The DPC announced the decision on Sept. 21, 2026, after an inquiry that began in February 2020. The inquiry followed complaints from several European consumer rights organisations, including BEUC.
The inquiry covered the period from May 25, 2018, to Feb. 4, 2020. It examined three features: Web & App Activity, Location History and Location Accuracy.
The DPC found that Google infringed the GDPR over the lawfulness and fairness of its location data processing in Web & App Activity and Location History. It also found an accountability issue involving Location Accuracy, transparency issues across all three features, and retention issues in Web & App Activity and Location History.
DPC Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle said location data can reveal significant information about a person, including information that is inherently private. He said Google’s failures could have left people unaware that their location was being used to, for example, influence them with ads or infer their interests.
The DPC said it will issue the full decision in due course.
Fact-Checked by Irfan Ahmad.
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