Around 241,000 Uber drivers across the EU and UK filed a landmark collective legal action at Amsterdam’s district court in early September 2026, alleging that the company’s opaque, AI-driven pay-setting algorithm breaches European data protection law and suppresses driver earnings. The claim alleges the system personalizes job offers and rates using drivers’ behavioral data without adequate consent, and that Uber unlawfully used driver data to train its AI models. Drivers are seeking damages, reportedly running into the billions of euros, plus an injunction; the claim follows an earlier 825 million euro fine imposed on Uber by the Dutch data protection authority over a related data-handling matter.