Uber agrees to $20,000 penalty over poor data security practices

Uber has agreed to pay a $20,000 penalty for poor data security practices and to reform the way it handles user information, New York’s attorney general, Eric T. Schneiderman, has announced.

The decision comes after a 14-month investigation into the taxi company’s management of customer data found that its executives were able to track passengers’ through a tool known internally as ‘God View’.

Uber agrees to $20,000 penalty over poor data security practices