Google Hit with €403m GDPR Fine Over Location Data Practices
Ireland's DPC fined Google €403 million for unlawful GDPR processing and retention of user location data.
The Irish Data Protection Commission fined Google €403 million ($460 million) for GDPR violations in how it processed location data. The inquiry, opened in February 2020, examined Web & App Activity, Location History, and Location Accuracy from 25 May 2018 through 4 February 2020. The DPC found failures of lawfulness and fairness, accountability, transparency, and data retention, and ordered compliance within six months. Google said the case concerns historical policies updated from 2019; it previously paid $391.5 million to settle a 2022 US location-data lawsuit.
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