Controversies surrounding Uber tend to fall into two different categories: either horror stories of lapses in rider safety or the debate over whether the company’s drivers should be considered ...

Hailing a ride with a smartphone app in many U.S. cities is coming down to a fight over fingerprints. Following incidents where Uber drivers were found to have criminal records, a number of state and ...

Uber is standing by its own background checks after Boston police started fingerprinting taxi drivers, insisting its own method is sufficient, while the ride-hailing service announced it has doubled ...

What will it take to finally pass legislation requiring ride-hail drivers to be fingerprinted? The issue comes up with each new alleged assault involving an Uber or Lyft driver in Massachusetts. In ...

Uber has 30 days to require certain drivers to get fingerprinted if the ride-hail giant intends to continue transporting unaccompanied teens in California. The California Public Utilities Commission ...

DETROIT (AP) — Hailing a ride with a smartphone app in many U.S. cities is coming down to a fight over fingerprints. Following incidents where Uber drivers were found to have criminal records, a ...

In this Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, file photo, a driver displaying Lyft and Uber stickers on his front windshield drops off a customer in downtown Los Angeles. Hailing a ride with a smartphone app in ...