Joram Kioko :
Eh boss, break this down slowly. I'm not sure you've worked out the legal issues and relationships here. I haven't myself but, on the face of it, and from my training in law, here are things that I think complicated what you're raising
1. when you request and take a ride, who are you in contract with? Uber or the driver? I think the driver. legally speaking, is the driver an agent of Uber? I doubt it. I believe Uber is a platform that connects a service provider with customers. Uber is no more than that guy in the goat market who introduces you, a potential buyer, to the goat owner. So, I actually think Uber have gone out of their way to compensate customers whatever amount they do. Compensation should come from the service provider- the driver. This is why cars are insured
2. On data protection... you say Uber are violating local data protection laws... nothing could be further from the truth. local data laws require informed consent. the premises is that a person asking you for your data shall explain to you what they will use the data for and you shall decide if to give it to them based on that explanation. You yourself just said Uber explain that they might use your data to present to potential clients etc... that means they've actually explained it and people still choose to accept.
So, while I could be messing something, to address which rights are being violated or not, I feel you need to work out the following
1. The web of relationships involved and who has the duty of care to whom.
2. Whether this is an issue of us, users, not reading and understanding what we're giving up, or whether it is Uber exploiting our data.
2025-10-08 04:24:42