Four former Uber drivers from the UK and Portugal are accusing the US App of having ‘fired’ them using an algorithm and without giving them the right to defend themselves or receive further information, as required by Article 22 of the European Union's (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). They filed their complaint in an Amsterdam court (Uber’s international headquarters are registered in the Netherlands).
The three British plaintiffs are being represented by the App Drivers & Couriers Union (ADCU), while the fourth Lisbon-based driver is being represented by the International Alliance of App-based Transport Workers (IAATW). They all claim to have been victims of the same scenario, namely that from one day to the next, they were no longer able to connect to their Uber App because Uber had detected fraudulent activity on their accounts, a claim which the plaintiff’s refute.
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