Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined Google €403 million ($463M) for multiple GDPR violations related to processing users’ location data.
The agency launched an investigation in February 2020 after receiving multiple complaints from consumer rights organizations. It examined three Google features that were active during the GDPR application period from May 25, 2018, through February 4, 2020.
The features cover permissions that allowed Google to process users’ web and app activity, location history, and location accuracy data:
Google fined €403 million over location data privacy violations
The agency launched an investigation in February 2020 after receiving multiple complaints from consumer rights organizations. It examined three Google features that were active during the GDPR application period from May 25, 2018, through February 4, 2020.
The features cover permissions that allowed Google to process users’ web and app activity, location history, and location accuracy data:
Google fined €403 million over location data privacy violations