Uber collects your precise GPS location while you use the app, and in some regions continues to collect it even when the app is running in the background on your phone.
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Location data collection is foundational to Uber's service delivery, enabling ride matching, routing, and service fulfillment. The provision's specification of foreground and background collection parameters establishes the operational scope of location tracking across different regional jurisdictions.
Your real-time and historical location data is collected by Uber during and potentially outside of active trips, and is shared with third parties as described in the Privacy Notice, which may include insurers, analytics providers, and law enforcement under certain circumstances.
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"When you use the Services, we may collect precise or approximate location information from your mobile device if you permit us to do so. In certain regions, Uber collects this information when the Uber app is running in the foreground (app open and on-screen) or background (app open but not on-screen) of your mobile device. Uber uses your data to enable you to use the Services, and as further described in the Privacy Notice.Excerpt from Uber's Terms of Use
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Location data collection engages GDPR Article 9 (where location data infers sensitive characteristics), GDPR Article 6 (lawful basis), CCPA (location data as personal information subject to opt-out and disclosure rights), and FTC guidance …
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Location data collection is foundational to Uber's service delivery, enabling ride matching, routing, and service fulfillment. The provision's specification of foreground and background collection parameters establishes the operational scope of location tracking across different regional jurisdictions.
Your real-time and historical location data is collected by Uber during and potentially outside of active trips, and is shared with third parties as described in the Privacy Notice, which may include insurers, analytics providers, and law enforcement under certain circumstances.
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