Ireland launches inquiry into Google's processing of location data

Outside Alphabet Inc's Google office in Beijing, 2018. — Reuters

DUBLIN: Google's main regulator in the European Union, Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), has launched an inquiry into the company's processing of location data, the DPC said on Feb 4.

"The inquiry will set out to establish whether Google has a valid legal basis for processing the location data of its users and whether it meets its obligations as a data controller with regard to transparency," the commission said in a statement.