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Is this legal in Europe? https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/r...

>Yes, individuals should not be subject to a decision that is based solely on automated processing (such as algorithms) and that is legally binding or which significantly affects them.

I suppose being banned from Uber can very well be something that significantly affects you, especially if you live in a city where it's the primary form of taxi-like transport.

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In practice, legality depends on someone willing to investigate the offence and enforce the law. When it comes to the GDPR, that's not happening even for the biggest, blatant offences (Google and Facebook are still around despite breaching the regulation for 4+ years), so do you really think someone is going to bother investigating this?

It depends, enforcementtracker.com shows that the authorities have been willing to chase after a rather diverse mix of violators.

But indeed, leaving GDPR enforcement to government authorities was a huge mistake. Anyone should be able to sue over GDPR violations impacting them.

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