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Uber fined €290m for unsafe transfer of driver data to US

Close up of an Uber car that waits for a client.
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This is the third fine imposed on Uber from the Dutch Data Protection Authority.

Uber has been hit with a €290m (324m) fine for failing to safeguard the data of its drivers while transferring it to the US.

The fine was brought by Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, the Dutch Data Protection Authority, in collaboration with the French DPA CNIL and other European DPAs, and is the