--- title: Uber faces fine of nearly $1B over automated driver... description: The Dutch Data Protection Authority has fined Uber €825 million (about $966 million), the second-largest GDPR penalty to date, over claims that the company... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/uber-faces-fine-of-nearly-1b-over-automated-driver-suspensions-dr4gophwe twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Uber faces fine of nearly $1B over automated driver suspensions | daily.dev og:description: The Dutch Data Protection Authority has fined Uber €825 million (about $966 million), the second-largest GDPR penalty to date, over claims that the company... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/uber-faces-fine-of-nearly-1b-over-automated-driver-suspensions-dr4gophwe og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dR4GopHWe.png og:image:alt: Uber faces fine of nearly $1B over automated driver suspensions og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Uber faces fine of nearly $1B over automated driver suspensions **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Dutch Data Protection Authority has fined Uber €825 million (about $966 million), the second-largest GDPR penalty to date, over claims that the company deactivated driver accounts through an automated process without adequate human oversight or warning. Regulators say some drivers were permanently deactivated without human review, which Uber disputes; the company argues suspensions are typically brief, permanent deactivations require human review, and drivers can appeal. Uber plans to appeal. The complaint traces back to a former French Uber driver, Brahim Ben Ali, who gathered testimonies from 170 other drivers with help from digital-rights nonprofit PersonalData.io. Its founder, Paul-Olivier Dehaye, notes this is the third Dutch fine against Uber tied to the same driver group and is launching a company, StartClaims, to pursue class-action litigation against Uber and eventually other gig-economy and adtech cases. Commentators like John Gruber have pushed back, arguing the ruling could make it unlawful for Uber to use automated monitoring against scams, while Dehaye counters that Uber must take employer-like responsibility for punitive decisions rather than treating itself purely as a marketplace. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why did the Dutch Data Protection Authority fine Uber €825 million? The Dutch Data Protection Authority fined Uber €825 million (about $966 million) for using an automated process to suspend and deactivate driver accounts without sufficient warning or human oversight. Regulators said some drivers were permanently deactivated without human review, which Uber disputes, arguing suspensions are usually brief and drivers can appeal. This is the second-largest fine issued under GDPR so far, and Uber plans to appeal. _Developers building automated moderation or account-suspension systems can follow GDPR enforcement trends like this on daily.dev._ ### How did the complaint against Uber's automated driver deactivations originate? A former Uber driver in France, Brahim Ben Ali, had his account deactivated in 2019 and then collected testimonies from 170 other Uber drivers before bringing a complaint to the Netherlands, where Uber's European headquarters are located. He was assisted by the Swiss digital-rights nonprofit PersonalData.io, whose founder Paul-Olivier Dehaye helped drivers gather data on how the automated deactivation decisions were made. _Anyone tracking how driver advocacy shapes platform algorithm accountability can follow this case on daily.dev._ ### Has Uber been fined by Dutch regulators before over driver data issues? Yes, this €825 million penalty is the third fine the Dutch Data Protection Authority has levied against Uber, following a €290 million fine over its handling of drivers' personal data transfers and an earlier €10 million fine for related privacy infringements. All three fines reportedly originate from complaints made by the same group of drivers organized with help from PersonalData.io. _Teams monitoring recurring regulatory risk for platform companies can track this pattern of GDPR fines on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Uber lobbies to force robotaxis onto its app](https://daily.dev/posts/uber-lobbies-to-force-robotaxis-onto-its-app-lbh3heewz) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [TechCrunch Mobility: The hidden human cost of robotaxis](https://daily.dev/posts/techcrunch-mobility-the-hidden-human-cost-of-robotaxis-nuyf4u4o2) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [GDPR set the tone for regulatory action — and the AI fine pushback to come](https://daily.dev/posts/gdpr-set-the-tone-for-regulatory-action-and-the-ai-fine-pushback-to-come-vflu6vusl) · CSO Online · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Billions in Fines, Barely a Bruise: What Big Tech Penalties Really Mean for Your Privacy](https://daily.dev/posts/billions-in-fines-barely-a-bruise-what-big-tech-penalties-really-mean-for-your-privacy-tsyrtw177) · Security Boulevard · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#data-privacy](https://daily.dev/tags/data-privacy), [#uber](https://daily.dev/tags/uber), [#gdpr](https://daily.dev/tags/gdpr) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/uber-faces-fine-of-nearly-1b-over-automated-driver-suspensions-dr4gophwe) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Uber faces fine of nearly $1B over automated driver suspensions","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/uber-faces-fine-of-nearly-1b-over-automated-driver-suspensions-dr4gophwe","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/uber-faces-fine-of-nearly-1b-over-automated-driver-suspensions-dr4gophwe"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T19:32:44.048Z","dateModified":"2026-08-24T19:54:37.715Z","description":"The Dutch Data Protection Authority has fined Uber €825 million (about $966 million), the second-largest GDPR penalty to date, over claims that the company...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6318a55c910fa8825b6c1dd32b49b725?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/6318a55c910fa8825b6c1dd32b49b725?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCrunch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCrunch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/uber-faces-fine-of-nearly-1b-over-automated-driver-suspensions-dr4gophwe","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"data-privacy,uber,gdpr","timeRequired":"PT3M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Uber faces fine of nearly $1B over automated driver suspensions"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/uber-faces-fine-of-nearly-1b-over-automated-driver-suspensions-dr4gophwe#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Why did the Dutch Data Protection Authority fine Uber €825 million?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The Dutch Data Protection Authority fined Uber €825 million (about $966 million) for using an automated process to suspend and deactivate driver accounts without sufficient warning or human oversight. 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