Regulatory TREND. Requiring Data Security in Ride Share

Where: Columbia (the country)

What happened? a data breach impacted 267,000 Columbians at a ride share company

How did regulators exercise enforcement powers?

• The government will suspend drivers licenses of ride share drivers for 25 years
• actively protect the affected Columbians
• develop a protocol for handling future data security breaches
• train staff
• adopt permanent monitoring system to determine whether the new data security measures are adequate

Reuters | Colombia orders Uber to improve data security after 2016 breach