Uber to pay $20,000 in settlement over data breach
- 8 years ago
Uber has agreed to pay a $20,0000 penalty in a settlement with New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman for delays in informing drivers of a data breach involving their personal information in 2014.
The ride-hailing company also agreed to tighten employee access to geo-location data of passengers, following reports that the company's executives had an aerial "God View" of such data, the office of the attorney general said in a statement Wednesday.
Uber notified Schneiderman's office on Feb. 26, 2015 that driver names and license numbers were accessed by an unauthorized third party in a data breach that was discovered as early as September 2014.
The fine was imposed on the company for its delay in providing timely notice of the data breach to the affected drivers and the attorney general's office.
The ride-hailing company also agreed to tighten employee access to geo-location data of passengers, following reports that the company's executives had an aerial "God View" of such data, the office of the attorney general said in a statement Wednesday.
Uber notified Schneiderman's office on Feb. 26, 2015 that driver names and license numbers were accessed by an unauthorized third party in a data breach that was discovered as early as September 2014.
The fine was imposed on the company for its delay in providing timely notice of the data breach to the affected drivers and the attorney general's office.