Uber received its biggest payout good to date with The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) is giving 290 million euros ($324 million). fine to the rideshare company. The regulator announced the fine in response to Uber transferring the personal data of European taxi drivers to the United States without properly protecting them. The complaint originated in France, but the case was transferred to the Netherlands, where Uber’s EU headquarters are located.
The Dutch DPA found it Uber It took account details, taxi licences, location data, photos, payment details, identity documents and more from European drivers and transferred them to servers at its US headquarters over a period of more than two years. During this period, Uber did not use any transfer tools Dutch DPA believed to cause insufficient protection. “In Europe, GDPR protects people’s fundamental rights by requiring businesses and governments to take due care with personal data,” said Aleid Wolfsen, Dutch DPA chairman. “He did not meet Uber’s demands GDPR To ensure the level of protection of data related to transfers to the United States. This is very serious.”
The Dutch DPA has previously fined Uber twice, first paying 600,000 euros ($670,000). Well in 2018 after the company failed to report a data breach within a 72-hour period two years ago. In 2023 The Dutch DPA fined Uber 10 million euros ($11.2 million) for not fully detailing data retention periods (regarding data on European drivers) or non-European countries with which it shared data. Uber the latter contested the fine and announced its intention to fight for 290 million euros.
