Dutch agency slaps $324-m penalty on Uber over driver data

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The Hague—The Dutch data protection watchdog said Monday it hit ride-hailing app Uber with a 290-million-euro fine over the transfer of personal data of European drivers to US servers.

“Uber did not meet the requirements of the GDPR to ensure the level of protection to the data with regard to transfers to the US. That is very serious,” Dutch Data Protection Authority chairman Aleid Wolfsen said in a statement. Over a two-year period, the DPA said, the information was transferred to Uber’s US headquarters without using transfer tools.Uber said it would appeal the fine.

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