Google reportedly fined €403 million over location-data processing

Three location-data features and a six-month deadline

BleepingComputer reports that Ireland’s Data Protection Commission imposed €403 million in administrative fines on Google over alleged GDPR violations involving Web & App Activity, Location History, and Location Accuracy. The report says the authority requires Google to bring its user-data processing into compliance within six months. Google told BleepingComputer that its practices and policies have been updated.

The reported case concerns Google location-data processing practices that were active during the GDPR period from May 2018 to February 2020; Google says those historical policies have since been updated.

Google has reportedly been fined €403 million and given six months to bring the relevant processing into compliance.

The reported action combines a large administrative fine with a specific compliance deadline over how location-related data was processed and retained.