The company has added 99-year background checks and expanded permanent ban criteria.

Uber’s business depends on a simple but fragile exchange of trust. A customer opens an app, confirms a name and license plate, and gets into a stranger’s car. This routine has become normal for ...

Uber is reportedly facing more than 3,000 lawsuits from passengers who say they were sexually assaulted during rides, according to estimates by The New York Times.

Uber announced it’s expanding the list of criminal offenses that permanently disqualify someone from being a driver or a courier. This comes following an investigation published by the New York Times, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The company is also weighing stricter rules around other serious offenses, such as harassment, restraining-order violations and ...

Uber has announced it is enacting stricter background checks and restrictions for drivers. Here's a look at the changes designed to help improve safety. (AP Photo) ...

Uber Technologies Inc. is tightening driver background checks in the US and applying the new standards retroactively to existing workers, the company’s latest response to a wave of sexual-assault ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Uber expands background checks amid shareholder squeeze. - SOPA Images / Contributor / LightRocket via Getty Images Pressured by ...