In this report, Uber is providing a comprehensive overview of information that was provided to U.S. state and local regulators and law enforcement agencies between July and December 2015.Regulatory reporting requirementsUber connects riders and drivers in a highly regulated transportation sector. Regulatory agencies like the
California Public Utilities Commission and the
New Orleans Department of Safety and Permits oversee offline services like electricity, construction and taxis in addition to Uber rides. They are empowered by law to require regulated transportation companies to report information about their operations. Responses to these requirements are listed below.Law enforcement requestsLike other companies, we receive requests from law enforcement agencies for information about our riders and drivers during the course of a criminal investigation or other emergency. Details about these requests are also included below.
Regulatory Reporting Requirements
Regulated transportation companies are required by law to provide certain information about their operations to local regulatory agencies. These agencies may request information about trips, trip requests, pickup and dropoff areas, fares, vehicles, and drivers in their jurisdictions for a given time period. In some cases, reporting requirements for online companies may differ or exceed what regulators demand from offline companies. And in other cases, online companies are requested to produce different types of information—like an electronic trip receipt with a trip route instead of a paper log. Both occur because regulators assume that technology companies maintain and therefore should provide these records. The statistics here show how many riders and drivers were affected by regulatory reporting requirements, the number of times we attempted to narrow or aggregate the scope of the information requested, and whether we were successful in our attempt to do so.
Total requestsRiders affected There is a risk that information like pickup and dropoff locations may allow government agencies—or anyone else who obtains this information—to identify individual riders by associating it with publicly available records. That is why we’ve specified the total number of riders whose trip details have been reportedDrivers affectedCompliance
| 33 | 11,644,000 | 583,000 | As required | 21.2% |
| | | As required, after negotiating narrower scope | 42.4% |
| | | As required, unsuccessfully tried to narrow scope | 36.7% |
City/stateComplianceTotal riders affectedTotal drivers affected
| Austin | As required, unsuccessfully tried to narrow scope | 0 | 0 |
| Burlington, VT | As required after narrowing scope | 0 | 0 |
| California | As required | 5,419,000 | 299,000 |
| California | As required after narrowing scope | |