Uber fined €825m by Dutch privacy watchdog over driver-account deactivations
By Matthew Newman ( August 21, 2026, 13:37 GMT | Insight) -- Uber has been fined €825 million by the Dutch Data Protection Authority under EU data protection rules for deactivating driver accounts without adequately informing them. The Dutch regulator found that Uber failed to provide drivers with sufficient information about the reasons for the deactivations, preventing them from properly understanding and challenging the decisions, Mark Schenkel, a spokesman at the authority, told MLex.Uber has been fined €825 million ($960 million) by the Dutch Data Protection Authority under EU data protection rules for deactivating driver accounts without adequately informing them....
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