Ummeli-jikelele wase-Illinois uLisa Madigan ubhengeze ukulungiswa namhlanje phakathi kwe-Uber Technologies, Inc. kunye nawo onke amazwe angama-50 kunye neSithili sase-Columbia.
U-Uber uvumile ukuhlawula i-148 yezigidi zeerandi kwaye athathe amanyathelo okuqinisa ukhuseleko lwedatha emva kokuba inkampani yokukhwela inqwelomoya ingaphumelelanga unyaka ukwazisa abaqhubi ukuba abaduni babe iinkcukacha zabo zobuqu.
“U-Uber wawutyeshela ngokupheleleyo umthetho we-Illinois wokwaphulwa komthetho xa walinda ngaphezu konyaka ukulumkisa abantu ngokophulwa kwedatha,” utshilo uMadigan.
UMadigan uthe nangona u-Uber ngoku ethatha amanyathelo afanelekileyo, “impendulo yokuqala yenkampani ayamkelekanga. Iinkampani azikwazi kuzifihla xa zophula umthetho.”
Uber wafunda ngoNovemba ka-2016 ukuba abaduni baye bafikelela kwidatha yomntu, kuquka ulwazi lwelayisensi yokuqhuba, malunga ne-600,000 yabaqhubi be-Uber e-US Inkampani ivume ukophulwa kwe-2017 ngoNovemba, yathi ihlawule i-100,000 yeedola ukuze itshatyalaliswe ulwazi olubiweyo.
UTony West, igosa eliyintloko lezomthetho lika-Uber, uthe isigqibo ngabaphathi bangoku “yinto elungileyo ekufuneka yenziwe.”
"Ibandakanya imigaqo esiqhuba ngayo ishishini lethu namhlanje: ukungafihli, imfezeko, kunye nokuphendula," utshilo uWest.
I-Hack ikwathathe amagama, iidilesi ze-imeyile kunye nenombolo yeselfowuni yabakhweli abazizigidi ezingama-57 kwihlabathi liphela.
Onke amazwe angama-50 kunye neSithili sase-Columbia bamangalele u-Uber, besithi inkampani yaphula imithetho efuna ukuba ikhawuleze yazise abantu abachatshazelwe kukophula umthetho.