By Kyle Brasseur2024-02-05T19:38:00
Ride-hailing company Uber Technologies was assessed a penalty of 10 million euros (U.S. $11 million) by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) for alleged privacy rights violations regarding the handling of European drivers’ personal data.
The penalty, announced Jan. 31, follows complaints raised by nearly 200 Uber drivers in France that made their way to the country’s DPA. The Dutch regulator then picked up the case, as Uber has its European headquarters in the Netherlands.
The Dutch DPA noted Uber lodged an objection to its decision
2025-09-12T19:40:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The DOJ sued Uber Thursday, alleging it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by denying people with disabilities equal access to its services.
2024-08-27T15:56:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
The Dutch Data Protection Authority fined Uber 290 million euros (U.S. $323.7 million) for illegally transferring data on European drivers to American servers and failing to appropriately safeguard the transfers.
2024-02-20T14:24:00Z By Neil Hodge
Feedback from a European Commission consultation on the six years of enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation could result in tweaks to the rules and potential changes to the way data protection authorities enforce them.
2025-09-11T20:53:00Z By Neil Hodge
Europe’s banking regulator warns that weak compliance at fintech, regtech, and crypto firms may let money laundering and terrorist financing risks slip through. The EBA also found EU regulators’ approaches are often inconsistent and unclear.
2025-09-10T22:24:00Z By Adrianne Appel
California, Colorado, and Connecticut launched a joint enforcement sweep against businesses that fail to honor consumers’ online opt-out requests, the states announced Tuesday.
2025-09-09T16:51:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
A Houston-based freight forwarder, Fracht FWO Inc., will pay $1.6 million for violating U.S. sanctions tied to Venezuela and Iran, according to the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The fine comes as OFAC ramps up enforcement in recent months.
Site powered by Webvision Cloud