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Incident 354: Uber Allegedly Violated GDPR by Failing to Provide Sufficient Notice on Automated Profiling for Drivers

Description: Uber was alleged in a lawsuit to have provided incomplete notice about automated decision-making and profiling for drivers such as information about their driving behavior, and use of phone.

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Alleged: Uber developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Uber drivers.

Incident Stats

Incident ID
354
Report Count
5
Incident Date
2020-06-20
Editors
Khoa Lam
Applied Taxonomies
CSETv1, MIT

CSETv1 Taxonomy Classifications

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Incident Number

The number of the incident in the AI Incident Database.
 

354

MIT Taxonomy Classifications

Machine-Classified
Taxonomy Details

Risk Subdomain

A further 23 subdomains create an accessible and understandable classification of hazards and harms associated with AI
 

7.4. Lack of transparency or interpretability

Risk Domain

The Domain Taxonomy of AI Risks classifies risks into seven AI risk domains: (1) Discrimination & toxicity, (2) Privacy & security, (3) Misinformation, (4) Malicious actors & misuse, (5) Human-computer interaction, (6) Socioeconomic & environmental harms, and (7) AI system safety, failures & limitations.
 
  1. AI system safety, failures, and limitations

Entity

Which, if any, entity is presented as the main cause of the risk
 

Human

Timing

The stage in the AI lifecycle at which the risk is presented as occurring
 

Post-deployment

Intent

Whether the risk is presented as occurring as an expected or unexpected outcome from pursuing a goal
 

Intentional

Incident Reports

Reports Timeline

British Uber drivers are demanding the company disclose their data+2
Uber drivers demand access to their personal data
Application Pursuant to Art. 15(1) GDPR and Art. 35(1) UAVGDrivers in Europe net big data rights win against Uber and Ola
British Uber drivers are demanding the company disclose their data

British Uber drivers are demanding the company disclose their data

fastcompany.com

Uber drivers demand access to their personal data

Uber drivers demand access to their personal data

ekker.legal

Uber Drivers Take Unprecedented International Legal Action to Demand Their Data

Uber Drivers Take Unprecedented International Legal Action to Demand Their Data

adcu.org.uk

Application Pursuant to Art. 15(1) GDPR and Art. 35(1) UAVG

Application Pursuant to Art. 15(1) GDPR and Art. 35(1) UAVG

ekker.legal

Drivers in Europe net big data rights win against Uber and Ola

Drivers in Europe net big data rights win against Uber and Ola

techcrunch.com

British Uber drivers are demanding the company disclose their data
fastcompany.com · 2019

Uber drivers in the U.K. are demanding their data. Thanks to European laws, if a company or platform collects a person’s data, they have the right to request access to that information. Four Uber drivers now want to know exactly what the co…

Uber drivers demand access to their personal data
ekker.legal · 2020

Application with Court of Amsterdam

A number of Uber drivers from the United Kingdom have filed an application with the District Court of Amsterdam, exercising their data privacy rights. The drivers are represented by their attorney, Mr. An…

Uber Drivers Take Unprecedented International Legal Action to Demand Their Data
adcu.org.uk · 2020
  • The AppDrivers & Couriers Union files complaint against Uber in Amsterdam over failure to provide access to data & explanation of algorithmic management as required by GDPR
  • The union will present evidence of Uber’s maintenance of secret dr…
Application Pursuant to Art. 15(1) GDPR and Art. 35(1) UAVG
ekker.legal · 2021

GDPR OBLIGATIONS BY UBER

Uber has failed to fulfill its obligations in several respects in its response to the GDPR Requests. This is explained in more detail below.

Incomplete information about automated decision-making and profiling

Uber …

Drivers in Europe net big data rights win against Uber and Ola
techcrunch.com · 2023

In a major win over opaque algorithmic management in the so-called gig economy an appeals court in the Netherlands has found largely in favor of platform workers litigating against ride-hailing giants Uber and Ola — judging the platforms vi…

Variants

A "variant" is an incident that shares the same causative factors, produces similar harms, and involves the same intelligent systems as a known AI incident. Rather than index variants as entirely separate incidents, we list variations of incidents under the first similar incident submitted to the database. Unlike other submission types to the incident database, variants are not required to have reporting in evidence external to the Incident Database. Learn more from the research paper.

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