Google Fined €403 Million for GDPR Violations Over Users’ Location Data
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.
- €403 million fine plus a six-month compliance order
- Covers Web & App Activity, Location History, and Location Accuracy
- Processing examined from May 2018 through February 2020
- Findings cite lawfulness, transparency, retention, and accountability
- Google says the policies were updated starting in 2019
- Vendors
- Organizations
- Data Protection CommissionBEUCGoogle Ireland Limited
- Countries
- Ireland
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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Google Ireland Limited €403 million after concluding that the technology giant violated the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) while processing users’ location data. Announced on September 21, 2026, the decision also orders Google to bring the affected processing operations into compliance within six months. The enforcement action follows […]
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