Rideshare Compliance

The City of Toronto estimates 90,000 Uber X drivers currently operate in Toronto[1], which is a significant number of drivers not including limousine and traditional taxicabs.  According to the white paper, Private Transportation Companies (PTCs) also known as Transportation Network Carriers (TNCs) downtown make up 5-8% of Toronto’s traffic[2].  PTCs provide a useful alternative to

Harmari Search v2.6 released

Harmari Search version 2.6 has been released successfully.  It contains the following new features and fixes Extended email searches via integration with PIPL Added Uber and Lyft Ridesharing searches from Facebook and LinkedIn data Added license plate and mileage column to custom columns Cleaned up more bogus phone numbers Consolidated FAQ pages for each classified

Harmari Search v2.5 released

Today Harmari Search v2.5 has been successfully released, including the following changes A single place to search all Craigslist, and AutoTrader* without having to open up new tabs and re-enter data Now allows searching by name and item at the same time (e.g. People named Joe selling a 2010 Dodge Charger in Chicago) Detect duplicate

Ridesharing services face increasing scrutiny by regulators

For more than 2 years now, the world’s established taxi services industries have battled online ridesharing, and ride hailing mobile apps such as Uber, Lyft, GrabTaxi, Didi Dache, and others.  Both Uber and Lyft each have 100,000 drivers retained as self-employed contractors, although their status as contractors is hotly contested in California (see CNBC article).