Uber fined nearly $1 billion by Dutch regulators over automated suspensions of driver accounts

Dutch data protection authorities have fined Uber nearly $1 billion, saying the ride-hailing company used automated software to suspend driver accounts, sometimes permanently with no human review to check for mistakes. The Dutch data protection authority, called Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, or AP, said Friday it is imposing a fine of 825 million euros ($964 million) because Uber violated the EU's…