Uber Penalised €290 Million For Breaching EU Data Privacy Laws
Uber Penalised €290 Million For Breaching EU Data Privacy Laws
The DPA noted that Uber has since ceased the practice of transferring personal data to the United States but emphasised that the company had failed to adequately safeguard the data during the period in question.Uber has been fined 290 million euros (£250 million) in the Netherlands for transferring the personal data of European taxi drivers to the United States, violating EU regulations, the Dutch data protection watchdog DPA announced on Monday.
Uber因將歐洲出租車司機的個人數據轉移到美國而在荷蘭被罰款29000萬歐元（25000萬英鎊），違反了歐盟法規，荷蘭數據保護監管機構DPA週一宣佈。
The fine was imposed following an investigation triggered by a complaint from French taxi drivers. The French national data protection regulator CNIL also confirmed its cooperation with the DPA in the Netherlands, where Uber has its main European base.
這項罰款是在一項由法國出租車司機投訴引發的調查後施加的。法國國家數據保護監管機構CNIL還確認了與Uber在荷蘭主要歐洲基地所合作的DPA。
In response to the ruling, Uber spokesperson Caspar Nixon expressed strong disagreement. "This flawed decision and extraordinary fine are completely unjustified. Uber's cross-border data transfer process was compliant with GDPR during a three-year period of immense uncertainty between the EU and the U.S. We will appeal and remain confident that common sense will prevail," Nixon stated in an email to Reuters.
對於這一裁決，Uber發言人卡斯帕·尼克森表示強烈反對。尼克森在給路透社的電子郵件中表示：「這個錯誤的決定和非同尋常的罰款完全沒有道理。在歐盟和美國之間三年不確定時期內，Uber的跨境數據傳輸流程符合《GDPR》的要求。我們將提出上訴，並保持信心，理性將佔上風。」
The DPA noted that Uber has since ceased the practice of transferring personal data to the United States but emphasised that the company had failed to adequately safeguard the data during the period in question.
DPA指出，Uber已停止將個人數據轉移到美國的做法，但強調該公司在問題時期未能充分保護數據。
"This constitutes a serious violation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)," the DPA stated.
「這構成對《GDPR》的嚴重違反，」DPA表示。