State AGs Reach Settlement with Uber, Tennessee to Receive $1.7 Million - Articles

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Posted by: Katharine Heriges on Sep 26, 2018
Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III along with the other 49 states and the District of Columbia, has reached an agreement with California-based ride-sharing company Uber Technologies Inc. to address the company’s one-year delay in reporting a data breach to its affected drivers. Uber learned in November 2016 that hackers had gained access to personal information Uber maintains about its drivers, including drivers’ license information. Uber has agreed to pay $148 million to the states. Tennessee will receive nearly $1.7 million which will be directed into the state’s general fund. Uber has also agreed to strengthen its corporate governance and data security practices to help prevent a similar occurrence in the future.
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