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by robotkilla 3713 days ago
The quote is actually:

> provided information on more than 12 million riders and drivers to various U.S. regulators and on 469 users to state and federal law agencies

The article title is wrong I think -- or am I confused? This sentence sounds like they gave away regulatory information as pointed out here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11484270 -- 469 users were targeted, not 12+ million.

> Uber said it got 415 requests from law enforcement agencies, a majority of which came from state governments, and that it was able to provide data in nearly 85 percent of the cases. A large number of the law enforcement requests were related to fraud investigations or the use of stolen credit cards, according to the report.

My math might be off, but I'm pretty sure 415, 469, and 12m+ are three separate figures... and I'm also pretty sure there were not 12m+ requests for cases related to uber fraud.