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Re:Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57M People by londons_explore on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @08:39PM (#15753480)
In the EU, data protection rules mean they must delete all user data on request.

That means every day I'm a new customer and get $20 off my first ride of $22. One day, they'll wise up and stop making such silly deals.

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Re:Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57M People by alsetmusic on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @10:59PM (#15754118)
> In the EU, data protection rules mean they must delete all user data on request. That means every day I'm a new customer and get $20 off my first ride of $22. One day, they'll wise up and stop making such silly deals.

The behavior described here is extremely selfish and amoral. It amounts to gaming the system. Additionally, the cost of exploiting a loophole such as this will be passed on to other customers before the company stops offering a losing deal. Those customers will not be reimbursed when the offer is rescinded.

The antisocial behavior of the company would not excuse the antisocial behavior of a user acting in this way.

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