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Uber may receive activity data from Uber co-branded debit or credit cards, as the card terms disclose
If you have a debit or credit card issued by a financial institution in partnership with Uber, Uber may receive debit or credit card activity information from its business partners, to the extent disclosed in that card's terms and conditions.
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f. Uber business partners (debit or credit cards). Uber may receive your data from business partners in connection with debit or credit cards issued by a financial institution in partnership with Uber to the extent disclosed in the terms and conditions for the card.
Debit or credit card activity information
Not stated here
The card terms and conditions that set the extent of this data are not supplied.
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Your location and trip or order data are used to calculate prices and driver or delivery fares
Uber uses your location and trip/order data to calculate rider and recipient prices and driver and delivery person fares.
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c. Calculating rider/recipient
prices and driver/delivery person fares
Location
Trip/order
Not stated here
The linked page about how prices and fares are calculated is not supplied.
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Payments and e-money products such as Uber Money use account, demographic, other-source and trip data
To process payments and enable payment and e-money products such as Uber Money, Uber uses account data, data from other sources, demographics and trip/order data.
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d. Processing payments and enabling payment and e-money products such as Uber Money.
Account
Data from other sources
Demographics
Trip/order
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Prices are set by algorithms using trip details, location, time, distance, driver supply, traffic and history
When you request a ride or delivery, Uber's algorithms set your price using factors including trip/order information (such as the type of service, restaurant or merchant name and location, and order value), your location, estimated time and distance to the destination, availability and proximity of drivers or delivery people, time of day, traffic conditions, and historical data such as traffic patterns and seasonal trends. Your price may also vary with tolls or surcharges, tips, discounts, promotions and subscriptions, and route-based adjustments.
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Pricing
When you request transportation or a delivery, Uber uses algorithms to determine the price you pay based on a variety of factors, including:
Trip/order Information, including the type of service you request (for instance, UberX, UberXL, Uber Black), restaurant or merchant name and location, and order value
Your location
Estimated time and distance to destination
Availability and proximity of drivers or delivery people
Time of day
Traffic conditions
Historical data such as traffic patterns and seasonal trends
Your price may also vary depending on tolls or surcharges incurred, tips, discounts, promotions and subscriptions, and route-based adjustments.
Additional information on Uber’s pricing process is available
Not stated here
The linked pricing information page is not supplied.
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Surge pricing raises prices automatically when riders outnumber available drivers in an area
Your price may also vary because of surge pricing, which automatically takes effect when there are more Riders in an area than available drivers. Uber says this encourages more drivers to serve the busy area over time and shifts rider demand, to maintain reliability and restore balance.
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The price may also vary depending on surge pricing, which automatically goes into effect when there are more Riders in a given area than available drivers. This encourages more drivers to serve the busy area over time and shifts Rider demand, to maintain reliability and restore balance.