The Dutch DPA Fined Uber €825M for Letting an Algorithm Deactivate Drivers, the Second-Largest GDPR Penalty Ever
NL Times / Bloomberg·high signal
On August 21 the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens fined Uber €825 million (about $966M) over automated suspensions and permanent removals of drivers for suspected fraud or low ratings between 2020 and 2022, without advance notice or a route to meaningful human review. The regulator applied GDPR's ban on solely automated decisions with significant effects on people; only Meta's €1.2B fine is larger. Uber says it will appeal. For anyone shipping agents that gate account access, this prices the cost of skipping a human-review path.