Google Hit with $463M Fine for Mishandling EU Location Data

Google has been slapped with a hefty fine of $463 million for breaching EU privacy rules. The company mishandled users' location data, which is considered personal data that can be used to infer someone's location.

The European Union's Data Protection Commission investigated Google and found that the company did not lawfully or fairly process location data in its Web & App Activity setting and Location History service.

Regulators also discovered that Google failed to be transparent when it processed personal data in its Location Accuracy feature on Android mobile operating system.

The investigation, which started six years ago, examined how Google applied the EU's General Data Protection Regulation from 2018 to February 2020.