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EU regulator fines Google 403 million euros over location data under GDPR
Ireland’s data protection watchdog, acting on behalf of the European Union, fined Google 403 million euros (USD 462 million) for improperly using users’ location data and said the company infringed the GDPR between May 2018 and February 2020.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, acting on behalf of the European Union, said it had fined Google 403 million euros (USD 462 million) for improperly using users’ location data. The regulator said the fine was the fourth largest it has imposed.
The DPC oversees Google at the European level because, like most tech giants, Google has its European headquarters in Ireland, the regulator said.
The commission said Google infringed the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation between May 2018 and February 2020. In its final decision after opening an inquiry in February 2020, the watchdog ruled that Google infringed GDPR "in respect of the lawfulness and fairness of its processing of location data."
The decision came eight years after consumer groups complained, according to the supplied report.
- European Union
- Data protection
- user data
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WorldScience & tech
EU regulator fines Google 403 million euros over location data under GDPR
Ireland’s data protection watchdog, acting on behalf of the European Union, fined Google 403 million euros (USD 462 million) for improperly using users’ location data and said the company infringed the GDPR between May 2018 and February 2020.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, acting on behalf of the European Union, said it had fined Google 403 million euros (USD 462 million) for improperly using users’ location data. The regulator said the fine was the fourth largest it has imposed.
The DPC oversees Google at the European level because, like most tech giants, Google has its European headquarters in Ireland, the regulator said.
The commission said Google infringed the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation between May 2018 and February 2020. In its final decision after opening an inquiry in February 2020, the watchdog ruled that Google infringed GDPR "in respect of the lawfulness and fairness of its processing of location data."
The decision came eight years after consumer groups complained, according to the supplied report.
- European Union
- Data protection
- user data
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