Editing Uber (section)

=== Privacy ===
In July 2017, Uber received a five-star privacy rating from the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-2017 | title=Who Has Your Back? Government Data Requests 2017 | first=Rainey | last=Reitman | work=[[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] | date=July 10, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915003333/https://www.eff.org/who-has-your-back-2017 | archive-date=September 15, 2018 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref> but was harshly criticized by the group in September 2017 for a controversial policy of tracking customers' locations even after a ride ended, forcing the company to reverse its policy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gebhart |first=Kurt Opsahl and Gennie|title=In A Win For Privacy, Uber Restores User Control Over Location-Sharing |url=https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/09/win-privacy-uber-restores-user-control-over-location-sharing| website=[[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] | date=September 18, 2017}}</ref>

In January 2024, Uber was fined 10 million euros ($11 million) by the [[Dutch Data Protection Authority]] for violating privacy regulations pertaining to the personal data of its drivers. The authority determined that Uber had failed to provide clear information in its terms and conditions regarding the duration for which it retained drivers' personal data, as well as the measures taken to secure this data when transmitting it to undisclosed entities outside the [[European Economic Area]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 1, 2024 |title=Dutch watchdog fines Uber 10 mln euros over privacy regulations infringement Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/dutch-watchdog-fines-uber-10-mln-euros-over-privacy-regulations-infringement-2024-01-31/ |website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>

In August 2024, Uber was fined €290m euros ($324 million) by the Dutch Data Protection Authority for transferring the personal data of European drivers to US servers in breach of the [[General Data Protection Regulation|GDPR]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Khalil |first=Hafsa |date=26 August 2024 |title=Uber fined €290m for personal data transfer |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy76v561g48o |publisher=BBC}}</ref>