The policy states that Lime's camera-enabled vehicles capture images of the surrounding environment during use, processed for safety purposes including detection of road and sidewalk boundaries; subsequent processing is stated to occur on an anonymous basis not associated with the user's account.
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This provision discloses that vehicle-mounted cameras capture environmental images during rides, which may incidentally include images of third parties, public spaces, and infrastructure. The policy states that any processing beyond the ride itself occurs without association to the user's account, though the scope of what is captured and how long raw footage is retained before anonymization is not specified.
Interpretive note: The policy does not specify the retention period for raw footage before anonymization, the technical standard used to anonymize, or how third parties incidentally captured in footage are addressed.
Under this clause, Lime vehicles equipped with cameras capture images of the surrounding environment during a user's ride, and the policy states this data is processed for safety purposes; the policy further states that any processing after the ride is conducted on an anonymous basis not linked to the user's account.
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1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision implicates GDPR and UK GDPR to the extent that camera footage captured during a ride may constitute personal data if individuals are identifiable in the images.
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This provision discloses that vehicle-mounted cameras capture environmental images during rides, which may incidentally include images of third parties, public spaces, and infrastructure. The policy states that any processing beyond the ride itself occurs without association to the user's account, though the scope of what is captured and how long raw footage is retained before anonymization is not specified.
Under this clause, Lime vehicles equipped with cameras capture images of the surrounding environment during a user's ride, and the policy states this data is processed for safety purposes; the policy further states that any processing after the ride is conducted on an anonymous basis not linked to the user's account.
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