Saying they may have had the “best of intentions, Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced a settlement in civil rights cases involving Uber Eats, Postmates, and DoorDash, in which the companies discriminated against non-black owned business owners.
The Companies can no longer offer price distinctions based on a person’s race.
In Fall 2020, the AGO’s Civil Rights Division filed Divisional Charges against Uber Eats, Postmates, and DoorDash, alleging public accommodations discrimination based on race. The Charges alleged that Uber Eats, Postmates, and DoorDash intended to waive delivery fees for restaurants owned by Black individuals.
The move by Uber Eats, Postmates, and DoorDash was found by the Attorney General’s Office to have unlawfully discriminated against non-Black owned restaurants and their patrons, in violation of the Arizona Civil Rights Act (ACRA).
“Even with the best of intentions, corporations can do the wrong thing. Altering the price of goods or services based on race is illegal,” said Attorney General Mark Brnovich in a press release. “My office opened these investigations and pursued these settlements to protect civil rights and ensure businesses offer their services and products based on equal and neutral criteria.”
Pursuant to the settlement agreements, the companies have agreed to not break the law by offering financial incentives, advertise, provide any delivery fee discounts, or price-related discounts to customers in Arizona based on a restaurant owner’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or ancestry.