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Competition vs Privacy with Dr Katharine Kemp

The Competitive Edge

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Uber's Algorithm Overestimated the Cost of a Regular Taxi

Uber has admitted that its algorithm over estimated the cost of a regular taxi booked through the urber ap, which made uber's own rid share drivers look like better value than they really were. The court didn't agree with that, and it sent the case back for penalties, which have just come in at forty four point seven million dollars. In the last few years, we've also had a 50 million dollar penalty for telstra, hundred 25 million for watz wagon, and a hundred and 53 million for a ip e and its unconscionable diploma courses. And we're not done yet, because our colleagues in the technology and digital team have just written an up date about smart cars

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