Uber fined in Netherlands for sending drivers’ data to the US

AMSTERDAM: Ride-hailing platform Uber (UBER.N), opens new tab has been fined 290 million euros ($324 million) in the Netherlands for sending the personal data of European taxi drivers to the United States in violation of EU rules, Dutch data protection watchdog DPA said on Monday.

Uber has stopped the practice, 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 told Reuters in an email.