Ride-sharing company Uber has seen its stock drop in the Apple App Store following a slew of bad press last week.
Buzzfeed reported on Nov. 17 that a senior executive with the company, Emil Michael, had suggested hiring opposition researchers to dig up dirt on journalists who wrote critically of Uber, specifically PandoDaily editor Sarah Lacy. Soon after, the news outlet reported that the company’s New York general manager had accessed a reporter’s ride logs on multiple occasions without her permission.
According to app tracking site App Annie, Uber’s download rank fell from 24th to 48th between Nov. 15-24, despite a spike in downloads over last weekend.
View Uber’s rank history below:
The company announced that it had hired a privacy expert to review its policies in the wake of the reports.