Google fined $463 mn for breaching EU rule on location data
AgenciesGoogle has been fined 403 million euros ($463 million) for breaching the European Union’s strict privacy rules because it mishandled users’ location data, the bloc’s data p...
Google has been fined 403 million euros by the European Union's data privacy watchdog for violating strict privacy rules related to the handling of users' location data. The Irish Data Protection Commission found that Google mishandled location data in its Web & App Activity, Location History, and Location Accuracy features. The investigation, which began six years ago, examined Google's compliance with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) from 2018 to February 2020.
The regulators emphasized that location data, while beneficial to online services, can also reveal private information. This was the fourth-largest EU privacy fine handed out by the Irish watchdog, which has previously imposed significant penalties on TikTok and Meta.
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