Uber Data privacy move in the Sharing Economy

Uber is taking steps to protect customer data by:

• hiring Hogan Lovells US LLP to check out how the company collected and used customer data
• The lawfirm issued a report which led to Uber releasing a new privacy policy that more clearly notified customers that it can pretty much track everything they do while using the Uber application
  • This then led to a complaint at the FCC about the Uber App tracking customers when they were not actively using Uber
• ” Uber hired former cybercrime prosecutor and Facebook Inc. security leader Joe Sullivan as chief security officer, &  is reportedly looking to expand its in-house security team from 25 to 100 members by the end of 2015.” 

Bloomberg | Privacy & Data Security Blog