Uber was fined for violating data protection laws

The cyberattack occurred in 2016 and touched nearly 3 million users. The company did not report what happened. The penalty was imposed by Great Britain and the Netherlands.

Uber was fined almost $ 1.2 million British and Dutch authorities for not protecting the data of their customers during a cyber attack in 2016. The company's accepted the sanction and he badured that since the event he had improved his security measures.

The British Information Commission reported on Tuesday that it was imposing a fine of 385,000 books ($ 491,000) and the Netherlands of € 600,000 ($ 679,000) for violation of the laws of protection.

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The UK authorities have mentioned a "series of preventable security breaches"This allowed hackers to download data from some 2.7 million customers during an incident of October and November 2016.

The director of investigations of the British Information Commission, Steve Eckersley, said that Uber has demonstrated "total negligence towards customers and drivers whose personal information was stolen "in the incident.

"At the moment no action has been taken to inform those affected by the security failure, neither of help nor of support, "said the official." This has made them vulnerable, "he added.

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On the other hand, the Dutch authorities have stated that Uber did not denounce the security breach in the next 72 hours as required by law. The flaw has affected 174,000 users in this country, they added.

Uber said in a statement that he "looks forward to close this chapter on what happened in 2016 "and added that since then he has put in place a series of security measures.

"We learn from our mistakes"said the US company, listing a series of changes made at the management level in recent months.

Source: TN.com.ar