Executives of Uber travel around the globe to reassure regulators

Uber executives are travelling the globe to reassure regulators that the company is changing the way it does business, after a string of controversies hurt the ride-hailing firm’s reputation, its Asian head told Reuterson Monday. It is also still in talks with Japan’s SoftBank Group for an investment, said Brooks Entwistle ( pictured), Uber Technologies’ recently appointed chief business officer for Asia Pacific. The comments come on the heels of Uber’s disclosure past week that it covered up a 2016 data breach involving 57 million customers and drivers. The revelation prompted governments in countries including Britain, the United States, Australia and the Philippines to launch probes into the breach and Uber’s handling of the matter. “We have changed tacks in so many ways in dealing with regulators, dealing with governments,” Entwistle said in an interview in Tokyo, where he is meeting Japanese officials and potential business partners.