Uber Fined Nearly $1 Billion by Dutch Regulators Over Automated Suspensions of Driver Accounts
Dutch Data Protection Authority said it is imposing a fine of 825 million euros because Uber violated the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation. The post Uber Fined Nearly $1 Billion by Dutch Regulators Over Automated Suspensions of Driver Accounts appeared first on SecurityWeek.
Dutch data protection authorities have fined Uber nearly $1 billion, saying the ride-hailing company used automated software to suspend driver accounts, sometimes permanently, with no human review to check for mistakes.
The Dutch Data Protection Authority said Friday it is imposing a fine of 825 million euros ($964 million) because Uber violated the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation. The EU’s data privacy rules prohibit fully automated decision-making.
The authority also said Uber failed inform drivers about its automatic decision-making. The violations took place from 2018 to 2022, the agency said.
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