Privacy Policy

Last updated October 19, 2026

The short version

We collect what Falcon Ride needs to work: your account details and the rides, requests and bookings you post.
Your phone number and email are only shown to people you have a ride or rental with.
No ads, and we never sell your information.
You can delete your account and data anytime in Settings.

Falcon Ride (the iPhone app, Android app, and website at falcon-ride.com) is made by Abdulmalik Ariyo. This policy explains what information Falcon Ride collects, how it's used, and your choices.

1. Information you give us

Account: your name, username, email address, phone number, and password. Your password is handled by Firebase Authentication and is never visible to us.
Car (optional): make, model and color, shown on rides you offer.
What you post: rides you offer and rides you request (the places you type, date and time, seats, contribution, and notes), bookings, ride alerts, and invites. If you list or rent a car, the listing details and rental dates.
Safety: people you block, and reports you send (the reason and any note).

2. Information collected automatically

Notifications: if you allow notifications, a push token so we can tell you about bookings, matches and other ride updates.
Usage, crash and performance data: the app includes Google Analytics for Firebase, Firebase Crashlytics, and Firebase Performance Monitoring. They collect information such as how the app is used, crash reports, device model, operating system and app version, and approximate region based on IP address. We use this only to understand and improve the app.

Falcon Ride does not collect your precise location, contacts, photos, or payment information, and does not track you across other companies' apps or websites.

3. How your information is used

To run Falcon Ride: show rides and requests, handle bookings, and send notifications you've turned on.
To connect riders and drivers, for example matching your request to a new ride.
To keep the community safe: review reports, enforce the Terms of Use, and hide blocked people from you.
To fix bugs and improve the app.

4. Who can see what

Other signed-in users can see your name, username, car (if added), and the rides and requests you post.
Your phone number and email are only available to people you have a booking or rental with, so you can coordinate the trip.
Reports are private. The person you report isn't told who reported them.
People you block aren't told.

5. Sharing

We don't sell, rent, or trade your information, and there are no ads. Your data is stored and processed by Google Firebase (a Google service), which acts on our behalf. We may share information if required by law, or to protect someone's safety.

6. Keeping and deleting your data

We keep your information while your account is open. You can delete your account anytime in Settings → Delete Account. That removes your profile, contact details, rides, requests, bookings, car listings and rentals, ride alerts, and block list. Reports you've sent about others are kept so we can enforce the Terms of Use. Usage and crash data held by Google is kept for a limited time under Google's own retention settings.

7. Security

Data is sent over encrypted connections and protected by database rules that limit who can read and change it. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your information.

8. Children

Falcon Ride isn't intended for anyone under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from children under 13. If we learn we have, we'll delete it.

9. Changes

We may update this policy. If the changes are important, we'll let you know in the app.

10. Contact

Questions or requests about your data: abdulmalikariyo@ariestates.com, or use Feedback & feature requests in the app's Settings.