The Dutch data protection watchdog on Tuesday issued facial recognition startup Clearview AI with a fine of 30.5 million euros ($45.6 million Cdn) over its creation of what the agency called an “illegal database” of billions of photos of faces. The Netherlands’ Data Protection Agency, or DPA, also warned Dutch companies that using Clearview’s services … Read more
The DPA said Uber collected sensitive information of European drivers, including taxi licences, location data, photos, payment details, identity documents “and in some cases, even criminal and medical data of drivers”. Over a two-year period, the DPA said, the information was transferred to Uber’s US headquarters without using transfer tools. “Because of this, the protection … Read more
The Dutch data protection watchdog said Monday it hit ride-hailing app Uber with a 290-million-euro ($324 million) fine over the transfer of personal data of European drivers to US servers. The regulator said the transfers were a “serious violation” of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as they failed to appropriately protect driver … Read more
