data privacy

Dutch regulator fines Uber $966 mln over automated driver suspensions

The Dutch Data Protection Authority has fined Uber €825m, about $966m, over the use of automated systems to suspend or deactivate driver accounts without adequately informing those affected.
27 August 2026

How can breaching citizens’ privacy be lawful?

We should be concerned about the deployment of surveillance tech without any judicial oversight
18 January 2023

Can Bangladesh follow India in redrawing its data protection law?

While the government in India has listened to opposition, in Bangladesh, the government has brushed aside the civil society’s concerns.
12 August 2022

No frameworks for ‘Digital’ Bangladesh!

Do our policymakers even understand how data works?
5 August 2022

Providing data privacy and protection to poor customers

RESEARCH increasingly demonstrates that poor customers, just like other customers, value their privacy and care deeply about the protection of their personal data. But what do providers think about obtaining, using, storing and sharing personally identifiable information?
12 April 2018