EU fines Google $463M over location data practices

5 days ago

Google has been fined $463 million (€403 million) for breaching European Union privacy rules by mishandling users’ location data, the bloc’s data privacy watchdog has said. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said on Monday its investigation found Google did not lawfully or fairly process location data in users’ Web & App Activity, a Google setting that tracks browsing and search history. As