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| http://franken.senate.gov/?p=news&id=3006 | Star Tribune: "Franken: Uber still has work to do to protect privacy" | 2014-12-16 | 2014 | 2014-12 | Democrat | House | MN | Al Franken | F000457 | franken.senate.gov | legacy | Sen. Franken has long been an advocate of protecting consumer privacy, especially in light of new technologies. As Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law, he has recently expressed concerns about how the popular on-demand car services ride-sharing apps Uber and Lyft handle sensitive information, like consumers' location data. Last month, Sen. Franken asked Uber how it handled allegations of misconduct, especially concerning its "God View" tool that allowed the company to track users, and pressing the company to be more transparent with its privacy policies. Uber responded on December 15th. The Star Tribune reports: On Monday evening, Uber delivered a three-page letter about its privacy practices to Franken that he said fell far short of how he expects the company to handle critically private information—including when and where customers take cars and how long the company hangs on to personal rider information."Uber has always had a strong culture of protecting rider information, and Uber prohibits employees from accessing rider personal information except for legitimate business purposes," the letter said.Franken said the vagueness of "legitimate business purposes" is a problem, and that Monday's letter did not assuage his concerns that private data about where people live and travel could get into the wrong hands."I am concerned about the surprising lack of detail in their response," Franken said. "Geolocation data is sensitive data. It's where you go to church, it's where you go to the doctor, how you spent your weekend." To read the full story, click here. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |