UBER UPDATE
UNITE UNION APPEAL AGAINST ABERDEEN COUNCIL GRANTING LICENCE TO UBER WITHDRAWN
An appeal against a decision to grant Uber permission to operate in Aberdeen has been withdrawn, BBC Scotland News has learned. Uber was granted a licence by Aberdeen City Council earlier this year. The transport giant had hoped to launch in August, but it is understood an appeal by the Unite Union delayed those plans. The
appeal has now been withdrawn. It is expected Uber could now begin operating in the city before Christmas. The company was originally granted permission to launch in the city in 2018, but later surrendered its licence.
Uber again lodged an application to operate in Aberdeen earlier this year, and it was granted by the
council’s licensing committee in June. The committee had rejected a call from a taxi trade delegation for more scrutiny on the implications of the application before it was granted. BBC Scotland News understands Uber driver recruitment was suspended, but will now resume.
UBER LAUNCHES INDEPENDENT SERVICE FROM 4 SEPTEMBER IN IPSWICH
Customers will now be able to book fares through the Uber app as it has officially launched in Ipswich. The transportation firm said it was ‘extremely proud’ to accept fares across the town from Wednesday 4 September. Andrew Brem, general manager of Uber UK, said: “We are extremely
proud to launch Uber in Ipswich where we
have been seeing
increased demand for our services. “By bringing Uber to the town we want to help maximise earnings opportunities for drivers, boost transport options for passengers, and support the local economy.” Uber gained a licence to operate in the town in May and it has been
active in Ipswich since 2021 through a partnership with Hawk Express – but now has permission to offer services independently. The cab-hailing app said that each driver who works under them will have protections which include a pension, holiday pay and the guaranteed National Living Wage.
UBER HIT WITH €290 MILLION FINE FOR ILLEGAL DATA TRANSFERS BY DUTCH DPA
Ride-hailing giant Uber has been slapped with a hefty €290 million fine by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) for unlawfully transferring the personal data of European drivers to US servers. The DPA said that Uber’s data transfers were a “serious violation” of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the EU’s strict data privacy law, as they failed to appropriately protect driver infor- mation.
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Sensitive information such as ID documents, taxi licences, and location data was transferred to the company’s US headquarters over a two-year period without adequate safeguards. Uber has vowed to appeal the fine, arguing that its data transfer practices were
GDPR during a period of uncer- tainty between the EU and US. “This flawed decision and extraordinary fine are completely
compliant with
unjustified,” Uber stated. However, the DPA maintains that the company failed to meet the necessary requirements to ensure the protection of European drivers’ data when transferred to the US. It is the DPA’s third fine against Uber following fines of €600,000 (£508,000) in 2018 and €10m (£8.5m) last year. Recently the EU has introduced stringent regulations aimed at protecting citizens’ personal data.
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