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Federal Regulators Are Investigating Uber Over Privacy Violations (recode.net)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Recode: One of the U.S. government's most powerful consumer protection watchdogs appears to be quietly probing Uber and the company's privacy practices. The inquiry is under way at the Federal Trade Commission, according to four sources familiar with the matter, where the agency's investigative staff appears to have focused its attention on some of the data-handling mishaps that have plagued the company in recent years -- perhaps including employees' misuse of "god view," a tool that had previously allowed some at Uber to spy on the whereabouts of politicians, celebrities and others using the ride-hailing app. The sources cautioned to Recode that FTC staff regularly question companies on consumer-protection matters, like privacy -- and often, the agency chooses not to pursue any penalties while closing its investigations as quietly as it began them. Still, the scrutiny could easily blossom into a full-fledged legal complaint against Uber -- a reality the company knows well.
Marissa hired already?
soon as trump gets back from golfing, he's going to "fix" that little oversight.
Seriously.. who at their company (other than the CEO) pissed off the powers-that-be to the extent that it seems like EVERYONE wants to shut them down?
Can we get the FTC to investigate the NSA?
Unless they've changed it since the Galaxy S8 was launched, there's no way to activate Bixby without accepting Uber's terms of service. So I have a useless button because I'll never accept scumbag Uber's ToS.
Is that because:
- they were minor breaches,
- the company fixed them immediately,
- the company deserves money more than subscribers/customers deserve privacy?
Does the FTC list which companies were audited? Transparency demands that, at a minimum.
Privacy is a SJW Democrat Commie thing! How come Trump is allowing it?
OTOH, if you can afford it⦠it's yours! (your provacy, other's privacy, name a price).