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Uber fined by Italian Data Protection Authority

On 23 March 2022, the Italian Data Protection Authority fined Uber B.V. EUR 4'240'000. Uber was found to have mismanaged its user and employee data. Particularly, the data was processed without explicit consent from the users and Uber did not notify its drivers or riders of necessary privacy notices.

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Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: other
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority

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2018-12-13
under deliberation

On 13 December 2018, the Italian Data Protection Authority announced an investigation of Uber B.V. …

2022-03-24
in force

On 23 March 2022, the Italian Data Protection Authority fined Uber B.V. EUR 4'240'000. Uber was fou…