Briana-Rose Sekulic
Climate Champion @ IBM
Estimating your carbon footprint and calculating your Goodside score are key features of the Goodside app. In order to estimate your carbon footprint and calculate your Goodside score, we need to be able to see how much and where you're spending.
Yes. Goodside is operated by RBC Ventures Inc., a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). Safeguarding the security of our systems and the confidentiality of our clients’ information is always a top priority. If you choose to connect a credit card to Goodside then we'll use a third party service provider (Fidel) to connect your credit card. Goodside does not use your online credentials to connect your credit card. Transaction information collected and stored from a connected card is encrypted and anonymized.
Credit cards issued by Visa can be connected to the app. Contact us if you have any issues connecting your account(s).
If you want to disconnect a credit card from the Goodside app, you’re free to remove it at any time—it just involves a few simple steps. To disconnect a credit card account:
Protecting your privacy is of the utmost importance to us. We use your transaction data and other information to provide you with the services available through the app, including analyzing your purchases to estimate your carbon footprint. We may share certain information with our service providers to provide you with their services. Those service providers are required to keep any information they receive confidential. We never sell any user data.