Google Fined €403 Million in Ireland Over Location Data Practices

Google has been fined €403 million by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) after the regulator found that the company breached European Union privacy rules through its handling of users’ location data. The penalty relates to Google’s processing practices between May 25, 2018, and February 4, 2020, and concerns three features: Web & App Activity, Location History and Location Accuracy. The DPC said users may not have fully understood how their location information was being processed or how