The company Uber, which pressured the local authorities in many countries because of its low rates, for several years uses the program to collect personal information of officials and law enforcement officers to avoid collisions with them. This writes The New York Times, quoting several current and former Uber employees.
According to the newspaper, for this purpose, the company uses the tool Greyball part of the program VTOS (Violation of terms of service “violation of the rules of service”) developed in 2014. Data collected from both the app Uber and other ways.
According to sources at the NYT, this tool was endorsed by the legal service Uber. With his help, the company identified government officials and intentionally avoided them in many countries: USA, France, Australia, China, South Korea and Italy. Director offices in these countries received instruction on the use of Greyball.