This policy explains what personal data the GEO 8 mobile app collects, why it is collected, and what rights you have. GEO 8 is a commercial fleet management app used by drivers on behalf of their employer or fleet operator. It is not a consumer product.
GEO 8 is developed and operated under the name Walktek by:
Hussein TarhiniEmail: sales@walktek.io
GEO 8 collects your device's precise GPS location in the background — that is, while the app is closed or not in use.
Background location is collected continuously while a shift is active, and stops when the shift ends.
This is necessary for the app's core feature: live vehicle tracking. A fleet operator must be able to see where an active vehicle is in real time. Drivers use the phone for navigation, calls and other tasks during a shift, so tracking that only worked while the app was on screen would leave gaps in the vehicle's position history and break the feature.
Location data is used only for fleet management purposes described in this policy. It is not sold, and it is not used for advertising.
All processing serves commercial fleet management on behalf of our fleet-operator clients. Location data is collected in an employment context — the driver's employer or fleet operator decides that tracking takes place — not for personal or consumer use.
Specifically, data is used to:
Our role differs depending on the data in question.
For driver data processed through GEO 8 — location, trip history, vehicle assignment — the fleet-operator client is the controller: it decides why and how its drivers' data is processed. Walktek acts as a processor and processes that data only on the client's documented instructions, under a data processing agreement.
For a limited set of data we determine the purposes of ourselves — account credentials, authentication records, and technical and usage logs used to secure, operate and troubleshoot the service — Walktek is the controller.
If you are a driver, direct requests about your location and trip data to your employer or fleet operator in the first instance. You may also contact us at sales@walktek.io and we will forward the request to the responsible controller.
| Purpose | Legal basis |
|---|---|
| Live vehicle tracking and trip/shift history for the fleet operator | Art. 6(1)(f) — legitimate interests of the fleet operator in managing its vehicles, operations and safety, as determined by that controller. Where the controller relies on a different basis (for example a works agreement or national employment law under Art. 88), that basis applies instead. |
| Account creation, authentication, driver–vehicle assignment | Art. 6(1)(b) — performance of the contract between the fleet operator and Walktek, and the employment relationship between driver and operator. |
| Service operation, security, troubleshooting | Art. 6(1)(f) — legitimate interest in a secure and functioning service. |
| Compliance with legal obligations (e.g. record-keeping) | Art. 6(1)(c) — legal obligation of the controller. |
We do not sell personal data, and we do not share it with advertisers or data brokers. Data may be disclosed where required by law.
Data subjects are located in Nigeria. The infrastructure processing their data is hosted in
AWS region af-south-1 (Cape Town, South Africa). Walktek, as operator, is based in
Germany, and access from Germany for support and administration constitutes a transfer of data
out of the hosting region.
Neither Nigeria nor South Africa is covered by a European Commission adequacy decision. Where a transfer falls under the GDPR, we rely on Standard Contractual Clauses (Art. 46(2)(c) GDPR). Transfers are limited to what is necessary to operate the service.
Location, trip and account data is retained for 24 months, after which it is deleted or anonymised. Retention periods may also be set by the fleet-operator client as controller; we delete or return data on the controller's instruction or at the end of the contract, whichever is earlier.
Subject to the conditions in the GDPR, you have the right to:
To exercise these rights, contact your fleet operator (the controller) or write to sales@walktek.io.
You may lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority in your country of residence or workplace. The authority competent for Walktek is:
Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit Nordrhein-Westfalen (LDI NRW)GEO 8 is a workplace application and is not directed at anyone under 18. We do not knowingly collect data from children.
We may update this policy. The current version is always available at this address, and the "Last updated" date above indicates when it last changed.