Google fined US$463mil for breaching EU rule on location data

The investigation examined how Google applied the EU privacy rule book, known as the General Data Protection Regulation, from the time it took effect in 2018 until February 2020. — AP

Google has been fined €403mil (US$463mil/RM1.89bil) for breaching the European Union (EU)'s strict privacy rules because it mishandled users' location data, the bloc's data privacy watchdog said on Sept 21.

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said 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, and in their Location History, a service that maps places they've been with their mobile phones.

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这项调查考察了谷歌自2018年《通用数据保护条例》（GDPR）生效至2020年2月期间，如何应用该欧盟隐私规则。——美联社

欧盟数据隐私监管机构于9月21日表示，谷歌因违反欧盟严格的隐私规则而被罚款4.03亿欧元（4.63亿美元/18.9亿令吉），原因是其不当处理用户位置数据。

爱尔兰数据保护委员会表示，其调查发现，谷歌在用户的“网络和应用活动”（一项跟踪浏览和搜索历史的谷歌设置）以及“位置历史记录”（一项使用手机记录用户去过的地方的服务）中，没有合法或公平地处理位置数据。

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