Google fined €403m over location data tracking by Irish regulator

Summarised from 5 outlets · Updated 21 Sept, 18:41

Ireland's Data Protection Commission has fined Google €403m for improperly using users' location data.

The fine relates to Google's processing of location data between May 2018 and February 2020, following complaints from European consumer organisations that the company had manipulated users into agreeing to constant tracking. The European Consumer Organisation criticised the eight-year delay in enforcement.

How it is being reported

• Google hit with $463M fine for EU location data rule breachNew York Post · 21 Sept, 18:49
• EU fines Google €403 million for improperly using location dataFrance 24 · 21 Sept, 16:05
• Irish regulators fine Google over use of location dataUPI · 21 Sept, 15:11
• Google hit with €403m fine by Irish data watchdog over GDPR violationsBBC News · 21 Sept, 13:30
• Google fined more than €400m by Irish regulator over its use of location dataThe Guardian · 21 Sept, 11:57

In this story: Google · Ireland's Data Protection Commission · Ireland · European Union

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