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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 privacy regulator fined Google 403 million euros for unlawful processing of EU location data.
Ireland's Data Protection Commission fined Google 403 million euros ($463 million) for breaching the EU General Data Protection Regulation by mishandling location data. Investigators found Google did not lawfully, fairly, or transparently process data in Web & App Activity, Location History, and Android's Location Accuracy feature between GDPR's 2018 start and February 2020. Google said the case concerns historical policies updated from 2019 onward. The penalty is the Irish watchdog's fourth-largest EU privacy fine, and three further Google investigations remain open.
Ireland's DPC fined Google €403 million for GDPR failures in three location-data features.
Ireland's Data Protection Commission fined Google €403 million for GDPR violations in Web & App Activity, Location History, and Location Accuracy from May 2018 to February 2020, and ordered compliant processing within six months. For the first two features the DPC found breaches of lawful and fair processing, transparency, and storage limitation; for Location Accuracy it found transparency and accountability failures. The fine, the DPC's fourth-largest, is payable only after an Irish court confirms it, and Google may appeal within 28 days. Google said the case concerns historical policies updated since 2019; the inquiry began in February 2020 after November 2018 complaints from BEUC and other consumer groups.
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.
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.
Ireland’s DPC fined Google €403 million over unlawful processing of users’ location data.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission fined Google €403 million, about $463 million, over location-data processing and ordered compliance within six months. The inquiry covered 25 May 2018 to 4 February 2020 and followed complaints from European consumer groups including BEUC. The DPC found GDPR violations involving lawfulness, fairness, transparency, accountability, and excessive retention across Web & App Activity, Location History, and Location Accuracy. The full decision is still to be published.