Our priority is your safety and security, and that includes the security of your rider account and access to the rider app. For this reason we conduct regular selfie checks in the rider app to prevent unauthorised access to your account.
As a self-employed rider, you’re free to allow someone else to ride using your account as long as your substitute meets the requirements to ride with Deliveroo, including having a valid right to work as self-employed in this country.
To ensure we know who's authorised to use your account you must now register any substitutes in the rider app before allowing them to complete deliveries. Your substitute will need to upload their documents and verify their identity in the rider app before they complete any deliveries.
If you allow your substitute to complete orders using your account before they have verified their identity and valid right to work as self-employed in this country, your rider account will be terminated. This means you will no longer be able to work with Deliveroo.
How to register a substitute
From your Profile page in the rider app, tap ‘Subcontractors’, then the '+' symbol in the upper right corner. Confirm you’ve read your rights and responsibilities when engaging a substitute, then add in their details. We’ll send your substitute an email so they can complete their registration, and we’ll send you an email confirming you’ve added your substitute.
Once your substitute receives our email and accepts the invite, they can download the rider app and login with their own email address. Your substitute will need to provide proof of their right to work as self-employed in this country before they can go online to complete orders on your account.
If you allow someone to use your account who cannot provide proof of their right to work as self-employed in this country, you would be in breach of your supplier agreement. If this happens your account will be terminated, and neither you nor your substitute will be able to complete deliveries with Deliveroo.
We hope that this update will continue to keep you and your account safe.