Uber scores well in independent privacy review, but is tightening employee training and data access

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by Sindy Cator on January 30, 2015 at 8:59 pm

In case you’ve forgotten, Uber had a terrible PR week last November. One of its executives suggested hiring “opposition researchers” to fight back against negative press, and the company admitted to employees accessing its user data. Uber tried to win back some trust by hiring a private law firm, Hogan Lovells, to review and improve its privacy practices. Today the company is making the results of that internal review public. In short, the firm gave Uber a good score. Hogan Lovells suggests “Uber has dedicated significantly more resources to privacy than we have observed of other companies of its age, sector, and size.” That…