DoorDash Sues NYC Over Customer Data Law

DoorDash sued New York City on Wednesday over a new law requiring food delivery companies to share customer data with restaurants, saying it violates customer privacy and lets restaurants compete unfairly. Reuters reports: It was filed in federal court in Manhattan six days after DoorDash, Grubhub and Uber Eats sued the United States' most populous city over a separate law capping fees that delivery companies charge restaurants. In Wednesday's lawsuit, San Francisco-based DoorDash said New York exhibited 'naked animus' by requiring food delivery companies to provide customers' names, phone numbers, email addresses and delivery addresses to restaurants. DoorDash said this would let restaurants 'free-ride' on the data in a 'shocking and invasive intrusion of consumers' privacy,' saying restaurants would not demand the same information from in-person diners. It also said 'more vulnerable populations, especially undocumented customers' could be harmed if data were mishandled, and shared with immigration authorities or hate groups.

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