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Google Ireland Limited was fined €403 million for violating GDPR by processing user location data, with a six-month compliance remediation required.
Ireland's Data Protection Commission imposed a €403 million fine on Google Ireland Limited for breaching GDPR by processing users' location data, following a 2020 inquiry into practices from 2018 to 2020.
Ireland’s DPC fined Google €403 million for GDPR violations in processing users’ location data.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission fined Google Ireland Limited €403 million on September 21, 2026, for GDPR violations involving location data and ordered compliance within six months. The inquiry, opened in February 2020 after complaints including from BEUC, covered processing from May 25, 2018, through February 4, 2020, across Web & App Activity, Location History, and Android Location Accuracy. The DPC found unlawful and unfair processing, transparency failures, excessive retention, and accountability gaps. Google said the case concerned historical policies updated since 2019; the full decision and penalty breakdown were not yet published.