# Dutch regulator imposes €824.9 million GDPR fine on Uber

_Saturday, August 22, 2026 at 1:52 PM EDT · Power · Breaking · Tier 1 — Major_

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The Dutch Data Protection Authority imposed an €824.9 million GDPR fine on Uber over the automatic deactivation of driver accounts without human intervention between 2018 and 2022, according to the regulator cited by Engadget. The investigation followed complaints from 171 French drivers. The authority said the automated decisions deprived drivers of Uber income and calculated the penalty at the GDPR maximum tied to 4% of global annual turnover. Uber has appealed the fine.

## Sources

- [Engadget is a web magazine with obsessive daily coverage of everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics](https://www.engadget.com/2242192/uber-hit-with-1-billion-fine-for-automatically-deactivating-drivers-in-europe/)

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