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Google因違反歐盟定位資料規則遭罰4億6300萬美元

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September 22nd, 2026

Google因違反歐盟定位資料規則遭罰4億6300萬美元

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歐盟的資料隱私監管機構週一宣布，Google因不當處理使用者的定位資料、違反歐盟嚴格的隱私法規，而遭處以4億300萬歐元（4億6300萬美元）的罰款。

Google has been levied a €403 million ($463 million) fine for contravening the European Union’s stringent privacy regulations through its mishandling of users’ location data, the bloc’s data privacy watchdog announced Monday.

愛爾蘭資料保護委員會宣布，其調查已認定Google處理定位資料的方式既不合法也不公平——無論是涉及使用者的「網路與應用程式活動」（Google一項追蹤瀏覽與搜尋紀錄的設定），或是涉及他們的「定位記錄」（一項透過其手機繪製他們曾去過地點的服務）。

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission announced that its investigation had determined that Google had neither lawfully nor fairly processed location data—whether in users’ Web & App Activity, a Google setting that tracks browsing and search history, or in their Location History, a service that maps, via their mobile phones, the places they have been.

監管機構進一步認定，該公司在處理Android行動作業系統「定位精確度」功能中的個人資料時，未能滿足合法性、公平性與透明度的要求。

Regulators further determined that the company had failed to satisfy the requirements of lawfulness, fairness and transparency in its processing of personal data within the Location Accuracy feature of the Android mobile operating system.

愛爾蘭擔任 Google 在涵蓋 27 個成員國的歐盟境內之主要監管機關，此一角色源於這家美國科技巨擘的歐洲總部設於都柏林。

Ireland serves as Google's lead regulator across the 27-nation EU, a role occasioned by the circumstance that the U.S. tech giant's European headquarters is situated in Dublin.

這項調查於六年前展開，仔細審視了Google自2018年《一般資料保護規則》生效起至2020年2月期間，如何套用這套歐盟隱私規範。

The investigation, launched six years prior, scrutinised how Google had applied the EU privacy rule book — the General Data Protection Regulation — from its entry into force in 2018 until February 2020.

「本案的核心在於那些其後已獲更新的過往政策，」Google 在一份聲明中表示。

"This case centers around historical policies that have since been updated," Google said in a statement.

「自 2019 年起，我們已大幅革新自身做法，並推出強而有力的工具，使定位資料的管理變得輕而易舉。」

"From 2019 onwards, we've significantly evolved our practices and launched robust tools that render the management of location data effortless."

監管機構主張，定位資料構成Google所蒐集的一類個人資料，而這類資料可能被用來推斷個人的行蹤。

Regulators asserted that location data constitutes a category of personal data amassed by Google, which may be leveraged to infer an individual's whereabouts.

「定位資料既能為個人帶來益處，亦可能造成損害，」副專員Graham Doyle表示。

"Location data can confer both benefits and harms upon individuals," Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle said.

「定位資料能大幅提升線上服務的實用性，然而它同樣可能洩露大量關於個人的資訊，其中涵蓋本質上屬於私密的資訊。」

"It can substantially augment the utility of online services, yet it can equally divulge a considerable trove of information about an individual, encompassing information that is inherently private."

這構成愛爾蘭監管機構歷來開出的歐盟隱私罰款中第四高者；該機構先前曾對TikTok與Meta施加更為沉重的處罰，其中包括對Meta開出的12億歐元罰款。

It constitutes the fourth most substantial EU privacy fine ever levied by the Irish watchdog, which has on prior occasions imposed heftier penalties upon TikTok and Meta, among them a 1.2 billion euro fine against Meta.