Uber Hit With $1.2 Million Additional Fines for 2016 Data Breach

Now the penalties are coming from Europe.

UK and Dutch authorities have fined Uber a total of $1.7 million in fines for exposing customers personal information in its 2016 data breach.
The latest financial fallout for Uber comes in the wake of Septembers
$148 million settlement
with the 50 US states and the District of Columbia for violating data breach reporting laws in its cover-up of the epic hack that affected 57 million US users.
The UK Information Commissioners Office fined the ride-sharing firm $491,284, while the Dutch Data Protection Authority set a $679,257 penalty, CNBC reported. Some 2.7 million Uber customers were affected in the UK and 174,000 in The Netherlands.
This was not only a serious failure of data security on Ubers part, but a complete disregard for the customers and drivers whose personal information was stolen, said ICO director of investigations Steve Eckersley. At the time, no steps were taken to inform anyone affected by the breach, or to offer help and support. That left them vulnerable.
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