Uber has admitted that more than 815,000 of their Canadian customers have had their data compromised by the data breach which Uber is accused of having tried to cover up.
Customer information that was exposed in the data breach includes the names, email addresses and mobile phone numbers of customers. It is not known if credit card orother payment information. The data breach saw the theft of information from some 57 million Uber accounts globally in October 2016. Uber reportedly paid off the hackers $100,000 to delete the data and keep the breach hidden from the public.
Uber Canada spokesperson Jean-Christophe de le Rue said the company will co-operate with the commissioner's investigation.
"The privacy of riders and drivers is of paramount importance at Uber and we will continue to work with the privacy commissioner on this matter." this is another dark mark on Uber who has been hounded by various scandals.