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Uber has hired law firm Hogan Lovells’ data-privacy experts to conduct an internal data-privacy review, moving to tamp down criticism after an executive discussed prying on journalists’ private lives.

Uber said in a blog post today that it hired Harriet Pearson, formerly the chief privacy officer at IBM and now a partner at Hogan Lovells, to work with the San Francisco-based startup. Pearson said in a phone call that she will work for Uber as a legal adviser.

“Our business depends on the trust of the millions of riders and drivers who use Uber,” Uber wrote in the blog. “Hogan Lovell will conduct an in-depth review and assessment of our existing data privacy program.”

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