An ongoing battle between New York City and Uber over rider data points to a broader struggle between ride-sharing services and local governments hungry for more information about the movement of their citizens. Companies like Uber and Lyft say requirements to release rider data is an invasion of privacy, while government regulators say it’s an issue of ensuring passenger safety. Gautam Hans, a fellow at Michigan Law who studies online privacy, says it depends on how the data is ultimately used. “I just want the agencies to be clear about what they are doing and why, rather than leaving the rest of us to guess about it.”
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