Google fined more than €400m by Irish regulator over its use of location data
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A €400m+ fine over location data use is a concrete price tag on dark-patterned consent and opaque ad targeting. If your AI or analytics stack leans on inferred location or behavioral profiles in Europe, assume enforcement risk is now real money—tighten consent flows and data minimization before regulators do it for you.
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