Ride-hailing app Uber has today introduced a new safety policy known as ' mask verification feature' in India. Unlike for drivers, the rider app will only prompt a passenger to take a selfie if a driver previously reported they were not wearing a mask. According to the company the mask verification feature was rolled out to the US and Canada by the end of September, and across Latin America and other countries after that. (As with the driver mask verification tool, this technology detects the mask as an object in the photo and does not process biometric information.) Since Uber began mask verification selfies for drivers in May 2020, more than 17.44 million verifications have been carried out throughout India.

Source: Mint October 19, 2020 07:41 UTC