Regulator, the Dutch data protection (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) has fined Uber to 290 million euros for violations of the GDPR, by transferring the data to and drivers for european Countries to the United states. For the company, of San Francisco, it's fine, the third-after those of the 27 November 2018 (about 600 thousand euros), and the 31st of January, 2024 (€10 million).
Uber comes in the top 10-shen and penalties
The authority, the Dutch launched an investigation following complaints made by more than 170 drivers among the association of human rights, the Ligue des droits de l'Homme (LDH), which is then sent out an appeal to the authority of the French data protection. Since the european and Uber, and it is located in Amsterdam, the matter was referred to the Authority, the Dutch Data Protection.
The authority says in a statement to the official that Uber has collected data of a number of significant of the drivers, including the details of the account, licenses, geographical location, photos, information, payment, identity documents, and, in some cases, the information, the medical information and the criminal certificate).
This information was transferred to the more than two years on the servers of Uber in the United States of america, without regard to the procedures in the right direction. Therefore, the kaliforniane is not protected to the appropriate data. Uber does not use the provisions of the standard contract for the transfer of an option is allowed by the Court of Justice of the European Union, following the suspension of the Privacy Shield.
By the end of the year is 2023, the company will use the new, the Privacy of the Data. Therefore, the authority, the Dutch established a fine of € 290 million euros. Uber is now ranked sixth in the 10 for the key to the violation of the Rules of procedure of the General Data Protection (GDPR). In the first place is the Spot to 1.2 billion euros (due to the same reason).
The Caspar Nixon said:
This decision is incorrect, and the fine-an exceptional, are completely unjustified. The process of the transfer of data, the cross-the Uber was on the line with the GDPR, over a period of 3-year-old, with the uncertainty of the extraordinary, between the EU and the united states of. We are going to appeal and we are confident that the reason the sound will apply.
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