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Uber Releases First-Ever Transparency Report (thestack.com)

Posted by msmash on from the people-want-to-know dept.

An anonymous reader writes: On Tuesday, Uber released its first transparency report, an overview of the information that was requested by U.S. regulators and law enforcement in the second half of 2015. The report shows that while Uber is not yet receiving the number or type of requests that non-transport companies do, the data requests affect millions of Uber customers and drivers. According to the report, Uber received 408 requests for information from law enforcement, and 415 from state and federal governments. These requests were complied with approximately 85% of cases, where after review, Uber provided at least some of the data requested. They also responded to 67 requests for information from regulatory bodies and from airports, with data provided on over 11 million riders and 600,000 drivers.

5 comments

  1. that's an advantage of traditional taxis by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    There's far less tracking, especially if you pay in cash. They may log something, but there's almost certainly less information stored than if you use Uber.

    1. Re:that's an advantage of traditional taxis by guruevi · · Score: 2

      Because most taxi's don't have GPS trackers and camera's or cab companies don't have logs?

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    2. Re:that's an advantage of traditional taxis by SumDog · · Score: 2

      Yes yes, cab companies have all those, but they don't have a way to tie the ride to you if you pay with cash. If police suspected something, they'd have to figure out which cab you were on and request the logs (which don't include names if you pay with cash) or video (more common now I bet for liability, but even then those videos probably roll over after a few days unless a driver specifically saves them).

    3. Re:that's an advantage of traditional taxis by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Because most taxi's don't have GPS trackers and camera's or cab companies don't have logs?

      Sure they do, but you don't provide them all of your personal info to correlate with it. In thousands of taxi rides I might have given my first name a dozen times when the driver was bored and making conversation. They have no clue who I am.

      "[Uber] also responded to 67 requests for information from regulatory bodies and from airports, with data provided on over 11 million riders and 600,000 drivers"

      If I hail a taxi to the airport, and the airport calls the taxi company demanding data about its riders, the taxi company doesn't have any of my information to give away. Uber on the other hand gave out 11,000,000 people's information!

  2. Drivers? Uber has those? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Why would they have information on people who aren't employees?