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Copyright and licence

Bike Share Research provides open data licensed under the Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL).

You are free to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt our data, as long as you credit Bike Share Research and its contributors. If you alter or build upon our data, you may distribute the result only under the same licence. The full legal code explains your rights and responsibilities.

How to credit Bike Share Research

“© Bike Share Research contributors”

For browsable electronic maps, the credit should appear in the corner of the map.

Contributors

Individual contributers are the primary source of data but some of our data is derived from BSS operator data, such as the number and location of stations.

Copyright infringement

Bike Share Research (BSR) aims to provide information about Bicycle Sharing Systems (BSS) and shouldn't contain any copyright information. If you believe BSR is infringing, please let us know by contacting Cyrille Médard de Chardon.

Privacy policy (Updated April 1, 2025)

BSR is committed to protecting the privacy of its members of those who visit the website. BSR does not collect any data or track users. Cookies are only functional. Member provide an email address that is never shared with other users. Those that contribute data will have their username visible by moderators and administrators to validate the contribution.

Your Choices Regarding Your Personal Information

Certain local laws establish rights for consumers who are subject to their protections. For example, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation provides for the following rights for individuals whose data is collected in the EU:

  • Right to request access to your personal data
  • Right to request correction or deletion of your personal data
  • Right to object to our use and processing of your personal data
  • Right to request that we limit our use and processing of your personal data and
  • Right to request portability of your personal data

While these rights are not absolute – e.g., we do not have to delete your data if we need the data for compliance with a legal obligation – and they are not legally required in every jurisdiction in which we collect data, BSR wants to make it easy and straightforward for all our users to enjoy these rights, we provide you the ability to exercise certain controls regarding our collection, use, and sharing of your information. Consistent with that approach, we provide you with several choices when it comes to information about you:

  • Close Your Account: If you created a profile or account with us, you can contact us at cyrille@bikeshare-research.org to request that we close your account. Please keep in mind that we may continue to retain the data you provided (not personal) after you close your account as described in this Privacy Policy.

If you have any questions or otherwise would like to contact us about one of these rights, you can email cyrille@bikeshare-research.org to ask a question or request to exercise one of your rights. We will consider all requests and provide our response within the time period stated by applicable law. We may request you provide us with information necessary to confirm your identity before responding to your request – this is solely to protect you, and we will not use any of the information you provide us to confirm your identity for anything other than confirming your identity. In some functions of the Services you may exercise these controls via your account settings (changing your name/email) in addition to contacting us at the email address above. However, not all of our Services allow you to access, correct, or delete your personal data within your account settings. If applicable, you can make a complaint to the government supervisory authority of your jurisdiction.

Modifications to This Privacy Policy

We may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. All such changes will be reflected on this page and the date of revision will be noted at the top of the Privacy Policy.