Google Fined €403 Million Over GDPR Violations Tied to Location Data

Google has been fined 403 million euros for violating the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in its handling of location data. The violation occurred between May 2018 and February 2020 in three of Google's features. Ireland's Data Protection Commission, Google's lead regulator in the EU, imposed the fine and ordered Google to bring its data processing into compliance with the law within six months. The specific features involved in the violation have not been publicly disclosed by the commission. The fine is a result of the commission's investigation into Google's handling of user location data. The company must now take steps to ensure its data processing practices comply with the GDPR.