Privacy Notice

Effective: March 28, 2022

At Lime and our family of companies (collectively " Lime ," " we ," " us ," or " our"), we are strongly committed to transparency, and we want you (" you" or " your") to understand how we collect, use, share and protect your information. This Privacy Notice (" Privacy Notice") describes how Lime handles information in connection with Lime's websites (including its e-commerce shop), Lime-branded user-owned vehicles, Lime-owned vehicles and related mobile applications and services (collectively, the " Services"), and when you otherwise interact with us. When specified, this policy also describes our data practices related to Juicers. Please also read our User Agreement which sets out the terms governing the Services.

We may change this privacy policy from time to time. In the event of material changes we will i) inform you about these changes in advance and ii) inform you of your right to object to these changes

The Types of Information We Collect

We collect or receive information in different ways. The types of information we collect or receive depends on how you use and interact with our Services. In many cases, you can choose the information you provide to us, although certain information (such as account information) is required for us to provide the Services and if it is not provided, we will not be able to provide the Services. We use and disclose this information for the purposes described further below. The types of information we collect include:

In addition, if you are a Juicer who helps Lime collect and charge vehicles, we collect additional information:

How We Use Information

We use your information, including information about your location, to:

In addition, if you are a Juicer, we use your information to: calculate your pay and to pay you; and to monitor the work which you do for Lime and to track Lime vehicles.

Who Do We Share Your Information With?

We share your information with Lime's affiliated companies, our service providers, other third parties where it is necessary to perform the User Agreement and as described in this Privacy Notice. In particular, we share your information with:

Learn more about how sharing ridership data helps communities here.

We may also share aggregated, depersonalized, or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you with third parties, including the types of third parties listed above.

Advertising and Analytics

We allow others to provide analytics services and serve advertisements on our Services and on our behalf across the web and in mobile apps. These entities may use cookies, web beacons, device identifiers, and other technologies to collect information about your use of our Services and other websites and applications, including your IP address, web browser, mobile network information, pages viewed, time spent on pages or in mobile apps, links clicked, and conversion information. This information may be used by Lime and others to, among other things, analyze and track data, determine the popularity of certain content, deliver advertising and content targeted to your interests on our Services and other websites, measure the effectiveness of our advertising, and better understand your online activity. You can manage your preferences, find more information about interest-based ads, or opt out of having your web browsing information used for behavioral advertising purposes through our Cookies Policy or by visiting https://www.aboutads.info/choices. If you are in the EU, please visit https://www.youronlinechoices.eu/.

Where Lime uses the Facebook pixel (a type of cookie), to provide advertising to you, Lime and Facebook Ireland are joint controllers for this processing. Lime and Facebook Ireland have divided their responsibilities under GDPR in respect of this joint processing, for example, Lime is responsible for providing this notice to you and Facebook Ireland is responsible for managing your individual rights relating to the joint processing. For information on how to exercise your rights with Facebook Ireland in relation to the joint processing, and for information on how Facebook Ireland subsequently processes your personal information as independent data controller, please see the Facebook Data Policy.

We also work with third parties to serve ads to you as part of customized campaigns on third-party platforms (such as Facebook and Instagram). As part of these ad campaigns, we or the third-party platforms may convert information about you, such as your email address and phone number, into a unique value that can be matched with a user account on these platforms to allow us to learn about your interests and serve you advertising that is customized to your interests. Note that the third-party platforms may offer you choices about whether you see these types of customized ads.

We do not sell or share your personal information with third parties for their direct marketing purposes, except with your consent.

Our Legal Basis for Using Your Information

In Europe, we are required to specify the purposes for which we process your personal information and the legal bases which we rely on to do this. Lime relies on a number of legal bases to collect, use, share, and otherwise process your information for the purposes described in this Privacy Notice, including where:

More information on our lawful basis for processing your personal information is available here.

How We Transfer Your Information

As we offer our Services in many locations globally, we may transfer your information to or from these locations for the purposes of providing you Services.

If you are habitually resident in the European Economic Area (" EEA"), Switzerland or the United Kingdom, we will transfer or transmit your information to the United States and other countries outside of where you live for storage, processing and the other purposes described in this Privacy Notice. Countries which are outside the EEA, Switzerland or the United Kingdom may not offer the same level of data protection as in your home country, for example there is currently no adequacy decision in respect of the United States. Where the European Commission has recognized a country as providing an adequate level of data protection, Lime may rely on the Commission's adequacy decision, as applicable, to transfer data.

Lime also relies on Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission to transfer data from the EEA, Switzerland and the United Kingdom to the United States and other countries outside of where you live. You may request a copy of Standard Contractual Clauses by contacting us at [email protected].

In certain limited circumstances, we may use derogations, such as the contractual necessity derogation, where appropriate to process personal information, when there are no other data transfer mechanisms applicable. For example, where the transfer of information is necessary to provide our Services as set out in the User Agreement.

How Long We Keep Information

We keep your information for as long as is reasonably necessary to provide the Services to you or until your account is deleted, whichever is longer, subject to any longer period as may be required by applicable law or notified to you. Examples of some of our retention periods are set out below.

Type of DataRetention Period
Account informationLifetime of the account. Certain information relating to transactions relating to an account are retained for 7 years in line with Lime's accounting obligations.
Government issued driver's license information and result of verification of whether selfie matches IDAfter we conduct verification checks to ensure the license is valid, we retain only limited verification information for fraud prevention purposes and in order for you to use the Services. When we use facial recognition technology to verify that your driver's license matches your image, we retain only information about whether the image matched. We retain this information for the lifetime of the account unless a different period is required by law in your jurisdiction.
Customer support queriesLifetime of the account.

When you delete your account, it may take us additional time to fully delete your information from our databases and system logs. We may also retain information from deleted accounts to prevent fraud, collect fees, enforce the User Agreement, to comply with our legal obligations or enforce our legal rights.

In addition, if you are a Juicer, Lime retains certain information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations. For example, Lime may keep some of your information in order to comply with applicable tax, legal, reporting and auditing obligations and other requirements in the countries in which we operate.

Your Rights

While some of these rights apply generally, certain rights apply only in limited cases. Some of these rights may not apply to you if you are based outside the regions indicated below.

EEA / Swiss / UK Rights

If you are habitually located in the EEA, Switzerland or the UK, you benefit from a number of rights in relation to your information.

Right to object (marketing) - You have the right to object to processing for direct marketing purposes at any time.

Right to object (legitimate interest) - Where we process your information based on legitimate interests, you can object to this processing in certain circumstances. Unless we have compelling legitimate grounds or where it is needed for legal reasons, we will cease processing your information when you object.

Right of access - You can access much of your information by logging into your account. You can also request a copy of the information we have about you and information explaining how the information is used.

Right of rectification - You have the right to request that we rectify inaccurate information about you.

Right of erasure - You have the right, in certain cases, to request that we delete your information, provided there are valid grounds for doing so and subject to applicable law.

Right to restrict processing - You have the right, in certain cases, to temporarily restrict the processing of your information by us, provided there are valid grounds for doing so.

Right to data portability - You may have the right to receive certain of your information in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit such information to another controller.

Right to withdraw consent - Where you have previously provided your consent, such as to send you direct marketing, you have the right to withdraw consent at any time. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing based on consent before its withdrawal. Furthermore, even in case of a withdrawal, we may continue to use your information as permitted or required by law.

Right to provide guidance on the management of your data after your death - You have the right to provide us with specific guidance on the storage, deletion of communication of your personal data after your death.

Please get in touch with us as set out in the "Who Is Responsible for My Information?" section below if you would like to exercise any of these rights or in case you should have any concerns about how we process your information. For security purposes, we may require that you follow certain steps in order to verify that you are the owner of a Lime account. For example, we may require that you have a verified email associated with your Lime account and that you get in touch with us using the verified email associated with your Lime account. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority for data protection. You can access a list of EU supervisory authorities here. You can also contact Lime's Data Protection Officer at [email protected].

California Privacy Rights : If you are a California resident, you are entitled to certain rights over your personal information. For more information about those rights and how to exercise them, please see our California Privacy Notice, which is incorporated by reference into this policy.

Your Choices and How You Can Manage Your Information : We believe you should have choices about the collection, use and sharing of your information. If you do not want Lime to collect your information, please do not use the Services.

Emails and Other Communications : If you would like to change the types of communications you receive from us, including opting out of promotional communications from us, you may do so at any time by updating the communication preferences specified in your account profile. We may continue to send non-promotional communications and other information about your use of the Service.

Accessing and Managing Your Information : If you have an account with Lime, you can review, change or delete your information by logging into your account and editing your profile. You can change your mobile phone number or email address by using our in-app change feature. You can delete your Lime account at any time by submitting a request to us at [email protected] or by using the in-app "Submit a Request" feature. If you are a Juicer and wish to delete your account, please email [email protected].

Who Is Responsible for My Information?

To see who is responsible for your personal information and how to contact them, please click here.