The Guardian reports that "Hundreds of thousands of EU citizens were wrongly fined for driving in London's Ulez clean air zone , according to European governments..."Freilich describes the situation as "possibly one of the largest privacy and data breaches in EU history," according to the article.Some drivers have even received penalties of up to five-figure sums — for compliant vehicles which had simply not yet been registered. And "some low-emission cars have been misclassed as heavy goods diesel vehicles and fined under the separate low-emission zone scheme, which incurs penalties of up to £2,000 a day. "Thanks to Slashdot reader Bruce66423 for sharing the article.

Source: The Guardian January 28, 2024 19:18 UTC