Dutch Privacy Agency Fines Uber US$324m For Transferring Dri...

ANKARA, Aug 26 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- The Netherlands' data protection watchdog on Monday imposed a fine of €290 million (US$324 million) on Uber for transferring the personal data of drivers to the United States (US), Anadolu Agency (AA) reported. "Uber transferred personal data of European taxi drivers to the US and failed to appropriately safeguard the data with regard to these transfers," the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) said. "Uber did not meet the requirements of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) to ensure the level of protection to the data with regard to transfers to the US. That is very serious," DPA Chairman Aleid Wolfsen said.