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Google reportedly fined €403 million over location data

Legend News reports that Ireland’s Data Protection Commission imposed the fine for Google’s use of location data.

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Legend News reports that Ireland’s Data Protection Commission fined Google €403 million. Hendryadrian.com reports that the GDPR breaches involved location data in Web & App Activity, Location History and Location Accuracy between May 2018 and February 2020. That report says the regulator found Google had failed to ensure lawful, fair and transparent processing.

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Ireland's Data Protection Commission has fined Google €403 million after concluding that the company breached the EU's General Data Protection Regulation in its handling of location data.

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The regulator said its inquiry examined how Google processed information through Web & App Activity, Location History and Android's Location Accuracy feature between May 25, 2018, when the GDPR took effect, and Feb. 4, 2020. The case began in February 2020 after complaints from European consumer organizations, including BEUC.

According to the DPC's decision announcement, Google must bring the processing covered by the ruling into compliance within six months. The commission is Google's lead EU privacy regulator because the company's European headquarters is in Ireland.

Location information can make services such as maps and search more useful, but it can also expose sensitive details about a person's movements. That tension is at the center of this decision: the fine concerns historical processing, while the compliance order sets a deadline for the company to address the regulator's findings.

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Cybersecurity News Everyday@TweetThreatNewsGoogle was fined 403 million euros by Ireland's DPC for GDPR breaches over location data in Web and App Activity, Location History, and Location Accuracy. The company must fix its processing within 6 months. #Google #GDPR #Ireland https://www.hendryadrian.com/google-fined-e403-million-over-gdpr-violations-tied-to-location-data/19d
Digit@digitindiaGoogle faces over Rs 4,000 cr fine over location tracking, here is what happened https://www.digit.in/news/general/google-faces-over-rs-4000-cr-fine-over-location-tracking-here-is-what-happened.html19d
LEGEND NEWS@LegendNewsin#Technology #TechNews #Google has been fined 403 million euros (about Rs 4,300 crore) by Ireland's Data Protection Commission, #DPC, for its use of location data. #DataProtection https://legendnews.in/single-post?s=dpc-fines-google-rs-4-300-crore-for-use-of-location-data-4798119d
Android Authority@AndroidAuthGoogle gets another $460 million fine for misusing user data https://www.androidauthority.com/google-fined-460-million-dollars-dpc-3714013/19d
TechRadar@techradarGoogle will pay off its new €403M GDPR fine in just 55 hours, warns Proton https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/google-will-pay-off-its-new-eur403m-gdpr-fine-in-just-55-hours-warns-proton18d
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    Cybersecurity News Everyday@TweetThreatNewsGoogle was fined 403 million euros by Ireland's DPC for GDPR breaches over location data in Web and App Activity, Location History, and Location Accuracy. The company must fix its processing within 6 months. #Google #GDPR #Ireland https://www.hendryadrian.com/google-fined-e403-million-over-gdpr-violations-tied-to-location-data/19d
    Digit@digitindiaGoogle faces over Rs 4,000 cr fine over location tracking, here is what happened https://www.digit.in/news/general/google-faces-over-rs-4000-cr-fine-over-location-tracking-here-is-what-happened.html19d
    LEGEND NEWS@LegendNewsin#Technology #TechNews #Google has been fined 403 million euros (about Rs 4,300 crore) by Ireland's Data Protection Commission, #DPC, for its use of location data. #DataProtection https://legendnews.in/single-post?s=dpc-fines-google-rs-4-300-crore-for-use-of-location-data-4798119d
    Android Authority@AndroidAuthGoogle gets another $460 million fine for misusing user data https://www.androidauthority.com/google-fined-460-million-dollars-dpc-3714013/19d
    TechRadar@techradarGoogle will pay off its new €403M GDPR fine in just 55 hours, warns Proton https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/google-will-pay-off-its-new-eur403m-gdpr-fine-in-just-55-hours-warns-proton18d
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