Lyft Responds to Senator's Questions About Privacy

Lyft, maker of the popular ride-sharing app, answered a series of questions about changes to its policies governing employee access to sensitive user data, according to a letter published by the office of Sen. Al Franken. The answers came in the wake of November reports that Uber, Lyft’s better-known and bigger rival, had mishandled customer location data, igniting a controversy about the privacy of ride-sharing apps.