Uber
Uber eventually apologized to Swastika Chandra.
  • Swastika Chandra had her Uber account banned because of her name.
  • Uber eventually apologized to the Australian woman and reinstated her account.
  • Chandra said she's proud of her Hindu identity and her name and wouldn't change it for anyone.  

An Australian woman was banned from using Uber after the company deemed her first name to be offensive.

Swastika Chandra tried to order food from Uber Eats last year, but when she typed in her name, a pop-up told her it violated the company's terms and she'd have change it, she told A Current Affair.

Uber's guidelines restrict names that contain potentially offensive words.