Google has been fined €403M, or about $463M, by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission over the way it handled users’ location data, in a case brought after several European consumer groups complained. 'As a result of Google's failures... Key points and original sources are listed below.

• Google has been fined €403M, or about $463M, by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission over the way it handled users’ location data, in a case brought after several European consumer groups complained. It found breaches of lawfulness and fairness in the location...S1

• 'As a result of Google's failures... individuals could have been unaware that their location was being used to influence them with ads or to infer their interests,' said Graham Doyle, deputy commissioner for Ireland's Data Protection Commission.S2

• Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) launched an inquiry into Google Ireland six years agoS3

• Irish Data Watchdog Fines Google $463 Million Over Location Data HandlingS4

• The commission launched an inquiry into Google Ireland six years ago after complaints from multiple European consumer rights organisations.S5

• Ireland’s media watchdog has fined Alphabet Inc.’s Google over how the tech company processed location data after complaints from several European consumer rights organizations.S6