Uber: We Will Only Access Your Data for Legitimate Business Purposes Yes, Uber employees can access your data, but dont worry, its only for legitimate business purposes. In an apparent attempt to assuage privacy concerns following top executive Emil Michaels suggestion that the company could look into the personal lives of reporters who are critical of it, the company posted an update to its privacy policy Tuesday. In it, Uber assures users their data can only be obtained for a legitimate purpose. The update, posted on Ubers blog, doesnt appear to be materially different than terms outlined in previous privacy policies, though it is more explicit about how or when rider and driver data may be used. Uber has a strict policy prohibiting all employees at every level from accessing a rider or driver’s data, the company wrote. The only exception to this policy is for a limited set of legitimate business purposes. According to Uber, those legitimate business purposes include troubleshooting bugs, checking accounts for fraudulent activity, facilitating payments and supporting riders and drivers in order to solve problems brought to their attention by the Uber community. What that last point means is unclear— the company didnt provide further clarification about those reasons and an Uber spokesperson responded to Mashables request for comment by simply reiterating the language in the blog post. The company did provide some detail about how its privacy policy is enforced internally in the post, saying, access to rider and driver accounts is being closely monitored and audited by data security specialists on an ongoing basis, and any violations of the policy will result in disciplinary action. read on: mashable/2014/11/18/uber-privacy-policy/
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 08:00:05 +0000
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