<story><title>Uber executive, who obtained medical records of customer rape victim, is fired</title><url>https://www.recode.net/2017/6/7/15754316/uber-executive-india-assault-rape-medical-records</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>kevinburke</author><text>To summarize: An Uber rider in India alleged she was raped by an Uber driver. The driver was already awaiting trial for four other criminal offenses, and was ultimately convicted of the crime. An Uber executive (Eric Alexander) flew to India and (legally or illegally) obtained her medical records, then showed these to multiple executives at the company.&lt;p&gt;These records were then used by Alexander, Travis Kalanick, and Emil Michael to dispute (internally) the woman&amp;#x27;s account of the story. They claimed that a local competitor was trying to sabotage them by planting this story, which again, involves an Uber customer being raped by a driver facing multiple (other) criminal accusations. Needless to say they lack the training necessary to decipher a medical record, a rape may or may not have left evidence present in that record, and it&amp;#x27;s a gross violation of customer privacy, business ethics, and (probably) the law.&lt;p&gt;This is repulsive conduct and it&amp;#x27;s unbelievable any of these people are still attached to the company.</text></comment>
<story><title>Uber executive, who obtained medical records of customer rape victim, is fired</title><url>https://www.recode.net/2017/6/7/15754316/uber-executive-india-assault-rape-medical-records</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>kafkaesq</author><text>&lt;i&gt;The executive in question, Eric Alexander, the president of business in the Asia Pacific, then showed the medical records to Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and SVP Emil Michael.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;At least the article makes it clear who needs to be fired next -- for both not immediately firing Alexander for gross misconduct, and (just as egregiously) not adamantly refusing to even consider looking at a rape victim&amp;#x27;s private medicate records in the first place.&lt;p&gt;Nevermind the legal and criminal implications of that latter misstep; this is a matter of pure and simple human dignity.</text></comment>