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If the FTC doesn't act on this they are toothless. Uber's blatant disregard to anything accountable or respectable is astounding: "In January 2016, the New Yo
by ProAm 9y ago
If the FTC doesn't act on this they are toothless. Uber's blatant disregard to anything accountable or respectable is astounding:
"In January 2016, the New York attorney general fined Uber $20,000 for failing to promptly disclose an earlier data breach in 2014. After last year’s cyberattack, the company was negotiating with the FTC on a privacy settlement even as it haggled with the hackers on containing the breach, Uber said. The company finally agreed to the FTC settlement three months ago, without admitting wrongdoing and before telling the agency about last year’s attack."
- gorbachev 9y agoOne would hope the next settlement would have more teeth. If I was running the FTC, I would not settle this time, because it's blatantly obvious Uber was acting in bad faith last time around.
- mannykannot 9y agoI hope the earlier agreement contains language that allows it to be voided, and put all the original violations back on the table. If there is no such term, this is one relatively straightforward way to improve the handling of these matters in future (if a company was unaware of other breaches at the time and appeared to act in good faith, the FTC could always choose to let the original agreement stand.)