Last updated: August 3, 2026
Merge LLC ("Merge," "we," "us") runs a mobile app that connects college students traveling in the same direction. This policy explains what we collect, why we collect it, and who else sees it.
Merge is for people 18 and older. We don't knowingly collect information from anyone under 18.
.edu), which we verifyYour name, photo, university, gender, graduation year, bio, and rating are visible to other Merge users when you post or book a ride. Your email and phone number are not shown to other users.
These help riders identify the right car at pickup.
Merge does not track your location. The app does not request or use your device's GPS. We store the approximate coordinates of the cities you select, not where you are.
Payments are handled by Stripe. You enter your card details directly into Stripe's own secure form.
Merge never receives or stores your card number, security code, or bank details. What we store is limited to Stripe reference IDs, the amounts charged and paid out, and — if you save a card — its brand and last four digits so you can recognize it.
A push notification token, so we can send you alerts about your rides.
We don't use analytics or crash-reporting tools. We don't run advertising. We don't track you across other apps or websites. We don't sell your personal information.
We share information with the services that make Merge work, and only what each one needs:
We may also disclose information if the law requires it, or to protect the safety of our users.
You can change your name, photo, phone, university, bio, and vehicle details in the app under Profile.
You can delete your account in the app: Profile → Delete account. Doing so signs you out permanently and removes your name, email, phone, bio, photo, university, gender, graduation year, and vehicle details from your profile.
Records of past trips, payments, messages, and ratings are kept in anonymized form, because they're part of other users' history and our payment records. You can't delete your account while you have a trip coming up — cancel or complete it first, so nobody is left without a ride or out of pocket.
You can turn push notifications off in your phone's settings at any time.
We keep your account information while your account is active. Trip, payment, message, and rating records are kept after deletion in anonymized form, for our records and for the other people involved in those trips. Stripe keeps payment records according to its own policies and legal obligations.
Access to your data is restricted by database-level security rules, and card details never touch our systems. No service can promise perfect security, but we take reasonable steps to protect your information.
If we make material changes to this policy, we'll let you know in the app or by email.
Questions about your privacy or your data: ridewithmerge@gmail.com