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today, 12:23

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today, 12:23

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

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

A Dutch data regulatory authority said that Uber has to pay 824.9 million euros for violating the GDPR.

^{Jackson Chen (Engadget)}

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Ace

in reply to sanitation today, 12:45

Well I agree that people shouldn't lose their income via an automated decision, but the article isn't really clear about why that's a GDPR violation. So I understand and agree with the premise and conclusion, but not really the use of GDPR to justify the fine?

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Mark

in reply to Ace today, 12:49

Article 22

The data subject shall have the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling, which produces legal effects concerning him or her or similarly significantly affects him or her.

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Ooops

in reply to Ace today, 14:12

Data protection is actually a misnomer. Protecting your data is just a tool to protect you.

And so the GDPR does not only protect your data. It also protects you from things like profiling or automated legal decisions based on existing data.

For example a health provider is of course allowed to collect and save you health information. Analysing their huge data set and deciding that you are statistically a risk patient and terminating your contract is still very much illegal.

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