Ride-sharing company Uber has been quietly sharing information about its drivers and passengers with health officials for months. Now, the company is promoting this free service around the world to help in COVID-19 contact tracing efforts. Company officials say Uber designed a website where government health agencies can easily search its records. Contact tracers can use the information to try to find people who may have come in contact with an infected individual. The site is open to health officials in all the countries where Uber operates.
Title: Uber Pushes Its Contact Tracing to Health Departments
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4387/B.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Uber Pushes Its Contact Tracing to Health Departments' data-article-id='4919'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11688'>Ride-sharing company Uber has been quietly sharing information about its drivers and passengers with health officials for months.</span> <span data-start-time='11688' data-end-time='21708'>Now, the company is promoting this free service around the world to help in COVID-19 contact tracing efforts.</span> <span data-start-time='21708' data-end-time='31271'>Company officials say Uber designed a website where government health agencies can easily search its records.</span> <span data-start-time='31271' data-end-time='42021'>Contact tracers can use the information to try to find people who may have come in contact with an infected individual.</span> <span data-start-time='42021' data-end-time='49146'>The site is open to health officials in all the countries where Uber operates.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4387/uber_designed_a_website_that_can_be_easily_searched_by__blank_.wav'>Uber designed a website that can be easily searched by <span class='blank'>government health agencies </span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='government health agencies '><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4387/its_competitors.wav'><span>its competitors</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4387/government_health_agencies_.wav'><span>government health agencies </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4387/every_citizen.wav'><span>every citizen</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4387/schoolchildren.wav'><span>schoolchildren</span></div></div></div><div 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