Data protection expert comments on Uber trial verdict
“A driver’s interest in knowing why he or she was fired is more important than Uber’s interest in protecting its secrecy.”
by Charles Foucault-Dumas published on 11 April 2021
The right of access to data was at the heart of the latest trial between 4 Uber drivers and the VTC platform. In a long interview with our partner PersonalData.io, data protection specialist René Mahieu dissects the verdict handed down by the Amsterdam court, on 11 March. An enlightening analysis on the rights GDPR offers to European citizens and the power that exercising these rights collectively gives them.