Uber has a nearly $1 billion problem in Europe, and it has nothing to do with a crash.
The Dutch privacy watchdog has fined Uber €825 million (approximately $966 million) for the way it used automated systems to suspend and deactivate drivers.
Reuters reported that the decision was reached on Friday, Aug. 21. According to the regulator, Uber violated the EU General Data Protection Regulation by subjecting drivers to significant decisions based solely on automated processing without sufficient safeguards.
The regulator also found that Uber failed to give affected drivers sufficient information about how the automated decisions were made.
The case…
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