{"id":43065,"date":"2023-10-20T15:25:50","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/uber-takes-on-expert-safety-advisors-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:25:50","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:25:50","slug":"uber-takes-on-expert-safety-advisors-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/uber-takes-on-expert-safety-advisors-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber takes on expert safety advisors – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Uber has announced the creation of a dedicated safety advisory board as startups operating in the sharing economy look to combat growing security concerns.<\/p>\n

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The six-member panel will advise the giant ridesharing app on internal safety and security procedures for both passengers and drivers.<\/p>\n

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As the LA Times<\/i> reports, the board will include a former police officer, a former executive of the Texas Department of Transport and the executive vice president of the National Network to End Domestic Violence.<\/p>\n

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The board will focus on the physical safety of all involved and how best to work with local authorities.<\/p>\n

The panel will have its work cut out for it, with numerous and various concerns raised over the safety of the app, including over driver background checks.<\/p>\n

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There has been growing controversy surrounding the security and insurances of the sharing economy after numerous assaults involving Uber drivers, while safety issues have also recently come to the fore for Airbnb.<\/p>\n

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A data breach in February affected up to 50,000 Uber drivers in California, and the safety board will also be addressed cybersecurity.<\/p>\n

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Uber\u2019s first chief security officer Joe Sullivan tells the LA Times<\/i> that it\u2019s important to view this issue from all perspectives.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThroughout my careers as I\u2019ve focused on tech security and safety, one of the things I\u2019ve always known is you can\u2019t do it alone, especially with emerging tech and the evolution of products going so quickly,\u201d Sullivan says.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou always need to look at it from a lot of different perspectives.\u201d<\/p>\n

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