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Uber to end post-trip tracking of riders as part of privacy push

Posted on August 30, 2017June 25, 2025 by Dissent

Dustin Volz reports:

Uber Technologies Inc is pulling a heavily criticized feature from its app that allowed it to track riders for up to five minutes after a trip, its security chief told Reuters, as the ride-services company tries to fix its poor reputation for customer privacy.

The change, which restores users’ ability to share location data only while using the app, is expected to be announced on Tuesday and rolled out to Apple Inc iPhone users starting this week.

Read more on Reuters.

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