Google hit with $463 million fine for EU location data rule breach
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- Google has been fined 403 million euros ($463 million) for breaching the European Union's strict privacy rules because it mishandled users' location data, the bloc's data privacy watchdog said Monday.S1
- It's the fourth biggest EU privacy fine issued by the Data Protection Commission, the EU's Irish watchdog, and has three other probes into Google openS2
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Google hit with $463 million fine for EU location data rule breach
Google has been fined 403 million euros ($463 million) for breaching the European Union's strict privacy rules because it mishandled users' location data, the bloc's data privacy w…
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Google fined €403 million by EU over location data privacy violations
It's the fourth biggest EU privacy fine issued by the Data Protection Commission, the EU's Irish watchdog, and has three other probes into Google open
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Published Sep 21, 2026
What to know
- Google has been fined 403 million euros ($463 million) for breaching the European Union's strict privacy rules because it mishandled users' location data, the bloc's data privacy watchdog said Monday.S1
- It's the fourth biggest EU privacy fine issued by the Data Protection Commission, the EU's Irish watchdog, and has three other probes into Google openS2
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