While Uber is making headlines last week for an alleged privacy scandal, top rival Lyft was having its biggest week ever, even launching a new feature that would allow clients to car-pool.
A spokesperson from Lyft told in an email to CNBC, "last week [the week of Halloween] was our biggest week ever in terms of rides," without adding other specific information.
Apparently, the San Francisco-based car-hailing company famous for its "pink-mustachioed" vehicles is taking advantage of Uber's shortcomings and tells its customers that they can sit in the front or the back seat, or even "fist-bump" Lyft drivers stressing the heightened security and comfort in their vehicles, Business Insider reports.
"We just sent out an email to address questions that new users typically have around Lyft in a fun way in light of a recent uptick in new user sign-ups," a Lyft spokesperson said, in the email to CNBC.com.
Meanwhile, Uber has been grabbing headlines last week because of privacy issues concerning the app for reportedly tracking riders' whereabouts without their permission, New York Post reports.
Uber has a tool called "God View" where corporate employees can see the location of Uber Vehicles as well as riders who request a car, according to two of its former employees who revealed the information on Buzzfeed on Nov.17.
Several affluent Wall Street people are reportedly irked by the company's "prying eyes" and them snooping on their travel habits.
Josh Mohrer, Uber's New York general manager, was suspected to have tracked a BuzzFeed reporter's whereabouts earlier this month.
He reportedly personally met with a BuzzFeed reporter outside of the company's office in Long Island City, Queens early November.
And when they got to stand in front of each other, Mohrer told the female reporter, "There you are. I was tracking you."
On a side note, Lyft is also rolling out a new feature called "Driver Destination" that allows drivers who want to earn a little extra money by car-pooling with other Lyft users who are also heading the same way as them. According to Lyft, drivers could make up to $400 or more with Driver Destination, Engagdet reports.
