Google fined over $450 million for location data failures.
Features like Web & App Activity, Location History, and Location Accuracy were found to violate GDPR privacy rules in Europe from 2018 to 2020. “As a result of Google’s failures, individuals could have been unaware that their location was being used to, for example, influence them with ads or to infer their interests, and could lose control over their personal data,” DPC Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle said in a statement. “The retention of users’ location data for longer than necessary aggravated this loss of control.” [Link: Irish privacy regulator fines Google €403 million over location data processing | https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/irish-regulator-fines-google-403-million-over-location-data-processing-2026-09-21/ | Reuters]
Features like Web & App Activity, Location History, and Location Accuracy were found to violate GDPR privacy rules in Europe from 2018 to 2020. “As a result of Google’s failures, individuals could have been unaware that their location was being used to, for example, influence them with ads or to infer their interests, and could lose control over their personal data,” DPC Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle said in a statement. “The retention of users’ location data for longer than necessary aggravated this loss of control.” [Link: Irish privacy regulator fines Google €403 million over location data processing | | Reuters]
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