Google hit with €403 million GDPR fine over location tracking

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Google €403 million (about $463 million) over its processing of users’ location data and ordered the company to bring that processing into compliance within six months. The inquiry examined Google’s practices from May 25, 2018, to February 4, 2020. The DPC launched it on its own initiative in February 2020 after receiving complaints from several European consumer-rights organizations, including the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC).