Re:Using Adwords to Earn Uber Referral Credit
by dave5104 on Sunday September 30, 2012 @06:25PM
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Well, according to Uber's referral program copy, in theory, you're referring your "friends" to the service. Aka people you know, and people who probably wouldn't mind you knowing they signed up. So I can at least see why Uber (and other referral services in general) might not think twice about sharing small pieces of personal information with the referrer. Not saying you don't have a good point, though, because I agree.
It's really none of my business who they are and would be an invasion of their privacy for me to know - in my opinion.
I guess an argument could be made for refer-a-friend programs working differently, but the default should always be sharing this kind of data only on a need-to-know basis.