It doesn't seem like data is currently treated like other property, at least in public policy discussions. I imagine this will eventually change as data becomes

It doesn't seem like data is currently treated like other property, at least in public policy discussions. I imagine this will eventually change as data becomes an even larger segment of the economy. I'm sure people would have stronger feelings about a tax on Uber rides or a seizure of Uber's physical property, but a government demand for data doesn't seem to be thought of as a tax or seizure. Of course, this data is valuable and a large part of that value derives from it being proprietary, so if the city gets its way, Uber will effectively be paying a special tax to operate in NYC, just in the form of data. I'm not making any statement of value about the policy, just noting that this is not simply an issue of regulatory compliance but is also a transfer of (potentially) valuable property from Uber to NYC.