The probe eventually started looking into a data breach that compromised its drivers' personal info, as well. According to the settlement documents BuzzFeed obtained, one of Uber's engineers posted an access key to the third-party cloud service the company uses on GitHub. The San Francisco startup discovered the data breach in September 2014 when a competitor's ex-employees divulged that they had access to an Uber security key. However, the issue was only reported to authorities on February 26th, 2015. Since companies are required to report data breaches "in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay," Uber has been ordered to pay a relatively tiny $20,000 fine.

To settle the God View app issue itself, the company has limited its access to employees that have legitimate purposes. It has also purged riders' identifiable details from its system, according to the settlement docs. Finally, it has promised to tell the Attorney General's office if it ever starts collecting GPS information from mobile devices even when the app isn't open.

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