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Uber and Lyft to swap data on banned drivers

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Re: Uber and Lyft to swap data on banned drivers

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Post by tehwebguy »

jasode wrote: post #18

Examples of competitors sharing data about bad customers across several industries: - competitor banks share information about people who bounce checks - competitor insurance companies share data about customers with fraudulent claims - competitor casinos share photos of card counters Probably many others I can't think of. EDIT to reply: thanks for the customers' returns example. I found a story explaining the shared…

If you are banned from returning merchandise to Amazon, Home Depot, CVS, Sephora, Dick’s, JCPenney, Victoria’s Secret or Best Buy you are likely banned from doing returns by all of them.

They are all using a third party called The Retail Equation.

Re: Uber and Lyft to swap data on banned drivers

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Post by onelovetwo »

tehwebguy wrote: post #21
jasode wrote: post #18

Examples of competitors sharing data about bad customers across several industries: - competitor banks share information about people who bounce checks - competitor insurance companies share data about customers with fraudulent claims - competitor casinos share photos of card counters Probably many others I can't think of. EDIT to reply: thanks for the customers' returns example. I found a story explaining the shared…

If you are banned from returning merchandise to Amazon, Home Depot, CVS, Sephora, Dick’s, JCPenney, Victoria’s Secret or Best Buy you are likely banned from doing returns by all of them. They are all using a third party called The Retail Equation.

How would they know who you are, if you're paying cash or not using the same card?

Re: Uber and Lyft to swap data on banned drivers

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Post by us0r »

jasode wrote: post #18

Examples of competitors sharing data about bad customers across several industries: - competitor banks share information about people who bounce checks - competitor insurance companies share data about customers with fraudulent claims - competitor casinos share photos of card counters Probably many others I can't think of. EDIT to reply: thanks for the customers' returns example. I found a story explaining the shared…

> competitor insurance companies share data about customers with fraudulent claims

I'm pretty sure it's any claim. If you want to see something scary request your lexis nexus consumer report.

Re: Uber and Lyft to swap data on banned drivers

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Post by bhupy »

mikepurvis wrote: post #19
bhupy wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Despite the unethical and immoral behavior of Uber executive leadership, from the outside Interestingly, literally every C-level exec at Uber from the Travis Kalanick era has been replaced. Uber is the "Ship of Theseus" of companies.

And yet— still the same ship, right? It would be fascinating to have some insider stories about whether overhauling the upper management has actually changed the culture of the company, or if it's largely the same attitudes and behaviours at play.

> And yet— still the same ship, right?

Not necessarily. That's the whole debate!

Re: Uber and Lyft to swap data on banned drivers

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Post by ceejayoz »

onelovetwo wrote: post #22
tehwebguy wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you are banned from returning merchandise to Amazon, Home Depot, CVS, Sephora, Dick’s, JCPenney, Victoria’s Secret or Best Buy you are likely banned from doing returns by all of them. They are all using a third party called The Retail Equation.

How would they know who you are, if you're paying cash or not using the same card?

If you're doing a return on a cash transaction, a lot of stores will ask for ID.

https://www.theretailequation.com/frequently-asked-questions...

> How does the system work?

> When a consumer wants to make a return, a retailer will scan the original sales transaction receipt and/or collect consumer identification (in certain regions that may be the individual’s driver’s license or government-issued ID card) to make an identification of the person and his/her unique return behavior.

Re: Uber and Lyft to swap data on banned drivers

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Post by jackson1442 »

onelovetwo wrote: post #22
tehwebguy wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you are banned from returning merchandise to Amazon, Home Depot, CVS, Sephora, Dick’s, JCPenney, Victoria’s Secret or Best Buy you are likely banned from doing returns by all of them. They are all using a third party called The Retail Equation.

How would they know who you are, if you're paying cash or not using the same card?

Most ask for photo ID when you do a return.

Re: Uber and Lyft to swap data on banned drivers

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Post by z3c0 »

A noble effort, but I'm certainly concerned about the use of a background check company. This is anecdotal, but I've missed out on a job before due to misreporting from a background check company. The amount of hoops I had to go through to prevent the mistake from happening again took years - and of course, the opportunity for that job was long gone by then.

Really, the only proper way to do a background check is via your local law enforcement. These companies should not be relied on. Ever. Even if they're right a majority of time, the cases where they're wrong are too damaging to be considered trivial.

Re: Uber and Lyft to swap data on banned drivers

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Post by redditmigrant »

This is obviously a good thing from a safety standpoint, but I worry we are increasingly becoming a one strike society. Where one instance of bad behavior locks you out of significant parts of the infrastructure. Moreoever this happens in a "court" with no documented laws/appeals process.

Re: Uber and Lyft to swap data on banned drivers

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Post by ceejayoz »

z3c0 wrote: post #27

A noble effort, but I'm certainly concerned about the use of a background check company. This is anecdotal, but I've missed out on a job before due to misreporting from a background check company. The amount of hoops I had to go through to prevent the mistake from happening again took years - and of course, the opportunity for that job was long gone by then. Really, the only proper way to do a background check is via…

> Really, the only proper way to do a background check is via your local law enforcement.

What in the history of policing makes you think they're immune to similar mistakes?

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