Policy & Regulation
Uber Fined €825M for Auto-Deactivating Drivers
A Dutch data protection authority has ordered Uber to pay 824.9 million euros, close to $1 billion, for violating the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The penalty centers on...
Dutch AP Fines Uber €825M Over Automated Driver Firings
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, or AP) has fined Uber €825 million for deactivating drivers' accounts through automated systems without properly informing them of the...
Dutch Regulator Hits Uber With $966M GDPR Fine
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has decided to fine Uber €825 million, roughly $966 million, according to a document reviewed by Reuters. The penalty stems from Uber's practice of deactivatin...
GDPR Fines Top €4 Billion as 137 Nations Adopt Privacy Laws
Data privacy enforcement has moved from a European regulatory experiment to a truly global financial reality. New 2026 data privacy law statistics show that cumulative GDPR fines have now topped 4 bil...
British Groups Push Age Verification Laws in 21 States
A new investigation has traced five organizations with roots in Britain's Online Safety Act to age verification and digital ID legislation now active in 21 U.S. states and in Congress. These groups re...
Uber's €825M Dutch Fine: Algorithmic Bans Under Scrutiny
Uber Technologies has been fined €825 million (roughly $963 million) by the Dutch Data Protection Authority for using automated systems to suspend driver accounts. The penalty is now the second-larges...
EFF: Zero-Knowledge Proofs Won't Fix Age Verification
Age verification laws have spread rapidly across the United States, with roughly half of all states now enforcing some form of online age-check requirement. As lawmakers push platforms to confirm how ...
India's DPDPA: Compliance Timelines, Director Risk
India's data protection framework is no longer a distant regulatory concept. According to a legal analysis published by IFLR and authored by Niharika Sinha and Yashas Gowda C D of TWL Law Group, the D...
FG, NGF, NDPC Urge Nigerian States to Enforce Data Law
The Federal Government, the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF), and the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) delivered a unified message this week: state governments across Nigeria need to move faste...
Swiss Data Protection Act: Company Compliance Since 2023
Since September 1, 2023, companies doing business in Switzerland have operated under a revised legal framework: the Federal Act on Data Protection, commonly referred to as the FADP or nFADP. The law, ...