I am tempted to write something along the lines of “another month, another scandal at Uber,” but I do not think that would really help any compliance professional or business executive learn from the latest FUBARs announced by Uber. In mid-November, the company announced it had been the victim of a massive data hack, involving personal information of some 57 million customers and personal data from another 600,000 drivers (not employees but independent contractors).

Thomas Fox has practiced law for over 40 years. Tom writes the daily award-winning blog, the FCPA Compliance and Ethics blog and founded the Compliance Podcast Network. Tom leads the discussion on AI in...