> GDPR rules ban decisions made solely by computer algorithms when they have a significant impact on people’s lives, such as on employment, saying such decisions require meaningful human review and a way to challenge a decision.
The law Uber broke. I can’t believe they found it that difficult to follow something as simple as that.
They didn’t find it difficult, they found it expensive and figured they could avoid it. In the US, they’d probably have been right; in the EU, apparently not.
> something as simple as that
Dutch Uber drivers aren’t employees [1].
[1] https://nltimes.nl/2026/01/27/uber-drivers-freelancers-emplo...