Ireland's Data Protection Commission fined Google Ireland 403 million euros after a six-year inquiry into how three account settings handled location data between May 2018 and February 2020. It found the processing unlawful and unfair, the explanations to users inadequate, and the location data in Web & App Activity and Location History kept for longer than necessary. Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle said that retaining users' location data for longer than necessary "aggravated this loss of control". Google has six months to bring its processing into line.
Fined 403 million euros over location data it kept too long
403,000,000 euros
affected · Web & App Activity, Location History and Location Accuracy
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Incident 25 Sept 2026
53 user images posted online
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Incident · Technology
Times Car
Incident 25 Sept 2026
6.6 million accounts affected
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Incident · Transportation
Labcorp
Enforcement 25 Sept 2026
$2,287,455 paid to 43 states and the District of Columbia
Pays 44 attorneys general over 10.2 million patients' data taken from a vendor
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Enforcement · Healthcare