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Uber hit with a nearly $1 billion fine for automatically deactivating drivers in Europe

22 August 2026 · By · Wire by Fusion42

Published

22 August 2026

Topic

regulatory

◆ Sectors

Micromobility

◆ Geography

Europe

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Fusion42 · 23 August 2026 · Fusion42 review

Uber was fined 824.9 million euros by the Dutch Data Protection Authority for automatically deactivating drivers' accounts between 2018 and 2022 without human review, violating the EU's GDPR.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Micromobility, and 2 sources have reported it.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

Data privacy enforcement in Europe is hitting ride-hailing firms hard. You must audit driver account management to avoid similar costly compliance failures.

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2 sources · 22 Aug 2026

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