Google fined more than €400m by Irish regulator over its use of location data

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:57:26 GMT

Watchdog says users may have been unaware their information was used to target adverts or infer their interestsGoogle has been fined more than €400m (£345m) over the way it processed users’ location data, following claims that the tech giant had manipulated users into agreeing to be constantly tracked on their mobile phones.The fine, imposed by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), comes after complaints from multiple European consumer organisations that Google was following every step users took. Continue reading...

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