TECH
UBER WILL USE '' PANIC BUTTON ''
As it had already been advanced, Uber will now provide a new emergency button in the application that will automatically communicate the location of the car to the emergency services.According to the announced from his blog, the new option is part of a set of new security procedures on the transport platform, for now only available to the United States. It is foreseeable that the novelty reaches the other territories where the company manages about 15 million hpd every day, as has happened in other times.Among the novelties is also the functionality that will allow family and friends to monitor travel at Uber. "We've added a feature that allows passengers to share travel information with up to five trusted contacts, so there will be multiple sets of eyes on each trip," the company said.The options that become available are intended to reinforce public confidence in the brand, shaken by different cases, including alleged sexual assaults.In addition to the new technological solutions, Uber has altered internal procedures, having verified the criminal background of drivers and their vehicles once a year and having failed to demand mandatory arbitration for individual passenger complaints regarding allegations of sexual assault. He also promised to publish a "security transparency report" to include data on sexual assault and other incidentes.
As it had already been advanced, Uber will now provide a new emergency button in the application that will automatically communicate the location of the car to the emergency services.According to the announced from his blog, the new option is part of a set of new security procedures on the transport platform, for now only available to the United States. It is foreseeable that the novelty reaches the other territories where the company manages about 15 million hpd every day, as has happened in other times.Among the novelties is also the functionality that will allow family and friends to monitor travel at Uber. "We've added a feature that allows passengers to share travel information with up to five trusted contacts, so there will be multiple sets of eyes on each trip," the company said.The options that become available are intended to reinforce public confidence in the brand, shaken by different cases, including alleged sexual assaults.In addition to the new technological solutions, Uber has altered internal procedures, having verified the criminal background of drivers and their vehicles once a year and having failed to demand mandatory arbitration for individual passenger complaints regarding allegations of sexual assault. He also promised to publish a "security transparency report" to include data on sexual assault and other incidentes.
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