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Google fined $463 million for violating EU location data rules

Google fined $463 million for violating EU location data rules

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September 22nd, 2026

Google fined $463 million for violating EU location data rules

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The European Union's data privacy regulator announced on Monday that Google had been fined403 million (approximately $463 million) for mishandling users' location data in violation of the bloc's stringent privacy regulations.

欧盟数据隐私监管机构于周一宣称,谷歌因对用户位置数据处置失当、触犯欧盟严苛的隐私法规,被课以4.03亿欧元(约合4.63亿美元)之罚金。

The Irish Data Protection Commission has declared that its investigation revealed that Google, in two mechanisms — "Web & App Activity", a Google setting designed to track users' browsing and search histories, and "Location History", a service that uses mobile phones to record users' whereaboutsprocessed location data in a manner that was neither lawful nor fair.

爱尔兰数据保护委员会宣称其调查揭示谷歌在“网络与应用活动”——一项旨在追踪用户浏览搜索历史谷歌设置——以及位置历史”——一项借助手机记录用户行踪服务——两项机制中,对位置数据的处理既未遵循合法原则亦未体现公平性。

The regulator further found that, when processing personal data under the "Location Accuracy" feature of the Android mobile operating system, the company failed to adhere to the principles of lawfulness, fairness, and transparency.

监管机构另经查明,该公司于安卓移动操作系统“位置精确度”功能项下处理个人数据之际,未能恪守合法、公平与透明之准则。

The fundamental reason why Ireland has become the principal regulatory authority that Google faces within the 27-member European Union is that this American technology giant has its European headquarters in Dublin.

爱尔兰之所以成为谷歌在由27个成员国组成的欧盟中所面对的主要监管机构,其根本原因在于这家美国科技巨头的欧洲总部设于都柏林。

This investigation, which was initiated six years ago, was intended to scrutinise how Google applied the EU's privacy rulebook, the General Data Protection Regulation, over the period from its entry into force in 2018 until February 2020.

这项调查肇始于六年前,旨在审查自2018年欧盟隐私规则手册《通用数据保护条例》生效起至2020年2月期间,谷歌如何适用该条例。

In a statement, Google said: "This case concerns historical policies that have since been updated.

谷歌在一份声明中表示:“此案所围绕的乃是此后业已更新的历史政策

Since 2019, we have made substantial improvements to our practices and introduced powerful tools that make managing location data simple and straightforward."

自2019年起我们已对相关做法施以大幅改进并推出了强有力的工具使位置数据的管理变得简便易行。”

Regulators asserted that location data constitutes personal data collected by Google, which can be used to infer an individual's whereabouts.

监管机构宣称,位置数据乃谷歌所采集之个人数据,可资以推断某人之所在。

Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle observed: "Location data, when it comes to individuals, may be described as a double-edged sword.

副专员格雷厄姆·多伊尔指出:“位置数据之于个人可谓利弊兼具

It can markedly enhance the practical efficacy of online services, yet it may equally divulge a vast quantity of information concerning the individual, not a little of which is inherently private in nature."

能够显著增强在线服务实用效能亦可能泄露关乎个体海量信息其中不乏本质上属于隐私范畴者。”

This ranks as the fourth-largest EU privacy fine ever imposed by the Irish regulator to date.

这是爱尔兰监管机构迄今开出的欧盟隐私罚款位列第四的一笔。

Previously, the authority had levied even heftier penalties on TikTok and Meta, among them a1.2 billion fine against Meta.

此前该机构对TikTok和Meta处以更为巨额的罚款其中就包括对Meta开出的12亿欧元罚单

The regulatory authority has stated that three further privacy investigations into Google are currently underway.

该监管机构宣称,当前另有另外三项针对谷歌的隐私调查尚在推进之中。

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