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Uber hit with €290m fine for storing European driver data in the US

Uber has been fined €290 million by the Dutch data protection authority for transferring the personal data of European drivers to the US without appropriate safeguards. According to the Dutch DPA, the transfers – which Uber has now halted – were a serious violation of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). “In Europe, the GDPR protects the fundamental rights…