Punishment against Uber

Punishment against Uber

In the course of a cyberattack, the data of about 82 000 Uber drivers were stolen, including movement profiles and driving incidents. In addition, the data was stolen by about 2.7 million customers. The data theft was kept secret by Uber, instead, the company paid the perpetrators 100 000 pounds, if they delete the data.

Decision data:
26.11.2018

Country:
United Kingdom

Type of Issue:
Theft of Data

Number of involved data records:
2 700 000

Special category of data involved:
No

Fine:
€ 440,000,-

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