Former employees say Lyft staffers spied on passengers

Re:Former employees say Lyft staffers spied on passengers by ageitgey on Thursday January 25, 2018 @05:38PM (#16235381)

> None of the data that was available sounds like sensitive PII so I'm not sure why anyone would be surprised by this.

The first sentence says employees would "view the personal contact info and ride history of the startup’s passengers."

I would consider contact info and exact physical movements to absolutely be PII and information that is sensitive. If not that, then what?

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Re:Former employees say Lyft staffers spied on passengers by mattdodge on Thursday January 25, 2018 @05:41PM (#16235403)

Not all PII is inherently "sensitive" though. Meaning not everything that can be used to actually identify you needs to be encrypted and protected. I don't know for sure but I don't think names or addresses qualify as that.

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Re:Former employees say Lyft staffers spied on passengers by s73ver_ on Thursday January 25, 2018 @07:05PM (#16235968)

I absolutely would say it would, especially where there's a very good chance that the home and work addresses are part of that list, and the idea that someone would use a database like that to spy on an ex and harass and/or assault them is an actual thing that happens.

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Re:Former employees say Lyft staffers spied on passengers by zephyrus1985 on Thursday January 25, 2018 @06:39PM (#16235804)

various state by state. The above does qualify as PII in california

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