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

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Ireland's Data Protection Commission fined Google €403 million (~$462 million) for GDPR violations related to how three product features processed users' location data between May 2018 and February 2020. Google has been ordered to bring its location data processing into compliance within six months. This is one of the largest GDPR fines to date and has broad implications for how tech companies handle location telemetry under EU law.

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