Police want food delivery, taxi, and car-share data to help catch criminals and fight terror in London.
London police will get data. Uber Eats and Zipcar may share data. This helps fight terror and illegal immigration. It will target organized crime too.
Police have £900,000 for a computer program. This program is a “communication exploitation data tool.” It will clean raw data and then make data useful for analysis.
The Mayor’s Office funds the police. Data formats include CSV and ANPR. Drone data is included plus Zipcar records. Uber data and Uber Eats data will be in it.
A police spokesman spoke. He said data analysis is vital to their work. They want better tools for public safety. Police will follow legal and ethical rules.
Uber Eats and other riders were raided. These raids happened 18 months ago. Police found weapons and cash potentially crime linked. These raids targeted 66 riders total.
Uber’s website has a statement. It mentions they will share crime details with police. Ride data isn’t specifically mentioned.