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Data Protection Commission fines Google €403M over processing of location data

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  1. noworld · · focus · HN ↗
    Do they only fine American companies in Europe?
    1. tremon · · focus · HN ↗
      No, they also fine American companies in China and in Australia.
      1. t0mpr1c3 · · focus · HN ↗
        Plus Canada and Japan.
    2. coldtea · · focus · HN ↗
      Depends. Do you go and read European news about such cases, or just check HN when they post about a FAANG EU fine?
      1. noworld · · focus · HN ↗
        Pretty much the latter.
    3. buzer · · focus · HN ↗
      No. For example:

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.enforcementtracker.com&#x2F;ETid-3171" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.enforcementtracker.com&#x2F;ETid-3171 Yangoo. UAE.

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.enforcementtracker.com&#x2F;ETid-1912" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.enforcementtracker.com&#x2F;ETid-1912 Criteo. French.

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.enforcementtracker.com&#x2F;ETid-3162" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.enforcementtracker.com&#x2F;ETid-3162 Intesa Sanpaolo. Italian.

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.enforcementtracker.com&#x2F;ETid-2864" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.enforcementtracker.com&#x2F;ETid-2864 Shein. Chinese.

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.enforcementtracker.com&#x2F;ETid-2306" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.enforcementtracker.com&#x2F;ETid-2306 Enel Energia. Italian.

      American companies fines tend to be highest since they are biggest and revenue affects the fine amount.

      1. xethos · · focus · HN ↗
        A European-only, or even one that only primarily serves Europeans, likely won&#x27;t make it to the front page as easily on the moderately American-centric HN - which further makes it seem like the only companies getting sued in the EU are American
        1. Havoc · · focus · HN ↗
          I’d think that EU companies are also have a better shot at not running into trouble given that they’re hopefully more familiar with them
    4. [deleted] · · focus · HN ↗

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