--- description: The controversy for ride-sharing company Uber continues as the company launches an investigation into one of its own executives title: Uber Investigates New York Executive For Tracking BuzzFeed Journalist image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf68dfa8f2e8c8cf2/6986a2b235ba6f2d83c03b8f/uber-sued-blind-dog.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Uber Investigating Executive Over Use of 'God View' to Spy on User by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 19, 2014 12:11 PM CUT  BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 02: In this photo illustration, a woman uses the Uber app on an Samsung smartphone on September 2, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Uber, an app that allows passenger to buy rides from drivers who do not have taxi permits, has had its UberPop freelance driver service banned in Germany after a complaint by Taxi Deutschland, a trade association of taxi drivers in the country. The company, which operates in 42 countries over 200 cities worldwide, plans to both appeal the decision made by a court in Frankfurt as well as, at the risk of heavy fines, continue its services in Germany until a final decision has been made on the matter. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images) BERLIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 02: In this photo illustration, a woman uses the Uber app on an Samsung smartphone on September 2, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Uber, an app that allows passenger to buy rides from drivers who do not have taxi permits, has had its UberPop freelance driver service banned in Germany after a complaint by Taxi Deutschland, a trade association of taxi drivers in the country. The company, which operates in 42 countries over 200 cities worldwide, plans to both appeal the decision made by a court in Frankfurt as well as, at the risk of heavy fines, continue its services in Germany until a final decision has been made on the matter. (Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images)Adam Berry—Getty Images by [Megan Gibson](/author/megan-gibson/) ## Megan Gibson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 19, 2014 12:11 PM CUT Uber said Tuesday that [it’s investigating one of its top New York executives](http://www.buzzfeed.com/johanabhuiyan/uber-is-investigating-its-top-new-york-executive-for-privacy "undefined") for tracking a reporter without her permission. The ride-sharing App has a system known as “God View,” _BuzzFeed_ reports, in which the location of Uber vehicles and waiting customers are “widely available to corporate employees.” _BuzzFeed_ reports that an executive used this system to track one of its reporters while she was working on a story about the company that has put it under fire for revelations that an executive raised the prospect of investigating journalists. --- > “” --- \[[_BuzzFeed_](http://www.buzzfeed.com/johanabhuiyan/uber-is-investigating-its-top-new-york-executive-for-privacy "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3594283/uber-god-view/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3594283/uber-god-view/"},"headline":"Uber Investigating Executive Over Use of 'God View' to Spy on User","datePublished":"2014-11-19T12:11:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:03:43.656Z","description":"After spate of bad publicity","url":"https://time.com/3594283/uber-god-view/","keywords":["Tech","Crime","New York","Data topic","controversy","privacy","Companies","Uber","buzzfeed"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf68dfa8f2e8c8cf2/6986a2b235ba6f2d83c03b8f/uber-sued-blind-dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan Gibson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/megan-gibson/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf68dfa8f2e8c8cf2/6986a2b235ba6f2d83c03b8f/uber-sued-blind-dog.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"German Court Bans Uber Service Nationwide","caption":"","creditText":"Adam Berry—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3594283/uber-god-view/","name":"Uber Investigating Executive Over Use of 'God View' to Spy on User"}}]}] ```