GDPR

Ireland's Data Protection Commission has fined Google €403 million for breaches of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation. The Irish watchdog, which is Google's lead regulator in Europe, imposed the penalty following an investigation into the company's data handling practices. The ruling adds to a series of major GDPR fines against large technology firms in recent years.

Ireland's Data Protection Commission has fined Google €403 million following an inquiry into how the company processes users' location data. The regulator found Google's handling of location information breached European data protection rules. The decision is one of the larger GDPR fines issued to a major technology company and is expected to prompt scrutiny of how location data is collected and used across the industry.