Uber Agrees to $7.5M Settlement of Improper Background Check Claims

Uber Technologies Inc. agreed to pay $7.5 million to settle claims it subjected drivers to credit and criminal background checks without notice or permission, according to a document the parties filed in federal court in California (In Re Uber FCRA Litigation, N.D. Cal., No. 3:14-cv-05200, notice of settlement 6/15/16).

Background checks should be conducted “responsibly in a way that respects privacy, respects the law around consumer protection and gives opportunity to qualified workers,” Meredith Desautels, an attorney with the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, told Bloomberg BNA June 16.

The Lawyers’ Committee ...