Uber to pay Arizona $2.7 million for data breach impacting drivers
Sep 26, 2018, 1:34 PM
PHOENIX – Arizona will receive $2.7 million from Uber as part of a multistate settlement over the way the ride-sharing company handled a data breach of driver information, the state Attorney General’s Office announced Wednesday.
The amount is Arizona’s share of a $148 million settlement Uber has agreed to pay to all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, the AG’s office said in a press release.
Eligible Arizona drivers will each receive $100 from the state’s share.
Details of they payout process will be released after the settlement goes into effect.
“Not only does this settlement provide restitution for harmed drivers, but Uber must also now implement new data-security practices to help prevent a similar occurrence in the future,” Attorney General Mark Brnovich said in the release.
According to the release, Uber learned that hackers gained access to personal data about drivers, including license information for 600,000 individuals nationwide, in November 2016 but waited until the following November to notify those affected.
That ran afoul of state law requiring companies to notify Arizona residents impacted by a data breach in a timely manner.
