Uber fined just $20,000 for spying on users in God View
Jan06
In 2014 it emerged that Uber had used a special “God View” application to view a reporter’s location because she was late to a meeting. What ensued were revelations that the God View tool was available to employees broadly within the company, who could use it with little discretion. The company responded brashly, with executives stating that it could dig up dirt on journalists in response. Eventually, Uber backed down and restricted access to the tool internally, but not before Senator Al Franken pressed the company on its apparently loose privacy rules. Fast-forward more than a year later, and the company has…
This story continues at The Next Web