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Google fined €403M for location data processing violations

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爱尔兰数据保护委员会(DPC)对谷歌开出4.03亿欧元罚单,原因是2018年5月至2020年2月期间,谷歌在“网页与应用活动”、“位置历史”和“位置精度”三个功能中处理位置数据时违反了GDPR。DPC认定谷歌的处理不合法、不公平、不透明,且数据保留时间过长。用户可能完全不知道自己的位置被用来推送广告或推断兴趣。谷歌必须在6个月内整改。罚金金额巨大,但谷...

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Sep 22
  1. Hacker News front page
    Google fined €403M for location data processing violations

    Ireland's DPC fined Google €403M for GDPR violations in processing location data across three features (Web & App Activity, Location History, Location Accuracy) from May 2018 to Feb 2020. The regulator found Google's processing unlawful, unfair, and non-transparent, and that it retained data too long. Users could be unaware their location was used for ads or interest inference. Google must comply within 6 months.