Policy

Privacy policy

Updated 8 November 2026.

Rides for Dad is a private app. Each family creates a household for their own parent and uses it to arrange rides when that parent no longer drives. It is not a public rideshare, and it has no fares.

Only people a household admin invites can join that household. Invites exist only inside the app. Information collected in the app stays inside the household. Rides for Dad does not sell personal information and does not use it for advertising.

Account

Sign in with Apple creates the account. Apple provides that sign-in. The app stores the name you enter and does not request your email address.

The app also stores saved addresses, ride requests, messages between household members, and completed-trip distance so the family can see who drove.

Location

Drivers choose when their location is shared: off, while they mark themselves available, only during a ride they accepted, or with the household. The latest point is stored so the person who asked for the ride can see an arrival estimate. A short trail is kept only during an active ride, then deleted when the ride ends or is cancelled.

Background location runs only while a driver is sharing location or is on a ride. It is used to show how far away the driver is. Turning sharing off stops those updates and clears the stored point.

Calendar

If a driver loads free and busy times, the app reads start and end times from the phone calendar. Event titles stay on the phone and are not uploaded. Only those busy intervals are saved, labeled “Calendar.”

Notices

Push notices go only to people in the same household, for ride requests, replies, and trip updates.

Deletion

To delete your information, contact the household admin. The admin can remove you from the household. Questions about this policy: support@ridesfordad.app.