Penalty Amount
$148,000,000
Uber Technologies, Inc. agreed to pay $148 million to settle a multi-state investigation into a data breach that compromised personal information of riders and drivers. The breach occurred in November 2016 but was not disclosed until November 2017. Uber must adopt new policies to safeguard consumer data.
Uber must pay $148 million and implement new policies and procedures to protect personal information.
In-house legal teams should review all agreements involving data handling, including vendor contracts with third-party service providers (e.g., GitHub, AWS), customer and driver agreements for data consent and usage, and employee or contractor agreements for access controls. Specific clauses to scrutinize are data security standards, breach notification requirements with explicit timelines, incident response procedures, data retention schedules, and compliance with state privacy laws. Changes may be needed to strengthen security obligations, mandate prompt breach disclosure (e.g., within 72 hours), include regular security audits and penetration testing, ensure data encryption, and align with evolving state data protection regulations to avoid delayed reporting like in this case.
Entity
Uber Technologies, Inc.
Also known as: Uber
Industry
TechnologyOfficial Press Release
https://www.njoag.gov/ag-grewal-announces-historic-settlement-resolving-uber-data-breach-n-j-to-receive-3-75-million-share-of-largest-multi-state-data-breach-settlement-to-date/
New Jersey Attorney General Enforcement Page
https://www.njoag.gov/about/divisions-and-offices/division-of-consumer-affairs/
"Uber Technologies, Inc."
"total of $148 million"
"state laws relating to the collection, maintenance and safeguarding of consumers’ personal information"
"state data breach notification laws"
"the personal information of Uber riders and drivers, including names, e-mail addresses and mobile phone numbers associated with rider accounts throughout the U.S., and the names and driver’s license numbers of approximately 600,000 Uber drivers."
"The data breach occurred in November 2016, but was not disclosed by Uber until a year later, in November 2017."
$148.0M
Uber Technologies, Inc. settled for $148 million over a 2016 data breach that exposed 57 million users' personal information. The company was accused of covering up the breach by paying hackers and failing to notify authorities or affected drivers as required by law. The settlement includes a large penalty and mandates robust data security practices, privacy-by-design integration, and regular reporting to prevent future incidents.
A multistate coalition co-led by New Jersey won a federal court order rejecting the Trump Administration’s decision not to request funding for the CFPB. The order struck down that decision and directed the Administration to follow the law and fund the agency; no monetary penalty or privacy violation is described.
New Jersey’s Attorney General and Division of Consumer Affairs alerted the public that three synthetic kratom-related compounds became illegal to possess or sell in the state under a temporary federal scheduling order. The release describes a controlled-substance alert, not a privacy enforcement action, and identifies no company, privacy violation, or monetary penalty.
$2.3M
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings agreed to pay $2,287,455 to participating states and strengthen its security and vendor-management practices following an investigation into the 2019 breach at its debt-collection vendor, AMCA. The breach potentially exposed information of more than 27.5 million people nationwide, including sensitive information belonging to approximately 10.2 million LabCorp patients.
$694.0M
New Jersey's Attorney General and Division of Consumer Affairs, along with 41 Attorneys General, reached a $694 million settlement with subprime auto lender Credit Acceptance Corporation over allegations it originated unaffordable loans its own systems predicted borrowers could not repay, employed aggressive debt-collection tactics, and failed to prevent deceptive vehicle-service contract and GAP product 'packing' by dealers. The multistate settlement stepped in after the CFPB permanently dropped its 2023 enforcement action against CAC in 2025. CAC will provide $60 million in cash restitution, $634 million in debt relief, an additional $15 million to the states, and implement injunctive lending reforms including loan off ramps, pre-loan disclosures, add-on packing safeguards, and a seven-year vehicle price cap. Note: this is a consumer-protection lending enforcement action, not a privacy matter; violation categories are best-fit mappings from the available taxonomy.
$650K
The New Jersey Attorney General and Division of Consumer Affairs announced that Match Group, Inc. will pay $650,000 and change its business practices to settle allegations that it misrepresented or failed to disclose its criminal background screening policies and practices to New Jersey users, violating the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act and the Internet Dating Safety Act. Under a Consent Order, Match must accurately represent its screening policies, notify existing New Jersey members of updated disclosures within 150 days, and post clear and conspicuous disclosures and safety notifications about the limitations of criminal background screenings.