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From the audit[0]: > Based on this analysis, PBOT has found that when Uber illegally entered the Portland market in December 2014, the company tagged 17 indivi
by harrisi 9y ago
From the audit[0]:
> Based on this analysis, PBOT has found that when Uber illegally entered the Portland market in December 2014, the company tagged 17 individual rider accounts, 16 of which have been identified as government officials using its Greyball software tool. Uber used Greyball software to intentionally evade PBOT’s officers from December 5 to December 19, 2014 and deny 29 separate ride requests by PBOT enforcement officers. On December 21, 2014 Uber ceased operations in the City of Portland. Uber received a permit to operate in the City of Portland during an initiated Pilot Period beginning April 24, 2015. Uber has provided documentation which shows the Greyball tags were removed on April 24, 2015. After April 2015, PBOT did not find any evidence suggesting that either Uber or Lyft attempted to use a software tool to evade PBOT’s officials in their efforts to protect TNC consumers or to deny consumers rides based on their location.
So I believe the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) considers the temporary shutdown in 2014/2015 was enough. They do state, however:
> it is important to note that finding no evidence of the use of Greyball or similar software tools after April 2015 does not prove definitively that such tools were not used. It is inherently difficult to prove a negative.
So they're taking it somewhat seriously.
[0]: https://www.portlandoregon.gov/saltzman/article/638525 https://www.portlandoregon.gov/saltzman/article/638525