Uber’s updated privacy policy spooks some users

Uber, amidst its various unveilings and announcements this week, has updated its privacy policy to do two things: make it more accessible for the average user (in terms of length and jargon), and to highlight some changes that are coming to the service. The first part is welcomed — the new privacy policy, which was first released last year amidst concerns, is half the length it formerly was, and has less jargon that might confuse riders. The other part, though, highlights upcoming changes that have spooked some users.

Uber’s Katherine Tassi, the company’s managing counsel of data privacy, detailed the updated privacy policy in a blog post on Thursday. In it she points toward its simplification, saying the new policy is filled with “much less legal jargon”, as well as being shorter.

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