News item | 31-01-2025 | 14:30
With a new registration system for taxi rides it becomes easier for taxi drivers to provide data. In addition to providing a safer taxi market, it will also have a cost and time-saving effect. On the proposal of State Secretary Jansen of Infrastructure and Water Management, the Council of Ministers has decided that the plans for the new registration system could be submitted to the Council of State.
Currently, taxi drivers store the ride data in a device in the taxi, the on -board computer Taxi (BCT). This must be read physically periodically. Research showed that this way is no longer efficient and effective. With a new digital system, the Central Database Taxi Transport (CDT), the correct ride data is automatically collected and shared. This will ensure that the Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) is better and easier to supervise work and rest times, among other things.
Test Authority Dutch Data
The planned change was tested at the end of last year by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP). This showed that the AP was worried about the privacy of drivers and customers. This would be insufficiently protected in the proposal, among other things because the GPS coordinates of departure and end point of the taxi vehicle would be stored. The AP is of the opinion that there is a risk that privacy -sensitive information can be obsolete with the help of other sources of information. State Secretary Jansen has therefore implemented a number of changes in the new proposal. For example, the end point is no longer registered, but only the starting location of the taxi and the kilometers traveled. As a result, privacy -sensitive destinations based on the taxi data cannot be traced. It is also clearer what the data is intended for and that there is a legal retention period of a maximum of two years.
Entry into force
Now that the Council of Ministers has agreed to the present draft decision, it will be submitted to the Council of State for final advice. July 1, 2025 is still the pursued date of entry into force.