Uber India now deleting phone numbers if riders or drivers share them in chat
New Delhi, April 24, 2024.
In the gig economy where users and service providers - who are called partners by companies like Uber and Zomato and not employees - interact, one of the biggest privacy and safety risks is when they interact. And increasingly companies are looking to minimise this risk. Uber India now says that to ensure better privacy for its users - as well as for drivers - the company is now proactively deleting phone numbers if they are shared in the chat between the rider and the driver.
This was revealed to India Today Tech in an exclusive chat by Sooraj Nair, Head of Safety Operations for India and South Asia.
Uber already warns users with a message in the chat box that states, "Keep your account safe - never share personal or account information in this chat." B...
