Uber was fined by the British and Dutch federal governments.
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Uber was struck with a set of fines by British and Dutch regulators Tuesday for its failure to safeguard client information throughout a 2016 breach.
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined the ride-hailing service ₤385,000 ($490,760), and the Netherlands’ Data Protection Authority enforced a 600,000 euro ($678,780) charge.
In October 2016, hackers took names, e-mails and chauffeur’s license varieties of 57 million chauffeurs and riders in numerous nations by breaching Uber’s system. Uber paid $100,000 to the information burglars to erase the details, which didn’t consist of Social Security varieties of United States residents or charge card details.
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It affected 2.7 million British and 174,000 Dutch riders and chauffeurs, according to the 2 federal governments.
“This was not only a serious failure of data security on Uber’s part, but a complete disregard for the customers and drivers whose personal information was stolen,” Steve Eckersley, ICO’s director of examinations, stated in a declaration. “At the time, no steps were taken to inform anyone affected by the breach, or to offer help and support. That left them vulnerable.”
Since the breach happened prior to intro of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May, both fines were released under old legislation. GDPR, the EU law that provides residents more control over their individual information, permits an optimum fine of 20 million euros or 4 percent of a business’s yearly international earnings from the previous year, whichever is greater.
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“We’re pleased to close this chapter on the data incident from 2016,” an Uber spokesperson said in an emailed statement. “As we shared with European authorities during their investigations, we’ve made a number of technical improvements to the security of our systems both in the immediate wake of the incident as well as in the years since.”
The company noted that it had hired its first chief privacy officer and data protection officer, as well as a new chief trust and security officer, since the hack took place.
In the US, Uber reached a settlement in September with all 50 states and the District of Columbia over the breach and agreed to pay a $148 million fine.
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