Steering Terms

These terms apply to the Steering feature on WalkSpy: watchers asking live walkers to do things during a walk, and walkers performing those tasks for free or for a bounty paid through WalkSpy. By posting a task, accepting a task, or contributing to a task pool, you agree to the terms below.

Who can do what

Watchers can ask a walker to do simple things during a live walk, such as turning around, looking at a storefront, or visiting a pinned location. A walker who is broadcasting can choose to receive these requests by enabling Steering in their walk settings.

Walkers are independent contractors when they perform paid tasks. They can decline any task for any reason without penalty. They can stop receiving tasks at any time. They are responsible for their own safety and for following local laws while walking.

What is allowed

• Asking the walker to look at, walk near, or briefly stop at a public place such as a storefront, a public square, a park, or a transit stop.
• Asking the walker to record what is publicly visible from the street: queues outside a restaurant, a building's exterior, a market scene.
• Tipping or pooling money to encourage a particular cue or pin.

What is not allowed

• Asking the walker to enter private property without the owner's clear permission.
• Asking the walker to record audio inside private property such as a restaurant interior, a shop, or someone's home, even if you are paying.
• Asking the walker to follow, surveil, photograph, or interact with a specific named individual, their home, their workplace, their car, or their family. WalkSpy is for walks, not for tracking people.
• Asking the walker to do anything illegal in the place they are walking, including trespassing, capturing identifying details of minors, evading public-place filming restrictions, or interfering with anyone else's safety or privacy.
• Harassment, threats, or sexually explicit requests.

Tasks that violate these rules will be removed and the watcher who posted them may be banned. Walkers should decline anything that feels wrong and use the report button when something crosses a line.

Walker discretion

Walkers always have final say. We expect walkers to use judgment about safety, legality, and comfort. A walker may:

• Decline any task at any time, even after accepting it, by tapping decline or abort. Pools are refunded automatically.
• Set a minimum bounty for paid tasks.
• Disable Steering entirely for a walk.
• Block any specific watcher from sending future tasks.

We do not pressure walkers to complete tasks. Repeated refusals are not a strike against you.

Money

When a watcher posts a paid task or adds to a pool, their card is authorized for the amount. The actual charge happens only when the walker marks the task complete and a short approval window (currently two minutes) elapses without dispute. If the walker declines, aborts, or lets the task expire, the authorization is voided and no charge is made.

WalkSpy retains 20 percent of every settled task pool to cover payment processing, infrastructure, and ongoing development. The remaining 80 percent is transferred to the walker's connected payout account.

Refunds for completed tasks are handled case by case. Contact support if you have a concern.

Privacy of the walker

Live walks are public broadcasts. By posting a task, you understand the walker controls the camera and may show whatever they choose. WalkSpy does not promise to deliver any specific content; we connect watchers and walkers in good faith.

Privacy of the people in the scene

Walks happen in public places where filming is generally permitted, but local laws vary. Walkers should not focus their camera on individuals' faces in ways that identify them, especially minors, without consent. Watchers should not request such focus. WalkSpy will remove content that violates these norms even when local law would permit it.

Disputes

If you think a completed task was not actually delivered, you can dispute it during the two-minute approval window. Disputes after that window go to manual review. We try to resolve everything within five business days.

Changes to these terms

We will update these terms as Steering evolves. When we make changes that affect how you can use the feature, we will ask you to accept the new terms before continuing.

If anything here is unclear, ask us before you post or accept a task. Walks are about people on foot in real places, sharing them with people who cannot be there. Steering only works if everyone respects each other and the people around them.