U.S. Senator Al Franken has waded into the latest controversy surrounding Uber, asking the car service app company pointed questions about its privacy policies. Franken wrote in a letter to Uber cofounder and CEO Travis Kalanick that he is concerned about a troubling disregard for customers privacy, including the need to protect their sensitive geolocation data Franken also questions how Uber handles sensitive information including accessing the data for legitimate business purposes, as Uber has characterized in its privacy policy.
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