In the Media
The clearest general-audience English-language coverage we found of both the 2021 and 2023 rulings came from TechCrunch, reported both times by Natasha Lomas - we've cited her articles below rather than stretching to include thinner coverage elsewhere.
A note on what this page is and isn't: these are short excerpts for citation purposes, not full reproductions of the articles - read the linked piece for the complete story and its full context. One entry below quotes Uber's own public statement responding to the 2023 ruling, included for balance.
- TechCrunch April 5, 2023
Drivers in Europe net big data rights win against Uber and Ola
“This ruling is a huge win for gig economy workers in Britain and right across Europe.”
James Farrar, director of Worker Info Exchange, reacting to the Court of Appeal's ruling.
Natasha Lomas · Read the full article → - TechCrunch April 5, 2023
Drivers in Europe net big data rights win against Uber and Ola
“We are disappointed that the court did not recognize the robust processes we have in place, including meaningful human review, when making a decision to deactivate a driver's account due to suspected fraud.”
This is Uber's own statement to TechCrunch, quoted in the article, not the reporter's own assessment.
Natasha Lomas · Read the full article → - TechCrunch March 12, 2021
Dutch court rejects Uber drivers' 'robo-firing' charge but tells Ola to explain algo-deductions
“This judgment is a giant leap forward in the struggle for workers to hold platform employers like Uber and Ola Cabs accountable for opaque and unfair automated management practices.”
James Farrar, director of Worker Info Exchange, commenting on the District Court's mixed ruling.
Natasha Lomas · Read the full article → - TechCrunch March 12, 2021
Dutch court rejects Uber drivers' 'robo-firing' charge but tells Ola to explain algo-deductions
“It has shown that drivers are still insufficiently able to obtain sufficient data and/or a more comprehensive understanding of their work and how they are algorithmically managed.”
Jill Toh, a data-rights researcher at the University of Amsterdam, on what the 2021 ruling did and didn't achieve for drivers.
Natasha Lomas · Read the full article →
What the coverage pattern shows: the same reporter covered both the 2021 and 2023 rulings, two years apart - a sign of sustained specialist interest in this specific legal question (GDPR rights against automated work-management decisions), even though, as noted above, it never broke into the kind of general-audience coverage some cases on this site get.
For what the courts actually decided, see the case timeline and What The Ruling Required.