Tech News Ireland's Data Protection Commission Fines Google €403 Million Over Location Data Privacy Violations

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https://www.ghacks.net/2026/09/22/irelands-data-protection-commission-fines-google-e403-million-over-location-data-privacy-violations/

The Ireland Data Protection Commission (DPC) has imposed a fine of €403 million ($463 million) on Google for a number of violations of the GDPR concerning the processing of users' location data, the DPC said.

The investigation was initiated by the DPC in February 2020 following complaints from consumer rights organizations and looked at three Google features that were in operation during the GDPR period, which ran from May 25, 2018, to February 4, 2020.

The DPC concluded that Google had not fulfilled its transparency duties and had kept some location data for longer than was necessary. Google has now been given six months in which to bring its data processing into line with the requirements.

The company states that the case is concerned with policies that have been revised since then.

 

[Halp2001]

In the end, these sanctions show that the “transparency” big platforms promise usually appears only when a regulator forces their hand. Without external pressure, fixes never seem urgent.

 

[Zero Knowledge]

Chump change for them, they don't care so they pay these EURO "bribes" every year and continue along their merry ways.

 

[TairikuOkami]

Ireland also refused to share OneDrive's data with USA and there were similar cases, so Ireland clearly wins over Swiss, which shares user's data willy-nilly.

 

[Morro]

Chump change for them, they don't care so they pay these EURO "bribes" every year and continue along their merry ways.

It should have been €403 billion, that would get their attention so fast and hard. But those dreams will stay in the realm of absolute fantasy, because no one has the guts to fine Google so hard.