<span style="color: #222222;">France's data protection agency on Thursday said that it had fined the US ride-hailing group Uber 400,000 euros over a 2016 data breach that exposed the personal data of some 57 million clients and drivers worldwide.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The French Data Protection Authority said the breach would have been prevented, if certain elementary security measures had been in place. Uber has already paid $148 million to US authorities to avoid a potentially embarrassing court case and vowed to improve its security efforts.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Uber drew the wrath of users and regulators after the company waited a year before revealing in November 2017 that hackers had infiltrated its systems.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Last month, the Netherlands imposed a 600,000-euro fine over the breach and Britain ordered Uber to pay 385,000 pounds.</span><br />''