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Uber Technologies appoints new chief privacy officer and data protection officer

Uber has appointed Ruby Zefo as chief privacy officer and Simon Hania as data protection officer.

|Jul 19, 2018, 12:41:31 IST

Uber Technologies Inc appointed Ruby Zefo as chief privacy officer and Simon Hania as data protection officer, a company spokeswoman told Reuters on 18 July.[caption id="attachment_4382269" align="alignnone" width="1280"]

A man exits the Uber offices in Queens, New York.[/caption]The ride-hailing company has had a rough history when it comes to protecting driver and passenger data, even while it gears up for a public listing next year.Hackers previously stole information about Uber drivers and the company acknowledged in 2014 that its employees had used a software tool called “God View” to track passengers.Zefo, who will start in her new job from 6 August, joins Uber from Intel Corp where she was chief privacy & security counsel.Hania joins from Dutch digital mapping company TomTom NV, where he was vice president of privacy & security.

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