AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Experience-hailing platform Uber (NYSE:) has been fined 290 million euros ($324 million) within the Netherlands for sending the non-public information of European taxi drivers to the USA in violation of EU guidelines, Dutch information safety watchdog DPA mentioned on Monday.
Uber has stopped the observe, DPA added.
“This flawed decision and extraordinary fine are completely unjustified. Uber’s cross-border data transfer process was compliant with GDPR during a 3-year period of immense uncertainty between the EU and U.S.. We will appeal and remain confident that common sense will prevail,” Uber spokesperson Caspar Nixon advised Reuters in an electronic mail.
“Uber transferred personal data of European taxi drivers to the United States and failed to appropriately safeguard the data,” the DPA mentioned
“This constitutes a serious violation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR),” it mentioned.
The investigation was triggered by a grievance from French taxi drivers.
French nationwide information safety regulator CNIL mentioned in a separate assertion that it had cooperated with its peer within the Netherlands the place Uber has its essential European base.
($1 = 0.8942 euros)
