CNET: Passenger safety on ride-sharing app, Lyft, under scrutiny as sexual assault cases increase

The 7 year old ride-sharing app Lyft has over 2 million drivers and 30 million customers in the US and Canada. However, the company’s negligence related to background checks of its drivers has led to lawsuits of sexual assault and harassment in 19 states across the US. Lawsuits claim that along with poor background checks, Lyft often does not deactivate the accounts of drivers who have been accused of sexual assault. Security experts explain that a major reason that this problem is occurring is due to Lyft using a third party service called Checkr that uses a name based background check rather than FBI fingerprint checks. For more information on passenger safety click here.