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  "id": 8902031,
  "title": "Ireland fines Google €403 million on behalf of EU for location data breach",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/ireland-fines-google-403-million-on-behalf-of-eu-for-location-data",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-21T10:04:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/09/21/european-union-fines-google-403-million-for-data-location-breach_6757763_4.html"
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "'As a result of Google's failures... individuals could have been unaware that their location was being used to influence them with ads or to infer their interests,' said Graham Doyle, deputy commissioner for Ireland's Data Protection Commission.",
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Irish regulator fines Google €403 million over location data processing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/irish-regulator-fines-google-403-million-over-location-data-processing",
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        "outlet": "RTE News",
        "title": "Google fined €403m by data watchdog for location tracking",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/google-fined-403m-by-data-watchdog-for-location-tracking",
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        "outlet": "Politico EU",
        "title": "Google hit with €403M privacy fine over handling of user location data",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/google-hit-with-403m-privacy-fine-over-handling-of-user-location-data",
        "published": "2026-09-21T09:26:18.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Euronews",
        "title": "Another Big Tech fine: Google penalised €403m by Irish data watchdog",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/another-big-tech-fine-google-penalised-403m-by-irish-data-watchdog",
        "published": "2026-09-21T10:15:17.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Malay Mail",
        "title": "EU hits Google with €403m fine over location data breach",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/eu-hits-google-with-403m-fine-over-location-data-breach",
        "published": "2026-09-21T10:45:25.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Google fined R7.5 billion by European Union for data location breach",
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        "published": "2026-09-21T10:54:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "Google is fined more than €400m by Irish regulator over its use of location data",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/google-is-fined-more-than-400m-by-irish-regulator-over-its-use-of",
        "published": "2026-09-21T10:57:26.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Irish privacy regulator fines Google €403 million over location data processing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/irish-privacy-regulator-fines-google-403-million-over-location-data-8912640",
        "published": "2026-09-21T11:18:24.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
        "title": "Irish privacy regulator fines Google €403 million over location data processing",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/irish-privacy-regulator-fines-google-403-million-over-location-data-8914661",
        "published": "2026-09-21T11:45:36.000Z"
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