Security News > 2020 > March > Uber to file federal suit against LA over users’ real-time location data
Uber is poised to file a federal lawsuit over Los Angeles's demands for what the company consider to be the city's privacy-invading demands for real-time location data of its users.
This isn't an answer - LADOT hasn't been able to give one - but in general, LA wants the data for a new data standard called the Mobility Data Specification.
The US Supreme Court has recognized a strong privacy interest in location data, holding that historical cell site location information is protected by the Fourth Amendment warrant requirement [] Even de-identified location data can be re-identified with relative ease.
Uber does share scooter location data with several cities.
According to the draft of the federal lawsuit Uber is planning to file on behalf of its scooter division, JUMP, when LADOT had a chance to explain why it requires time-stamped geolocation data in real-time, it was stumped.