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

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Google was fined over €400m by an Irish regulator over its handling of users' location data, with the watchdog saying users may have been unaware their information was used to target adverts or infer their interests.

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“Watchdog says users may have been unaware their information was used to target adverts or infer their interests Google has been fined more than €400m (£345m) over the way it processed users’ location data, following claims that the tech giant had manipulated…”
Guardian Technology, 21 Sept 2026, 10:57.

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