# Professor Arun Sundararajan offers insights on safety when using sharing economy platforms

1 Faculty News July 15, 2017 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/cosmopolitan-logo-1.jpg?itok=UQSQoIfU)>

Excerpt from [Cosmpolitan](http://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a10042969/your-mobile-apps-are-more-dangerous-than-you-think/) -- "Companies that provide a set paid service, like Uber, Lyft, and Handy, do typically run background checks. 'And many platforms have done a lot to improve the number of clues you have about the person on the other end of the transaction,' says [Arun Sundararajan](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/arun-sundararajan), PhD, professor of information, operations, and management sciences at NYU’s Stern School of Business and author of The Sharing Economy. 'But this is still not a hotel where, say, Hilton is responsible for your experience from beginning to end. The reality is, there is more burden on you to find a safe provider.'"

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