Tag: dutch
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Netherlands fines Uber over data protection
Dutch regulators said Wednesday they are imposing a 10 million euro ($10.8 million) fine on ride-hailing app Uber for lack of transparency in how it treats the personal data of its drivers. The Dutch Data Protection Authority said it imposed the fine after a group of 170 French drivers complained to a French human rights…
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Islamophobic Dutch leader Geert Wilders seeks to form government after election victory
Far-right populist leader Geert Wilders is all set to form a coalition government after a dramatic election victory.Geert is openly anti-Islam and anti-EU, with aims to take the country out of the Union and banning the Quran. He also wants restrictions on asylum and immigration. Against all predictions, Wilders’ party PVV won 37 out of…
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Teen on space flight tells Bezos he has never used Amazon
A Dutch teenager who became the world’s youngest space traveller told billionaire Jeff Bezos on the space flight that he had never ordered anything from Amazon.com. An 18-year-old physics student, Oliver Daemen, accompanied Bezos, his brother Mark Bezos and 82-year-old female aviator Wally Funk – the oldest person to go to space on a 10-minute…