Privacy Policy

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Summary

The Bus Transformation Project respects your privacy. We collect personal data online only if you subscribe to our email subscription service. If so, we use this information only for fulfilling  your requests. We do not lease, sell or otherwise release your personal information to outside companies for marketing purposes. The Bus Transformation Project contractors may collect personal data in order to provide contracted services. These contractors are bound by the Bus Transformation Project’s privacy policy.

Personal Information Collected

There are places on the website where we ask you to provide us with personal information. We collect this information in order to provide you with the specified goods or services you requested. The information collected is owned by the Bus Transformation Project and the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and will not be sold or given to any entity outside of the Bus Transformation Project except contractors hired by the Bus Transformation Project to provide Bus Transformation Project-approved services. These contractors are bound by this policy and are prohibited from using the information except to fulfill the services for which the Bus Transformation Project has contracted.

The Bus Transformation Project may use the personal information to provide you with Bus Transformation Project-related information, for example, email about upcoming events and promotions. You have the right to opt out of any service or information you receive via a single Web or email command. (Instructions for doing this are included in all Bus Transformation Project email communications.)

Personal information is information that can identify an individual, such as:

  • a first and last name
  • an email address
  • an address, such as work or home, including city and state

We are required to release personal information if it is subpoenaed by a court or grand jury.