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Google fined US$463mil for breaching EU rule on location data

22 Sep 2026, 11:00 GMT By AP
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Google has been fined €403mil (US$463mil/RM1.89bil) for breaching the European Union's strict privacy rules because it mishandled users' location data, the bloc's data privacy watchdog said on Sept 21.