Uber is to stop storing the precise location details of customers to increase user privacy. It said it will pilot the changes with drivers but wants the new format to be the default setting. Recently Uber redesigned the drivers’ app after considering feedback from them and said the new location settings may change after a similar consultation exercise. It has already reached a new agreement with the European General Data Protection Regulation after its 2016 data breach and the changes to location data may be in preparation for the imminent introduction of the Federal Trade Commission privacy rules.
Uber is to stop storing the precise location details of customers to increase user privacy. It said it will pilot the changes with drivers but wants the new format to be the default setting. Recently Uber redesigned the drivers’ app after considering feedback from them and said the new location settings may change after a similar consultation exercise. It has already reached a new agreement with the Federal Trade Commission after its 2016 data breach and the changes to location data may be in preparation for the imminent introduction of the European General Data Protection Regulation privacy rules.