(CNN Business) Uber has struck a deal with a California regulator that would drastically reduce a substantial fine against the company for failing to hand over data on sexual assault incidents on its platform. Uber UBER The California Public Utilities Commission previously fined$59 million in December 2020 and threatened to suspend its license to operate in the state after the company did not comply with a request for sexual assault data. Under the terms of the deal, Uber has agreed to provide anonymized data on sexual assault incidents and give individuals reporting such incidents the ability to opt-in to being contacted by the CPUC in the future. (Uber has agreed to deposit the combined $9 million with the CPUC's Fiscal Office.) The agreement also includes that future comprehensive data requests associated with sexual violence should be issued to the industry as a whole, rather than just Uber or any one company.

Source: CNN July 16, 2021 18:11 UTC