{"id":41104,"date":"2017-12-19T07:43:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T07:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\/"},"modified":"2017-12-19T07:43:24","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T07:43:24","slug":"attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\/","title":{"rendered":"Attorney\u2019s Letter Alleges Uber Spied on Rival Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

ANTHONY WALLACE\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n

byLucas Nolan<\/a>18 Dec 20170<\/a><\/p>\n

A letter written by the attorney of former Uber security employee Richard Jacobs alleges that Uber took part in unethical competitive surveillance practices and spied on individuals working at competing companies.<\/h2>\n

Recode reports<\/a> that a 37-page letter detailing surveillance practices alleged by former security employee Richard Jacobs has been released as Google\u2019s parent company Alphabet continues their lawsuit against Uber<\/a> relating to Waymo\u2019s driverless cars.<\/p>\n

The letter, written by Jacobs\u2019 attorney, was sent to Uber general counsel Angela Padilla after Jacobs left the company. It claims that Uber\u2019s security team advised staff to use private encrypted messaging apps like Wickr<\/a> and to use devices that couldn\u2019t be linked to them to avoid leaving any evidence of their conversations. Jacobs also claims that Uber spied on employees of rival companies to gain competitive intelligence.<\/p>\n

\n

This program, formerly known as the Strategic Services Group, under Nick Gicinto, collected intelligence and conducted unauthorized surveillance, including unauthorized recording of private conversations against executives from competitor firms, such as DiDi Chuxing and against its own employees and contractors at the Autonomous Technologies Group in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Current Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi also said in a statement that the contents of the letter was enough to \u201cmerit serious concern.\u201d<\/p>\n

An Uber spokesperson commented on the letter, saying, \u201cWhile we haven\u2019t substantiated all the claims in this letter \u2014 and, importantly, any related to Waymo \u2014 our new leadership has made clear that going forward we will compete honestly and fairly, on the strength of our ideas and technology.\u201d<\/p>\n

Uber eventually settled <\/a>with Jacobs for $4.5 million following his resignation. $1 million of this settlement was reportedly considered a consulting fee for helping Uber with an internal investigation. Padilla stated Uber settled with Jacobs to avoid litigation and further distraction to the company and claimed that the cost of discovery for the case alone could be as much as $5 million.<\/p>\n

Jacobs Letter<\/a> by Johana Bhuiyan<\/a> on Scribd<\/p>\n

Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter @LucasNolan<\/a> or email him at lnolan@breitbart.com.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a><\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n

<\/a>Original Article<\/p>\n

[contf] [contfnew] <\/p>\n

Breitbart<\/a><\/h5>\n

[contfnewc] [contfnewc] <\/p>\n

The post Attorney\u2019s Letter Alleges Uber Spied on Rival Companies<\/a> appeared first on News Wire Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ANTHONY WALLACE\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

byLucas Nolan18 Dec 20170
\n..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":41105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech"],"yoast_head":"\nAttorney\u2019s Letter Alleges Uber Spied on Rival Companies - Business News Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ANTHONY WALLACE\/AFP\/Getty Images byLucas Nolan18 Dec 20170 ..\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Attorney\u2019s Letter Alleges Uber Spied on Rival Companies - Business News Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ANTHONY WALLACE\/AFP\/Getty Images byLucas Nolan18 Dec 20170 ..\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Business News Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-12-19T07:43:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GettyImages-651077484-640x480.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"infopal11\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@BNReport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BNReport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"infopal11\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"infopal11\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f\"},\"headline\":\"Attorney\u2019s Letter Alleges Uber Spied on Rival Companies\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-19T07:43:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":391,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/GettyImages-651077484-640x480.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Tech\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\\\/\",\"name\":\"Attorney\u2019s Letter Alleges Uber Spied on Rival Companies - Business News Report\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/GettyImages-651077484-640x480.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-12-19T07:43:24+00:00\",\"description\":\"ANTHONY WALLACE\\\/AFP\\\/Getty Images byLucas Nolan18 Dec 20170 ..\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/GettyImages-651077484-640x480.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/GettyImages-651077484-640x480.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":480},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Attorney\u2019s Letter Alleges Uber Spied on Rival Companies\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Business News Report\",\"description\":\"Latest News on the World of Politics & Business\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/LOGO2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/LOGO2.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":50,\"caption\":\"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/BNReport\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/business.newsreport\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f\",\"name\":\"infopal11\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/infopal11\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Attorney\u2019s Letter Alleges Uber Spied on Rival Companies - Business News Report","description":"ANTHONY WALLACE\/AFP\/Getty Images byLucas Nolan18 Dec 20170 ..","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Attorney\u2019s Letter Alleges Uber Spied on Rival Companies - Business News Report","og_description":"ANTHONY WALLACE\/AFP\/Getty Images byLucas Nolan18 Dec 20170 ..","og_url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\/","og_site_name":"Business News Report","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\/","article_published_time":"2017-12-19T07:43:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":480,"url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GettyImages-651077484-640x480.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"infopal11","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@BNReport","twitter_site":"@BNReport","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"infopal11","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\/"},"author":{"name":"infopal11","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f"},"headline":"Attorney\u2019s Letter Alleges Uber Spied on Rival Companies","datePublished":"2017-12-19T07:43:24+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\/"},"wordCount":391,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GettyImages-651077484-640x480.jpg","articleSection":["Tech"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\/","name":"Attorney\u2019s Letter Alleges Uber Spied on Rival Companies - Business News Report","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GettyImages-651077484-640x480.jpg","datePublished":"2017-12-19T07:43:24+00:00","description":"ANTHONY WALLACE\/AFP\/Getty Images byLucas Nolan18 Dec 20170 ..","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GettyImages-651077484-640x480.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/GettyImages-651077484-640x480.jpg","width":640,"height":480},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/attorneys-letter-alleges-uber-spied-on-rival-companies\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629","item":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Attorney\u2019s Letter Alleges Uber Spied on Rival Companies"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/","name":"Business News Report","description":"Latest News on the World of Politics & Business","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#organization","name":"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/LOGO2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/LOGO2.png","width":200,"height":50,"caption":"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\/","https:\/\/x.com\/BNReport","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/business.newsreport"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f","name":"infopal11","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/author\/infopal11\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}