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.
Entities
View all entitiesAlleged: Uber developed and deployed an AI system, which harmed Uber drivers.
Incident Stats
Incident ID
354
Report Count
3
Incident Date
2020-06-20
Editors
Khoa Lam
Incident Reports
Reports Timeline
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…
- 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…
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 …
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.
