservation request, pending the issuance of legal process.

Note: A preservation is a one-time "snapshot" of the records or content in a WeeDrive user's account at the time we receive the preservation request; it is not an ongoing, real-time preservation of those records. WeeDrive reserves the right to reject preservation requests for any reason.

Emergency Disclosure Requests

To the extent consistent with local law, WeeDrive may voluntarily disclose user data to a law enforcement entity if WeeDrive has a good-faith belief that an emergency involving danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure without delay of information related to the emergency.

Emergency disclosure requests may be submitted via the Portal, or via email with an Emergency Disclosure Form attached. Because of its commitment to safety on its platform, WeeDrive has processes in place to respond to emergency requests on a 24/7 basis.

To submit an emergency disclosure request, law enforcement must:

  • Certify that they are authorized by law to obtain the requested records
  • Certify that the request is, in fact, related to an emergency involving danger of death or serious physical injury that requires disclosure without delay
  • State that there is a significant risk that the emergency may materialize if there is a delay caused by obtaining valid local legal process
  • Specifically identify the targeted account(s), reasonably identified; the type(s) of information within the account to be disclosed; and any applicable date range
  • If required by law, follow-up with legal process

WeeDrive's User Notice Policy

WeeDrive may notify users of law enforcement requests for their data, unless notice is prohibited under applicable law.

As part of WeeDrive's safety investigation procedures, WeeDrive may choose to contact an individual identified in a law enforcement request in connection with any alleged safety incident. WeeDrive will not initiate such contact if it reasonably believes, in its sole discretion, that such contact may:

  • Pose immediate risk of serious injury or death to a member of the public
  • Pervert the course of justice or prejudice the administration of justice

When submitting a request, law enforcement may ask that WeeDrive not contact anyone associated with the request due to the foregoing reasons or other valid reasons as the case may be.

WeeDrive's Core Principles

WeeDrive's core principles for law enforcement requests include:

  1. All requests must comply with applicable law, and be appropriately scoped
  2. WeeDrive will not enable real-time and ongoing access to precise and intact trip data by allowing unsupervised access into its internal systems
  3. Requests related to criminal investigations must relate to conduct that would constitute a crime in the United States and the target's country of residence, except for requests relating to the disclosure of EEA, Switzerland and the United Kingdom user data. In these jurisdictions, the criminal investigation must relate to conduct that would constitute a crime in the Netherlands or the United States, as well as the target's country of residence
  4. Local law must provide a mechanism for challenging legal process

Information Available From WeeDrive

WeeDrive collects and maintains user data in accordance with its Privacy Notice and applicable Terms and Conditions. The data WeeDrive collects and maintains may vary from account to account, such as when a WeeDrive user deletes their account information. Accordingly, the types of data WeeDrive provides in response to valid legal process may vary, but may include:

Basic Subscriber Information

Name, email, phone number, date of account creation, account status

Device Information

Information about the user's mobile device

Vehicle Information

License plate data, make and model, vehicle insurance, vehicle registration

Billing Information

Payment method (e.g., last four digits of card), transaction history (amount, date, time)

Trip Information

Pick-up and drop-off locations, trip times, amounts charged, driver and passenger names as entered in the app

Location Information

GPS data from drivers and, if enabled, from passengers

User Profile Information

Ratings, written feedback

Driver Profile Information

Date of birth, vehicle information, driver's license number

Communications Information

Records of in-app communications between drivers and passengers

Customer Service Records

Support call recordings, support communications