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Google Location Data Leads To €403 Million GDPR Fine

21 September 2026 · By · Wire by Fusion42

Published

21 September 2026

Topic

regulatory

◆ Sectors

Cybersecurity

◆ Geography

IrelandEurope

◆ Source

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◆ Verified

Fusion42 · 22 September 2026 · Fusion42 review

Ireland's Data Protection Commission fined Google €403 million for breaching GDPR rules through improper processing of location data in settings like Web & App Activity and Location History between 2018 and 2020, and ordered changes within six months.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Cybersecurity, and 42 sources have reported it between 21 Sep 2026 and 29 Sep 2026.

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

You face a tighter European data privacy regime that can impose heavy fines and strict compliance deadlines for using location data. Change your data handling fast or risk becoming the next target of EU privacy enforcement.

◆ Coverage

42 sources · first reported 21 Sep 2026 · latest 29 Sep 2026

◆ Topics

Cybersecuritygdprdata-privacygoogle-finelocation-dataeuropean-union