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Re:Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re ... by rmc on Friday December 02, 2016 @05:07AM (#13087449)
> but costumers can't take their data back.

For a US company, yes. For EU companies, the EU privacy law says you can only use the data for the original purposes, and based on what the person consented to. You can't grab all data (since that's overbroad), and "consent" can't just be "click through on legalese".

If you're concerened about privacy, don't use US companies.

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Re:Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re ... by omouse on Friday December 02, 2016 @10:52AM (#13089577)
In Canada too you can request all of the data that a company has on you. You just have to fill in a form or call the company and if they refuse you can contact the privacy office in your respective province or the federal privacy commision or just plain lawyer up.
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Re:Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re ... by merb on Friday December 02, 2016 @08:47AM (#13088473)
bold statement, but actually what they do here would be totally legal in the EU. cause they say it's for fraud detection. Basically EU is not better when it comes to privacy. The law is totally crap and doesn't actually defend against anything.
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