Does Uber train on your data?
Uber says it uses data for research and product development, "including training machine learning models", on a legitimate-interests basis you may ask it to stop. The request is the only way out.
"We use data for analysis, research and product development, including training machine learning models."
- 21 Sept 2026
- 5 Oct 2026
- All riders and eaters
- uk
- Fetched from the company
- FD735E6D…C1AA
How we read it: Corrected 14 September 2026: the earlier reading said the notice offered no route against this use, because "right to object" appears nowhere in it. The right is there in other words. The legal-basis table puts research and development under legitimate interests, and the rights section says you may "request that we stop using all or some of your data", which "includes objecting to our use of data that is based on Uber's legitimate interests", with Uber able to continue where necessary to provide the service or as law permits. A request rather than a switch, so D rather than C. What the models are trained on is not narrowed: every journey, its endpoints and its timing.
opt out, object, right to object, legitimate interest, withdraw, settings, request
What the document does offer
- "You may request that we stop using all or some of your data, or that we limit our use of your data. This includes objecting to our use of data that is based on Uber's legitimate interests. Uber may continue to process data after such objection or request to the extent necessary to provide our services, or required or permitted by law." — the rights section
- "Research and development" listed under the Legitimate interests heading of the legal-basis table, which is the basis this route reaches
- "Where we rely on consent, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time" — consent, which is not the basis for research and development
- "right to object": 0 matches as a phrase; "opt out": marketing and advertising choices only
Why none of it applies: The route is a request, stated in the rights section: you may ask Uber to stop using or to limit its use of your data, including by objecting to uses based on legitimate interests, which the legal-basis table lists research and development among. "Right to object" as a phrase appears nowhere, which is why the first reading missed it. Consent withdrawal is real and does not reach this use, since consent is not the basis given for product development. No product setting is named, and the objection carries Uber's own carve-out for processing necessary to provide the service.
What each plan can refuse
The same questions, asked of every plan we could identify. Every cell comes from a quoted clause or a documented search - see the evidence above.
- Contact support
- Not stated
- 55 / 100
- Not stated
- Unknown
How to opt out of Uber AI training
Plan by plan, from what Uber's own policy says about refusing. Where it publishes the steps, they're listed here with the limits they carry. Where there's nothing to switch off, or nothing graded, this says so instead of inventing a menu path.
All riders and eaters
Yes, but not self-serve: Uber makes you contact support.
What this policy has done since we started watching
2 changes detected since 19 Aug 2026. Each one is a diff between two archived copies, and each links to the passage that moved.
Everything we read
Vendor response
We haven't yet written to Uber about this verdict, and they haven't disputed, clarified or announced a change to any clause quoted above. When either happens it's published here, word for word.
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